2021
Lifileucel (LN-144), a cryopreserved autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy in patients with advanced melanoma: Evaluation of impact of prior anti-PD-1 therapy.
Larkin J, Sarnaik A, Chesney J, Khushalani N, Kirkwood J, Weber J, Lewis K, Medina T, Kluger H, Thomas S, Domingo-Musibay E, Olah J, Whitman E, Martin-Algarra S, Corrie P, Lutzky J, Shi W, Wu R, Fardis M, Hamid O. Lifileucel (LN-144), a cryopreserved autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy in patients with advanced melanoma: Evaluation of impact of prior anti-PD-1 therapy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 9505-9505. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.15_suppl.9505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnti-PD-1 therapyPrior anti-PD-1 therapyObjective response rateImmune checkpoint inhibitorsAdvanced melanomaPrimary resistanceAnti-PD-1 resistanceAnti-PD-1 responseBaseline tumor burdenDays of cyclophosphamideDays of fludarabineMedian cumulative durationMedian prior linesLong-term followAdoptive cell therapyStandard of careDetection of progressionNew safety risksDuration of exposureAutologous tumorMelanoma progressPrior therapyRECIST 1.1TIL productionCheckpoint inhibitors
2019
B cell depletion or absence does not impede anti-tumor activity of PD-1 inhibitors
Damsky W, Jilaveanu L, Turner N, Perry C, Zito C, Tomayko M, Leventhal J, Herold K, Meffre E, Bosenberg M, Kluger HM. B cell depletion or absence does not impede anti-tumor activity of PD-1 inhibitors. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 153. PMID: 31200747, PMCID: PMC6567557, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0613-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-1 inhibitorsB cell contentB-cell depletionAnti-tumor activityB cellsMuMT miceCell depletionAnti-PD-1 inhibitorsAnti-PD-1 responseB-cell depleting drugsTumor-infiltrating B cellsImpaired B-cell functionT cell-dependent tumor rejectionPD-1 inhibitionMC38 colon cancerB cell functionAnti-tumor effectsB-cell malignanciesMurine cancer modelsCell contentOverall survivalTumor rejectionCD20 antibodyAutoimmune disordersTumor shrinkageMultiplex Quantitative Analysis of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Immunotherapy Outcome in Metastatic Melanoma
Wong PF, Wei W, Smithy JW, Acs B, Toki MI, Blenman K, Zelterman D, Kluger HM, Rimm DL. Multiplex Quantitative Analysis of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes and Immunotherapy Outcome in Metastatic Melanoma. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 2442-2449. PMID: 30617133, PMCID: PMC6467753, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-2652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBiomarkersBiomarkers, TumorFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansImmunohistochemistryImmunotherapyKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasm StagingROC CurveT-Lymphocyte SubsetsConceptsCell countTIL activationQuantitative immunofluorescenceLymphocytic infiltrationMelanoma patientsMetastatic melanomaAnti-PD-1 responseAnti-PD-1 therapyCell death 1 (PD-1) inhibitionAbsence of immunotherapyDeath-1 (PD-1) inhibitionDisease control rateProgression-free survivalCD8 cell countsTumor-Infiltrating LymphocytesNew predictive biomarkersWhole tissue sectionsRECIST 1.1Progressive diseaseDurable responsesObjective responsePartial responseImmunotherapy outcomesLymphocyte profilesMultivariable analysis