70P Cytokine patterns as potential predictive and prognostic immunotherapy biomarkers

were centrally analyzed.Outcomes included safety, progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), treatment sequencing, and descriptive genomic profiling.Results: A total of 141 patients treated with avelumab maintenance between July 2022 and October 2025 were identified.Median age was 69 years; 64% had ECOG PS 0 and 19% had visceral metastases.Prior chemotherapy was cisplatin-based in 73%.After a median follow-up of 20 months, 58% experienced disease progression and 36 patients remained on treatment.Observed response rate was 14%.Immune-related adverse events occurred in 21%, 6%, and 2% for grade 2, 3, and 4 toxicities, with treatment discontinuation in 7%.Following progression, 41 patients (50%) received further therapy, most commonly enfortumab vedotin (EV; n=22).Median PFS and OS from avelumab initiation were 9 months (95% CI 7-14) and 28 months (95% CI 22-31).Median OS from first-line chemotherapy was 33 months overall and 37 months in patients who received second-line EV.Actionable genomic alterations were detected in 16 of 57 profiled patients (28%), most commonly FGFR2/3 alterations and ERBB2 amplification.Targeted therapy was administered in 4 patients (25% of those with actionable findings). Conclusions:In routine clinical practice, avelumab maintenance provides durable benefit with manageable toxicity in aUC.Effective post-progression treatment sequencing, including EV, is feasible and associated with prolonged survival.Genomic profiling identifies actionable alterations in a subset of patients and may inform laterline treatment decisions.

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2026-04-01
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Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
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70P Cytokine patterns as potential predictive and prognostic immunotherapy biomarkers

Pasquale Persico, F. Bruzzone, Matteo Simonelli, Raffaella Bonecchi et al.
ESMO Open
Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications
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70P Cytokine patterns as potential predictive and prognostic immunotherapy biomarkers

Pasquale Persico, F. Bruzzone, Matteo Simonelli, Raffaella Bonecchi, Lorenza Zotti, Angelo Dipasquale, Chiara Barigazzi, Antonio Di Muzio, Agnese Losurdo, Isabel Tallarico, L. Giordano, N. Gavioli, A. Santoro
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were centrally analyzed.Outcomes included safety, progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), treatment sequencing, and descriptive genomic profiling.Results: A total of 141 patients treated with avelumab maintenance between July 2022 and October 2025 were identified.Median age was 69 years; 64% had ECOG PS 0 and 19% had visceral metastases.Prior chemotherapy was cisplatin-based in 73%.After a median follow-up of 20 months, 58% experienced disease progression and 36 patients remained on treatment.Observed response rate was 14%.Immune-related adverse events occurred in 21%, 6%, and 2% for grade 2, 3, and 4 toxicities, with treatment discontinuation in 7%.Following progression, 41 patients (50%) received further therapy, most commonly enfortumab vedotin (EV; n=22).Median PFS and OS from avelumab initiation were 9 months (95% CI 7-14) and 28 months (95% CI 22-31).Median OS from first-line chemotherapy was 33 months overall and 37 months in patients who received second-line EV.Actionable genomic alterations were detected in 16 of 57 profiled patients (28%), most commonly FGFR2/3 alterations and ERBB2 amplification.Targeted therapy was administered in 4 patients (25% of those with actionable findings). Conclusions:In routine clinical practice, avelumab maintenance provides durable benefit with manageable toxicity in aUC.Effective post-progression treatment sequencing, including EV, is feasible and associated with prolonged survival.Genomic profiling identifies actionable alterations in a subset of patients and may inform laterline treatment decisions.

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