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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Durable stable disease and immune activation in metastatic uveal melanoma treated with tebentafusp: case report.

Parham Habibzadeh, Anushri Kulkarni, Drew Hurd, Amy Rose, Danielle Bednarz, Yana G Najjar, John M Kirkwood, Arivarasan Karunamurthy, Diwakar Davar

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Parham HabibzadehDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Anushri KulkarniUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Drew HurdUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Amy RoseUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Danielle BednarzUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Yana G NajjarUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
John M KirkwoodUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Arivarasan Karunamurthy *University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Diwakar Davar *University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.

Funding

Project 5: Microenvironment manipulation using anti-angiogenics to improve immunotherapy in melanomaP50CA254865 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WANG, HONG · 2021 to 2025
$10.4M
Proteogenomic studies to understand mechanisms and drivers of resistance to immunotherapiesU01CA271407 · NCI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER · PI Diwakar Davar, AMANDA G PAULOVICH · 2022 to 2026
$5.6M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA254865NCI NIH HHS U01 CA271407
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM) is a rare, aggressive malignancy with limited therapeutic options in the metastatic setting. Tebentafusp (IMCgp100) is an immune-mobilizing monoclonal T cell receptor against cancer (ImmTAC), targeting gp100 in HLA-A*0201+ patients. Tebentafusp has demonstrated an overall survival (OS) benefit in clinical trials, usually without marked radiographic tumor regression. We describe a mUM patient who was treated with tebentafusp for more than two years and achieved durable stable disease on imaging but passed away due to sudden cardiac death. Autopsy examination revealed extensive tumor necrosis and dense immune cell infiltration within metastatic liver lesions with minimally viable tumor, providing direct evidence of robust immune activation in the tumor microenvironment. This case highlights the potential for T cell bispecifics to induce profound anti-tumor effects that are not fully captured by conventional radiographic assessment, underscoring the need for integrated clinical, pathologic, and imaging evaluation in this setting.

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Antineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalMelanomaUveal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedT-LymphocytesUveal MelanomaAntineoplastic Agents, Immunologicalcase reportchoroidal melanomaImmTACimmunotherapyT cell engagertebentafuspuveal melanoma

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PMID42465753
PMCPMC13372887

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