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ReviewFrontiers in oncology2025

Are all programmed cell death protein 1 inhibitors the same?

Jochen H Lorch, Stacey Stein, Martin J Edelman

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Review in Frontiers in oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jochen H LorchDepartment of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Division, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Stacey SteinDepartment of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, United States.
Martin J EdelmanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of many cancers, seven of which are approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). No head-to-head phase 3 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing PD-1 inhibitors have been conducted so it remains unknown whether clinically meaningful differences exist between them. Preclinical studies that have directly compared PD-1 inhibitors support a differentiating profile associated with toripalimab compared to pembrolizumab and nivolumab with regard to their PD-1 binding sites, binding orientations, and impact on T cell function. Findings of similar or greater benefit among patients with low/no PD-L1 expression versus high/intermediate PD-L1 expression with toripalimab plus chemotherapy were also observed in advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma and non-small cell lung cancer for both overall survival and progression-free survival. However, determination of clinically-meaningful differences between PD-1 inhibitors requires sufficiently powered head-to-head RCTs.

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PMID40027132
PMCPMC11867946

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