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Bempegaldesleukin (NKTR-214) plus Nivolumab in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors: Phase I Dose-Escalation Study of Safety, Efficacy, and Immune Activation (PIVOT-02)

2020; American Association for Cancer Research; Volume: 10; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1158/2159-8290.cd-19-1510

2159-8290

Adi Diab, Nizar M. Tannir, Salah-Eddine Bentebibel, Patrick Hwu, Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, Cara Haymaker, Harriet M. Kluger, Scott Gettinger, Mario Sznol, Scott S. Tykodi, Brendan D. Curti, Mary Tagliaferri, Jonathan Zalevsky, Alison L. Hannah, Ute Hoch, Sandra Aung, Christie Fanton, Ahsan Rizwan, Ernesto Iacucci, Yijie Liao, Chantale Bernatchez, Michael E. Hurwitz, Daniel C. Cho,

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This single-arm, phase I dose-escalation trial (NCT02983045) evaluated bempegaldesleukin (NKTR-214/BEMPEG), a CD122-preferential IL2 pathway agonist, plus nivolumab in 38 patients with selected immunotherapy-naïve advanced solid tumors (melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, and non-small cell lung cancer). Three dose-limiting toxicities were reported in 2 of 17 patients during dose escalation [hypotension (n = 1), hyperglycemia (n = 1), metabolic acidosis (n = 1)]. The most common treatment-related adverse events (TRAE) were flu-like symptoms (86.8%), rash (78.9%), fatigue (73.7%), and pruritus (52.6%). Eight patients (21.1%) experienced grade 3/4 TRAEs; there were no treatment-related deaths. Total objective response rate across tumor types and dose cohorts was 59.5% (22/37), with 7 complete responses (18.9%). Cellular and gene expression analysis of longitudinal tumor biopsies revealed increased infiltration, activation, and cytotoxicity of CD8+ T cells, without regulatory T-cell enhancement. At the recommended phase II dose, BEMPEG 0.006 mg/kg plus nivolumab 360 mg every 3 weeks, the combination was well tolerated and demonstrated encouraging clinical activity irrespective of baseline PD-L1 status. SIGNIFICANCE: These data show that BEMPEG can be successfully combined with a checkpoint inhibitor as dual immunotherapy for a range of advanced solid tumors. Efficacy was observed regardless of baseline PD-L1 status and baseline levels of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, suggesting therapeutic potential for patients with poor prognostic risk factors for response to PD-1/PD-L1 blockade.See related commentary by Rouanne et al., p. 1097.This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 1079.