PMID- 32824780 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 8 DP - 2020 Aug 18 TI - Real World Outcomes of Ipilimumab and Nivolumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma. LID - 10.3390/cancers12082329 [doi] LID - 2329 AB - Background: Immunotherapy has drastically changed the outlook for melanoma patients over the past decade. Specifically, the dual blockade of immune checkpoints using ipilimumab and nivolumab has shown unprecedented response rates and survival outcomes. This immense achievement, though, is at the cost of toxicity, with 60% of the patients experiencing high-grade adverse events (AEs). Our study aims to report the efficacy and toxicity outcomes of an out-of-trial, real-life population. Methods: Data on metastatic melanoma patients treated with ipilimumab and nivolumab were retrieved from our melanoma database-a single-center prospectively updated, medical-records based oncologic registry. Data included demographics, clinical and pathological information, as well as tumor responses and survival. Associations between patient or treatment characteristics and outcomes were also evaluated. Results: We identified 172 metastatic melanoma patients, of whom 64% were treatment-naive. The median follow-up was 12 months. The response rates for treatment-naive and previously-treated patients were 61% and 25%, respectively; median progression-free survival (PFS) were 12.2 and 2.6 months, and median overall survival (OS) were not-reached (NR) and 6.1 months, respectively. The estimated three-year OS for treatment-naive patients was 58% (95% CI 42-65). At data cutoff, 22% were still on-treatment. Grade 3-4 adverse events (AEs) were reported in 60% of the patients, almost all of whom were exposed to steroid treatments (59%); AEs were fatal in 4 patients, and led to permanent treatment discontinuation in 31%. Factors significantly associated with outcome were cutaneous histology, low lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), low number of metastatic sites, performance status, first line of treatment and number of combinations administered during the induction phase. Conclusions: Despite the profoundly different baseline patient characteristics, the combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab is as effective in the real-world population as it was in clinical trials, including long-term outcomes. In addition to confirming the significance of baseline prognostic factors, our study reveals that the number of combinations effectively administered may also be correlated with good outcome. FAU - Asher, Nethanel AU - Asher N AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. FAU - Ben-Betzalel, Guy AU - Ben-Betzalel G AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. FAU - Lev-Ari, Shaked AU - Lev-Ari S AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. FAU - Shapira-Frommer, Ronnie AU - Shapira-Frommer R AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. FAU - Steinberg-Silman, Yael AU - Steinberg-Silman Y AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. FAU - Gochman, Neta AU - Gochman N AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. FAU - Schachter, Jacob AU - Schachter J AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. AD - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel. FAU - Meirson, Tomer AU - Meirson T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5011-5477 AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. AD - Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed 1589, Israel. FAU - Markel, Gal AU - Markel G AD - Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan 52621, Israel. AD - Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel. AD - The Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200818 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC7464656 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CTLA-4 antigen OT - drug therapy-combination OT - immunotherapy OT - melanoma OT - programmed cell death 1 receptor COIS- N.A. received honoraria from BMS, MSD, Novartis and Medison; G.B.-B. received honoraria from Novartis, Roche, BMS, MSD. and Medison; Y.S.-S. received honoraria from Novartis, BMS and MSD; R.S.-F. received honoraria from Novartis, Roche, BMS, MSD, and Astrazeneca; J.S. received honoraria from Novartis, Roche, BMS and MSD, serves on Advisory boards of BMS, MSD, and holds partial employment and shares at 4c BioMed; GM received honoraria from Novartis, Roche, BMS, MSD and Medison, research grant from Novartis, serves on advisory boards for MSD, BMS, Nuclei, Biond Biologicals and Beyond Air, holds IP and shares at Kitov, holds stock options at Biond Biologicals and Nuclei, and partial employment and shares at 4c BioMed. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2020/08/23 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/23 06:01 PMCR- 2020/08/18 CRDT- 2020/08/23 06:00 PHST- 2020/06/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/23 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/08/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers12082329 [pii] AID - cancers-12-02329 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers12082329 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2020 Aug 18;12(8):2329. doi: 10.3390/cancers12082329.