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SynthesisHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2022

Immune checkpoint inhibitors in adjuvant setting after radical resection of melanoma: a meta-analysis of the pivotal trials.

Melissa Bersanelli, Fausto Petrelli, Sebastiano Buti, Ignazio Stanganelli

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Synthesis in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Editorial of special focus on melanoma immunotherapy.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa BersanelliMedicine and Surgery Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6527-6281
Fausto PetrelliOncology Unit, ASST Bergamo Ovest, Treviglio, Italy.
Sebastiano ButiMedical Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0876-0226
Ignazio StanganelliMedicine and Surgery Department, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
University of Parma · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Treviglio · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Beyond the overall relapse-free survival (RFS) advantage demonstrated in randomized trials (RCT) of adjuvant anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in radically resected stage III-IV melanoma, key issues about subgroups of interest have been raised in recent years, with non-conclusive results when considering single studies. In the present meta analysis, we pooled all RCT data in this setting, analyzing, overall, 3043 patients. The RFS benefit of adjuvant immunotherapy over the comparator (placebo or anti-CTLA-4) was strongly confirmed in the pooled analysis, and it was statistically significant in most subgroups, excluding patients with stage IIIA and stage IV M1c melanoma. Nevertheless, the relative benefit was not statistically significantly different when considering their IIIB-IIIC and M1a-M1b counterparts. Future trials in this setting should consider subgroups of interest for tailoring the adjuvant strategy in terms of duration and drug combination in light of literature data.

Indexed as

MelanomaSkin NeoplasmsCutaneous Malignant MelanomaHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIpilimumabNivolumabImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsIpilimumabNivolumabadjuvantanti-PD-1ICIimmune checkpoint inhibitorsimmunotherapyipilimumabMelanomanivolumabpembrolizumabperioperative

Identifiers

PMID33881961
PMCPMC9122382
OpenAlexW3156361474

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