PMID- 35983060 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220822 LR - 20221012 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2022 TI - Utomilumab in Patients With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Refractory Melanoma and Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. PG - 897991 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.897991 [doi] LID - 897991 AB - SECTION HEAD: Clinical/translational cancer immunotherapy. BACKGROUND: The goal of this study was to estimate the objective response rate for utomilumab in adults with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-refractory melanoma and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS: Utomilumab was dosed intravenously every 4 weeks (Q4W) and adverse events (AEs) monitored. Tumor responses by RECIST1.1 were assessed by baseline and on-treatment scans. Tumor biopsies were collected for detection of programmed cell death ligand 1, CD8, 4-1BB, perforin, and granzyme B, and gene expression analyzed by next-generation sequencing. CD8+ T cells from healthy donors were stimulated with anti-CD3 +/- utomilumab and compared with control. RESULTS: Patients with melanoma (n=43) and NSCLC (n=20) received utomilumab 0.24 mg/kg (n=36), 1.2 mg/kg (n=26), or 10 mg/kg (n=1). Treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) occurred in 55 (87.3%) patients and serious TEAEs in 18 (28.6%). Five (7.9%) patients discontinued owing to TEAEs. Thirty-two (50.8%) patients experienced treatment-related AEs, mostly grade 1-2. Objective response rate: 2.3% in patients with melanoma; no confirmed responses for patients with NSCLC. Ten patients each with melanoma (23.3%) or NSCLC (50%) had stable disease; respective median (95% confidence interval, CI) progression-free survival was 1.8 (1.7-1.9) and 3.6 (1.6-6.5) months. Utomilumab exposure increased with dose. The incidences of antidrug and neutralizing antibodies were 46.3% and 19.4%, respectively. Efficacy was associated with immune-active tumor microenvironments, and pharmacodynamic activity appeared to be blunted at higher doses. CONCLUSIONS: Utomilumab was well tolerated, but antitumor activity was low in patients who previously progressed on ICIs. The potential of 4-1BB agonists requires additional study to optimize efficacy while maintaining the tolerable safety profile. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Hong, Gopal, Shoushtari, Patel, He, Doi, Ramalingam, Patnaik, Sandhu, Chen, Davis, Fisher, Huang, Fly and Ribas. FAU - Hong, David S AU - Hong DS AD - Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States. FAU - Gopal, Ajay K AU - Gopal AK AD - National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Seattle, WA, United States. FAU - Shoushtari, Alexander N AU - Shoushtari AN AD - Melanoma Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States. FAU - Patel, Sandip P AU - Patel SP AD - University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, United States. FAU - He, Aiwu R AU - He AR AD - Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States. FAU - Doi, Toshihiko AU - Doi T AD - National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. FAU - Ramalingam, Suresh S AU - Ramalingam SS AD - Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States. FAU - Patnaik, Amita AU - Patnaik A AD - START San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States. FAU - Sandhu, Shahneen AU - Sandhu S AD - Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. FAU - Chen, Ying AU - Chen Y AD - Pfizer Oncology, San Diego, CA, United States. FAU - Davis, Craig B AU - Davis CB AD - Pfizer Oncology, San Diego, CA, United States. FAU - Fisher, Timothy S AU - Fisher TS AD - Pfizer Oncology, San Diego, CA, United States. FAU - Huang, Bo AU - Huang B AD - Pfizer Oncology, Groton, CT, United States. FAU - Fly, Kolette D AU - Fly KD AD - Pfizer Oncology, Groton, CT, United States. FAU - Ribas, Antoni AU - Ribas A AD - Department of Medicine, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States. LA - eng GR - P30 CA008748/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 TR003167/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220802 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized) RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 6YY8O697VF (utomilumab) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized MH - *Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy MH - Humans MH - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/adverse effects MH - Immunoglobulin G MH - *Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - *Melanoma/drug therapy MH - Tumor Microenvironment PMC - PMC9379324 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 4-1BB/CD137 