2019
Treatment-Free Survival: A Novel Outcome Measure of the Effects of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition—A Pooled Analysis of Patients With Advanced Melanoma
Regan MM, Werner L, Rao S, Gupte-Singh K, Hodi FS, Kirkwood JM, Kluger HM, Larkin J, Postow MA, Ritchings C, Sznol M, Tarhini AA, Wolchok JD, Atkins MB, McDermott DF. Treatment-Free Survival: A Novel Outcome Measure of the Effects of Immune Checkpoint Inhibition—A Pooled Analysis of Patients With Advanced Melanoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 3350-3358. PMID: 31498030, PMCID: PMC6901280, DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.00345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-related adverse eventsTreatment-free survivalHigher treatment-related adverse eventsKaplan-Meier curvesTherapy initiationAdvanced melanomaICI therapyEnd pointGrade 3Outcome measuresLonger treatment-free survivalImmuno-oncology agentsSystemic therapy initiationThird end pointTreatment-free timeImmune checkpoint inhibitionSurvival end pointsEvent end pointsNovel outcome measuresCheckMate 067ICI cessationAdverse eventsTherapy cessationCheckpoint inhibitionPooled analysis
2018
Evaluation of classical clinical endpoints as surrogates for overall survival in patients treated with immune checkpoint blockers: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Kaufman HL, Schwartz LH, William WN, Sznol M, Fahrbach K, Xu Y, Masson E, Vergara-Silva A. Evaluation of classical clinical endpoints as surrogates for overall survival in patients treated with immune checkpoint blockers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal Of Cancer Research And Clinical Oncology 2018, 144: 2245-2261. PMID: 30132118, DOI: 10.1007/s00432-018-2738-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint blockersOS hazard ratioPFS hazard ratioHazard ratioOverall survivalPFS ratesOS ratesCheckpoint blockersPooled analysisClinical endpointsSolid tumor patientsChemotherapy armTreatment armsOdds ratioTumor patientsPredictive valueChemotherapySystematic reviewImperfect surrogatePatientsEndpointBlockersCongress proceedingsSurvivalArmA Serum Protein Signature Associated with Outcome after Anti–PD-1 Therapy in Metastatic Melanoma
Weber JS, Sznol M, Sullivan RJ, Blackmon S, Boland G, Kluger HM, Halaban R, Bacchiocchi A, Ascierto PA, Capone M, Oliveira C, Meyer K, Grigorieva J, Asmellash SG, Roder J, Roder H. A Serum Protein Signature Associated with Outcome after Anti–PD-1 Therapy in Metastatic Melanoma. Cancer Immunology Research 2018, 6: 79-86. PMID: 29208646, DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-17-0412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute phase reactantsCheckpoint inhibitorsOverall survivalPhase reactantsIpilimumab-treated patientsPD-1 blockadeTrials of nivolumabBetter overall survivalIndependent patient cohortsPretreatment serumPD-1Melanoma patientsValidation cohortMetastatic melanomaMultipeptide vaccinePatient cohortPooled analysisWorse outcomesClinical dataPatientsMultivariate analysisComplement cascadeMass spectrometry analysisNivolumabCohort
2016
Safety Profile of Nivolumab Monotherapy: A Pooled Analysis of Patients With Advanced Melanoma
Weber JS, Hodi FS, Wolchok JD, Topalian SL, Schadendorf D, Larkin J, Sznol M, Long GV, Li H, Waxman IM, Jiang J, Robert C. Safety Profile of Nivolumab Monotherapy: A Pooled Analysis of Patients With Advanced Melanoma. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2016, 35: jco.2015.66.138. PMID: 28068177, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.66.1389.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment-related adverse eventsSelect adverse eventsObjective response rateImmune-modulating agentsTreatment-related select adverse eventsAdverse eventsNivolumab monotherapyAdvanced melanomaSafety profileGrade 3Grade treatment-related adverse eventsProgression-free survival benefitHigher objective response rateRenal adverse eventsPhase III trialsDrug-related deathsNumber of dosesIII trialsSurvival benefitMedian timePooled analysisSafety guidelinesRetrospective analysisSafety dataPatientsEfficacy and Safety of Nivolumab Alone or in Combination With Ipilimumab in Patients With Mucosal Melanoma: A Pooled Analysis
D'Angelo SP, Larkin J, Sosman JA, Lebbé C, Brady B, Neyns B, Schmidt H, Hassel JC, Hodi FS, Lorigan P, Savage KJ, Miller WH, Mohr P, Marquez-Rodas I, Charles J, Kaatz M, Sznol M, Weber JS, Shoushtari AN, Ruisi M, Jiang J, Wolchok JD. Efficacy and Safety of Nivolumab Alone or in Combination With Ipilimumab in Patients With Mucosal Melanoma: A Pooled Analysis. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2016, 35: 226-235. PMID: 28056206, PMCID: PMC5559888, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.67.9258.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedian progression-free survivalObjective response rateProgression-free survivalMucosal melanomaCutaneous melanomaNivolumab monotherapyAnti-programmed death-1 therapyResponse rateTreatment-related adverse eventsSafety of nivolumabPhase III trialsRare melanoma subtypeNivolumab AloneAdverse eventsIII trialsSafety profileAggressive malignancyCombination therapyConventional therapyPooled analysisPoor responseClinical studiesGrade 3IpilimumabMelanoma subtypes