2022
First in Human Phase 1/2 ICONIC Trial of the ICOS agonist vopratelimab alone and with nivolumab: ICOS high CD4 T cell populations and predictors of response
Yap TA, Gainor JF, Callahan MK, Falchook GS, Pachynski RK, LoRusso P, Kummar S, Gibney GT, Burris HA, Tykodi SS, Rahma OE, Seiwert TY, Papadopoulos KP, Murphy M, Park H, Hanson A, Hashambhoy-Ramsay Y, McGrath L, Hooper E, Xiao X, Cohen H, Fan M, Felitsky D, Hart C, McComb R, Brown K, Sepahi A, Jimenez J, Zhang W, Baeck J, Laken H, Murray R, Trehu E, Harvey CJ. First in Human Phase 1/2 ICONIC Trial of the ICOS agonist vopratelimab alone and with nivolumab: ICOS high CD4 T cell populations and predictors of response. Clinical Cancer Research 2022, 28: 3695-3708. PMID: 35511938, PMCID: PMC9433959, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-21-4256.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubset of patientsPredictive biomarkersPharmacodynamic biomarkersModest objective response rateNon-small cell lung cancer trialsCD4 T cell populationCell lung cancer trialsPhase IObjective response ratePhase II doseAdvanced solid tumorsCD4 T cellsFavorable safety profilePotential predictive biomarkersLung cancer trialsPredictors of responseT cell populationsGreater clinical benefitClinical outcomesClinical benefitSafety profileCancer trialsNivolumabT cellsPatients
2021
Phase 1 Study of Entinostat and Nivolumab with or without Ipilimumab in Advanced Solid Tumors (ETCTN-9844)
Roussos Torres ET, Rafie C, Wang C, Lim D, Brufsky A, LoRusso P, Eder JP, Chung V, Downs M, Geare M, Piekarz R, Streicher H, Anforth L, Rudek MA, Zhu Q, Besharati S, Cimino-Mathews A, Anders RA, Stearns V, Jaffee EM, Connolly RM. Phase 1 Study of Entinostat and Nivolumab with or without Ipilimumab in Advanced Solid Tumors (ETCTN-9844). Clinical Cancer Research 2021, 27: clincanres.5017.2021. PMID: 34135021, PMCID: PMC8563383, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-20-5017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCD8/FOXP3 ratioAdvanced solid tumorsAdverse eventsAddition of ICIFOXP3 ratioSolid tumorsGrade 3/4 adverse eventsRegulatory T cell ratioTreatment-related adverse eventsImmune checkpoint inhibitor efficacyTriple-negative breast cancerMulticenter phase I clinical trialPhase I clinical trialObjective response ratePhase II doseT cell ratioCheckpoint inhibitor efficacyPhase 1 studyCombination of entinostatHistone deacetylase inhibitor entinostatRECIST 1.1Primary endpointSecondary endpointsComplete responseDose escalation