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ArticleCancers2024

Survival of Patients with Metastatic Melanoma Treated with Ipilimumab after PD-1 Inhibitors: A Single-Center Real-World Study.

Sofia Verkhovskaia, Rosa Falcone, Francesca Romana Di Pietro, Maria Luigia Carbone, Tonia Samela, Marie Perez, Giulia Poti, Maria Francesca Morelli, Albina Rita Zappalà, Zorika Christiana Di Rocco and 7 more

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Article in Cancers, 2024. 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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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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17 authors.

Sofia VerkhovskaiaDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Rosa FalconeDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Francesca Romana Di PietroDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6779-8753
Maria Luigia CarboneClinical Trial Center, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3350-1210
Tonia SamelaEpidemiology Units, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Marie PerezDepartment of Histopathology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Giulia PotiDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Maria Francesca MorelliDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Albina Rita ZappalàDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Zorika Christiana Di RoccoDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Roberto MoreseDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Gabriele PiescoDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Paolo ChesiDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Paolo MarchettiDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Damiano AbeniEpidemiology Units, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.
Cristina Maria FaillaExperimental Immunology Laboratory, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5991-8914
Federica De GalitiisDepartment of Oncology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IDI-IRCCS, 00167 Rome, Italy.

Funding

Ministero della Salute RC2021-2024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhen monotherapy with PD-1 inhibitors in metastatic melanoma fails, there are currently no standard second-line choices. In case of the unavailability of clinical trials, ipilimumab represents a possible alternative treatment.

methodsWe collected data of 44 patients who received ipilimumab after the failure of PD-1 inhibitors from July 2017 to May 2023 at our Institute. Overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and post-progression survival (PPS) based on BRAF or NRAS mutation status, sex, and the presence of brain metastases were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Cox regression was used to evaluate independence in multivariate analysis. The objective response rate (ORR) was estimated based on RECIST 1.1.

resultsAmong the 44 patients enrolled in this study, 28 BRAF-wildtype, 9 BRAF-mutated, and 7 NRAS-mutated patients were identified. OS analysis showed a significant difference between wildtype and BRAF- or NRAS-mutated patients: 23.2 months vs 5.3 and 4.59, respectively,

conclusionsIn case of failure to enroll patients in innovative clinical trials, second-line ipilimumab still represents an effective therapy in patients with metastatic wildtype melanoma and in the absence of brain metastases.

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BRAFimmunotherapyipilimumabmelanomaNRAS

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PMID39410017
PMCPMC11475497

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