OT - NSCLC OT - immune checkpoint inhibitor OT - melanoma OT - utomilumab COIS- DH has disclosed consulting/advisory roles for Alpha Insights, Axiom, Adaptimmune, Baxter, Bayer, Genentech, GLG, Group H, Guidepoint Global, Infinity, Janssen, Merrimack, Medscape, Numab, Pfizer, Seattle Genetics, Takeda, and Trieza Therapeutics; research funding from AbbVie, Adaptimmune, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Fate Therapeutics, Genentech, Genmab, Ignyta, Infinity, Kite, Kyowa, Lilly, Loxo, Merck, MedImmune, Mirati, MiRNA, Molecular Templates, Mologen, National Cancer Institute/Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program, Novartis, Pfizer, Seattle Genetics, and Takeda; travel/accomodations expense reimbursement from Loxo and MiRNA; and other ownership interests in Molecular Match (advisor), OncoResponse (founder), and Presagia Inc. (advisor). AG received research funding from Bristol Myers Squibb, Gilead, Janssen, Merck, Pfizer, Seattle Genetics, and Takeda; and consulting honoraria from Amgen, Acerta, Bayer, Brim Biotechnologies, Gilead, Janssen, and Seattle Genetics. AS received consulting honoraria from Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis, and Immunocore; and research funding from Bristol Myers Squibb, Immunocore, Novartis, Xcovery, Targovax ASA, Polaris, Pfizer, Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, and Foghorn Therapeutics. SP received research funding from Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Incyte, MedImmune, Pfizer, Roche/Genentech, and Xcovery; and speaker honoraria from Boehringer Ingelheim and Merck. AH served as consultant/advisor for AstraZeneca, Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eisai, Genentech, and Merck; received honoraria from Bayer, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eisai, and Exelixis; and research funding from Genentech and Merck Serono. TD served as consultant/advisor for AbbVie, Amgen, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, MSD, Novartis, Rakuten Medical, Sumitomo Dainippon, Taiho, and Takeda; received honoraria from AbbVie, Astellas, Bristol Myers Squibb, Oncolys Biopharma, Ono, and Taiho; and institutional research funding from Abbvie, Bristol Myers Squibb, Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Lilly, Merck Serono, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Quintiles, Sumitomo Dainippon, and Taiho. SR served as consultant/advisor for Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, Roche, Takeda, and Tesaro; and received institutional research funding from Advaxis, Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Genmab, Merck, Takeda, and Tesaro. AP has received institutional research funding from Arcus, Exelixis, Surface Oncology, Upsher-Smith, Lilly, Daiichi Sankyo, Merck, Tesaro, Forty Seven, Bolt, Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Vigeo Therapeutics, Syndax, Seattle Genetics, Pfizer, Livzon, Klus Pharma, Fochon, Gilead Sciences, Plexxikon, Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Five Prime Therapeutics, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Ionova, Abbvie, Astellas Pharma, Symphogen, Sanofi, honoraria from the Texas Society of Clinical Oncology and served as a consultant/advisor for Novartis, Gilead, Seattle Genetics, Silverback Therapeutics, Bayer, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc, Shenzen IONOVA Life Sciences Co., Ltd., and Merck. SS received research funding from Advanced Accelerator Applications (Novartis), Amgen, Astra Zeneca, Genentech and MSD; and honoraria to the institution from Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, MSD, and Novartis. YC, CD, BH, KF, and A. D. Thall are employees of and own stock in Pfizer Inc. AR disclosed consulting honoraria from Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, Chugai, Genentech, Merck, Novartis, Roche, and Sanofi; membership in scientific advisory boards and stocks in Advaxis, Arcus Biosciences, Bioncotech Therapeutics, Compugen, CytomX, Five Prime, FLX-Bio, ImaginAb, Isoplexis, Kite/Gilead, Lutris Pharma, Merus, PACT Pharma, Rgenix and Tango Therapeutics; and research funding from Agilent and Bristol Myers Squibb. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/08/20 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/23 06:00 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2022/08/19 02:12 PHST- 2022/03/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/05/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/19 02:12 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2022.897991 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2022 Aug 2;13:897991. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.897991. eCollection 2022.