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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2023

Phase II Clinical Trial of Axitinib and Avelumab in Patients With Recurrent/Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.

Renata Ferrarotto, Luana G Sousa, Lei Feng, Frank Mott, George Blumenschein, Mehmet Altan, Diana Bell, Flavia Bonini, Kaiyi Li, Mario L Marques-Piubelli and 10 more

Open access · greenAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
14.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Axitinib plus Avelumab in Recurrent/Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: Biomarker Analysis and Updated Results of the Phase II Trial.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2026
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  10. Case of MYB-Rearranged Prostatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026
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  11. Contemporary Management of Malignancies of the Parotid Gland: A State-of-the-Art Review.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Renata FerrarottoDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-3561-215X
Luana G SousaDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-3516-7105
Lei FengDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Frank MottDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0003-2963-5328
George BlumenscheinDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Mehmet AltanDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Diana BellDepartment of Pathology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA.
Flavia BoniniDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Kaiyi LiDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Mario L Marques-PiubelliDepartment of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-6324-2096
Eduardo A Dal LagoDepartment of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Jason J JohnsonDepartment of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0001-7724-5784
Yoshitsugu MitaniDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-8661-4702
Myrna GodoyDepartment of Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Anna LeeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-9114-1815
Michael KupfermanDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Ehab HannaDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Bonnie S GlissonDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
Yasir ElaminDepartment of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0002-5312-909X
Adel El-NaggarDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USCity of Hope · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Exploring biomarkers of clinical benefit to VEGFR inhibitor combined with PD-L1 inhibitor in recurrent/metastatic Adenoid Cystic CarcinomaR03DE031333 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI FERRAROTTO, RENATA · 2022 to 2023
$324k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NIDCR NIH HHS R03 DE031333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe conducted a phase II trial evaluating the efficacy of VEGFR inhibitor axitinib and PD-L1 inhibitor avelumab in patients with recurrent/metastatic adenoid cystic carcinoma (R/M ACC). PATIENTS AND

methodsEligible patients had R/M ACC with progression within 6 months before enrollment. Treatment consisted of axitinib and avelumab. The primary end point was objective response rate (ORR) per RECIST 1.1; secondary end points included progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and toxicity. Simon's optimal two-stage design tested the null hypothesis of ORR ≤5% versus ORR ≥20% at 6 months; ≥4 responses in 29 patients would reject the null hypothesis.

resultsForty patients enrolled from July 2019 to June 2021; 28 were evaluable for efficacy (six screen failures; six evaluable for safety only). The confirmed ORR was 18% (95% CI, 6.1 to 36.9); there was one unconfirmed partial response (PR). Two patients achieved PR after 6 months; thus, the ORR at 6 months was 14%. The median follow-up time for surviving patients was 22 months (95% CI, 16.6 to 39.1 months). The median PFS was 7.3 months (95% CI, 3.7 to 11.2 months), 6-month PFS rate was 57% (95% CI, 41 to 78), and median OS was 16.6 months (95% CI, 12.4 to not reached months). Most common treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) included fatigue (62%), hypertension (32%), and diarrhea (32%). Ten (29%) patients had serious TRAEs, all grade 3; four patients (12%) discontinued avelumab, and nine patients (26%) underwent axitinib dose reduction.

conclusionThe study reached its primary end point with ≥4 PRs in 28 evaluable patients (confirmed ORR of 18%). The potential added benefit of avelumab to axitinib in ACC requires further investigation.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Adenoid CysticAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAxitinibHumansAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedavelumabAxitinib

Identifiers

PMID36898078
PMCPMC10414730
OpenAlexW4323825060

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