PMID- 30475947 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200324 LR - 20200324 IS - 1569-8041 (Electronic) IS - 0923-7534 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - 3 DP - 2019 Mar 1 TI - Pembrolizumab monotherapy for previously untreated, PD-L1-positive, metastatic triple-negative breast cancer: cohort B of the phase II KEYNOTE-086 study. PG - 405-411 LID - S0923-7534(19)31076-2 [pii] LID - 10.1093/annonc/mdy518 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Standard first-line treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) is chemotherapy. However, outcomes are poor, and new treatment options are needed. In cohort B of the phase II KEYNOTE-086 study, we evaluated pembrolizumab as first-line therapy for patients with PD-L1-positive mTNBC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eligible patients had centrally confirmed mTNBC, no prior systemic anticancer therapy for metastatic disease, measurable disease at baseline per RECIST v1.1 by central review, no radiographic evidence of central nervous system metastases, and a tumor PD-L1 combined positive score >/=1. Patients received pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks for up to 2 years. The primary end point was safety. Secondary end points included objective response rate, disease control rate (percentage of patients with complete or partial response or stable disease for >/=24 weeks), duration of response, progression-free survival and overall survival. RESULTS: All 84 patients enrolled were women, and 73 (86.9%) received prior (neo)adjuvant therapy. Fifty-three (63.1%) patients had treatment-related adverse events (AEs), including 8 patients (9.5%) with grade 3 severity; no patients experienced grade 4 AEs or died because of treatment-related AEs. Four patients had a complete response and 14 had a partial response, for an objective response rate of 21.4% (95% CI 13.9-31.4). Of the 13 patients with stable disease, 2 had stable disease lasting >/=24 weeks, for a disease control rate of 23.8% (95% CI 15.9-34.0). At data cut-off, 8 of 18 (44.4%) responses were ongoing, and median duration of response was 10.4 months (range 4.2 to 19.2+). Median progression-free survival was 2.1 months (95% CI 2.0-2.2), and median overall survival was 18.0 months (95% CI 12.9-23.0). CONCLUSIONS: Pembrolizumab monotherapy had a manageable safety profile and showed durable antitumor activity as first-line therapy for patients with PD-L1-positive mTNBC. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02447003. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Adams, S AU - Adams S AD - Department of Medicine, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA. Electronic address: sylvia.adams@nyumc.org. FAU - Loi, S AU - Loi S AD - Division of Research and Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia. FAU - Toppmeyer, D AU - Toppmeyer D AD - Medical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA. FAU - Cescon, D W AU - Cescon DW AD - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. FAU - De Laurentiis, M AU - De Laurentiis M AD - Dipartimento di Senologia, Istituto Nazionale Tumori - "Fondazione Pascale," Naples, Italy. FAU - Nanda, R AU - Nanda R AD - Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago. FAU - Winer, E P AU - Winer EP AD - Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA. FAU - Mukai, H AU - Mukai H AD - Department of Breast and Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa. FAU - Tamura, K AU - Tamura K AD - Department of Breast and Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Armstrong, A AU - Armstrong A AD - Breast Disease Research Group, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK. FAU - Liu, M C AU - Liu MC AD - Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. FAU - Iwata, H AU - Iwata H AD - Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan. FAU - Ryvo, L AU - Ryvo L AD - Division of Oncology, Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov), Tel Aviv, Israel. FAU - Wimberger, P AU - Wimberger P AD - Department of Gynecology and Obstetric, University Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. FAU - Rugo, H S AU - Rugo HS AD - Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco. FAU - Tan, A R AU - Tan AR AD - Levine Cancer Institute, Atrium Health, Charlotte. FAU - Jia, L AU - Jia L AD - Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, USA. FAU - Ding, Y AU - Ding Y AD - Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, USA. FAU - Karantza, V AU - Karantza V AD - Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, USA. FAU - Schmid, P AU - Schmid P AD - Centre for Experimental Cancer Medicin, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University London, London, UK. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02447003 PT - Clinical Trial, Phase II PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Ann Oncol JT - Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology JID - 9007735 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized) RN - 0 (B7-H1 Antigen) RN - 0 (CD274 protein, human) RN - DPT0O3T46P (pembrolizumab) SB - IM CIN - Ann Oncol. 2019 Jan 1;30(1):13-16. PMID: 30351400 CIN - Ann Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;30(3):347-348. PMID: 30753266 MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/*administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - B7-H1 Antigen/*genetics MH - Cohort Studies MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Progression-Free Survival MH - Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy/genetics/pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - anti-PD-1 OT - immunotherapy OT - pembrolizumab OT - triple-negative breast neoplasms EDAT- 2018/11/27 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2018/11/27 06:00 PHST- 2018/11/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/27 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0923-7534(19)31076-2 [pii] AID - 10.1093/annonc/mdy518 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;30(3):405-411. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy518.