2023
Clinical Predictors of Survival in Patients With BRAFV600-Mutated Metastatic Melanoma Treated With Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibitors After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Kahn A, Perry C, Etts K, Kluger H, Sznol M. Clinical Predictors of Survival in Patients With BRAFV600-Mutated Metastatic Melanoma Treated With Combined BRAF and MEK Inhibitors After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. The Oncologist 2023, 29: e507-e513. PMID: 37971411, PMCID: PMC10994263, DOI: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBRAF/MEK inhibitorsBRAF/MEK inhibitionImmune checkpoint inhibitorsBRAFV600E/K mutationsMEK inhibitorsCheckpoint inhibitorsClinical variablesMEK inhibitionRetrospective single-institution analysisIpilimumab/nivolumabFirst-line settingFirst-line therapyFirst-line treatmentMetastatic melanoma patientsLong-term outcomesPretreatment clinical variablesSingle-institution analysisStratification of patientsK mutationCombined BRAFECOG PSMedian OSRECIST 1.1Immunotherapy regimenClinical characteristicsOutcomes With Combination Pembrolizumab and Axitinib in Second and Further Line Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Dizman N, Austin M, Considine B, Jessel S, Schoenfeld D, Merl M, Hurwitz M, Sznol M, Kluger H. Outcomes With Combination Pembrolizumab and Axitinib in Second and Further Line Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2023, 21: 221-229. PMID: 36681606, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2023.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaPembrolizumab/axitinibObjective response rateProgression-free survivalImmune checkpoint inhibitorsMedian progression-free survivalAdverse eventsRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaClear cell metastatic renal cell carcinomaVascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsGrowth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsCombination immune checkpoint inhibitorsGrade 5 adverse eventsPrior immune checkpoint inhibitorsSuperior progression-free survivalReceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsYale-New Haven HospitalFurther-line treatmentNivolumab/ipilimumabRECIST 1.1 criteriaResponse-evaluable patientsDisease control rateSecond-line therapyFirst-line treatment
2019
1375TiP Pembrolizumab (pembro) plus lenvatinib (len) for first-line treatment of patients (pts) with advanced melanoma: Phase III LEAP-003 study
Eggermont A, Carlino M, Hauschild A, Ascierto P, Arance A, Daud A, O’Day S, Taylor M, Smith A, Rodgers A, Moreno B, Diede S, Kluger H. 1375TiP Pembrolizumab (pembro) plus lenvatinib (len) for first-line treatment of patients (pts) with advanced melanoma: Phase III LEAP-003 study. Annals Of Oncology 2019, 30: v561. DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdz255.063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlinded independent central reviewPD-1 inhibitorsAdvanced melanomaSanofi GenzymeSubsidiary of MerckArray BioPharmaDohme Corp.Pierre FabreRoche-GenentechEnd pointMerck SharpBaseline tumor samplesNCI CTCAE v4.0Performance status 0/1Antitumor activityPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsFirst-line standardFirst-line treatmentUntreated stage IIIIndependent central reviewMurine tumor modelsPDGF receptor αEligible ptsQd po