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ArticleCancer cell2023

Tumor dynamics in patients with solid tumors treated with pembrolizumab beyond disease progression.

Brian G Topp, Madhav Channavazzala, Kapil Mayawala, Dinesh P De Alwis, Eric Rubin, Alexandra Snyder, Jedd D Wolchok, Antoni Ribas

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Article in Cancer cell, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Brian G ToppMerck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ, USA. Electronic address: brian.topp@merck.com.
Madhav ChannavazzalaVantage Research, Chennai, India.
Kapil MayawalaMerck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ, USA.
Dinesh P De AlwisMerck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ, USA.
Eric RubinMerck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ, USA.
Alexandra SnyderMerck & Co., Inc, Rahway, NJ, USA.
Jedd D WolchokMeyer Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Antoni RibasUCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USUCLA Health · USWeill Cornell Medicine · US

Funding

Next Generation Cancer Immunotherapies to Defeat MelanomaR35CA197633 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ANTONI RIBAS · 2015 to 2026
$10.4M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA197633
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While many patients are treated beyond progression (TBP), the magnitude and duration of clinical benefit in these patients have not been fully quantified. Data from 799 patients with melanoma (n = 176), non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC; n = 146), gastric cancer (GC; n = 87), head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC; n = 112), clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC; n = 51), and urothelial carcinoma (UC; n = 227) TBP were included. Patients had received pembrolizumab beyond confirmed progressive disease (PD) per RECIST v1.1. A subset of patients displays a 30% reduction in the sum of lesion diameters in the post-progression period (melanoma 24.4%, NSCLC 11.6%, 12.6% GC, 8.9% HNSCC, 15.7% ccRCC, and 13.2% UC). Most patients show stable target lesion dynamics in the post-progression period (melanoma, 64.8%; NSCLC, 72.6%; GC, 69.0%, 75.9% HNSCC, 72.5% ccRCC, 75.3% UC). Pembrolizumab generates meaningful efficacy in a subset of patients treated beyond RECIST v1.1 progression.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCarcinoma, Renal CellCarcinoma, Transitional CellHead and Neck NeoplasmsKidney NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsMelanomaUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedDisease ProgressionHumansSquamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and NeckAntibodies, Monoclonal, Humanizedpembrolizumabclear-cell renal cell carcinomagastric cancerhead and neck squamous cell carcinomamelanomanon-small cell lung cancerpembrolizumabpostprogression responseurothelial carcinoma

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PMID37699333
PMCPMC11229185
OpenAlexW4386600575

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