Ipilimumab and fotemustine in patients with advanced melanoma (NIBIT-M1): an open-label, single-arm phase 2 trial.
Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: In our open-label, single-arm phase 2 trial, we enrolled patients 18 years or older with measurable, locally advanced, unresectable stage III or stage IV melanoma between July 6, 2010, and April 14, 2011. Eligible patients had a life expectancy of 16 weeks or more and an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 1 or less, and could have received a maximum of one previous line of chemotherapy. Participants received induction treatment of 10 mg/kg intravenous ipilimumab every 3 weeks to a total of four doses, and 100 mg/m(2) intravenous fotemustine weekly for 3 weeks and then every 3 weeks from week 9 to week 24. Patients with a confirmed clinical response were eligible for maintenance treatment from week 24, with ipilimumab every 12 weeks and fotemustine every 3 weeks. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with immune-related disease control as established with immune-related response criteria. Analyses were done per protocol. This trial is registered with EudraCT, number 2010-019356-50, and with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01654692. FINDINGS: 86 patients were eligible for treatment, of whom 20 had asymptomatic brain metastases at baseline. 40 patients in the study population achieved disease control (46·5%, 95% CI 35·7-57·6), as did ten with brain metastases (50·0%, 27·2-72·8). 47 patients (55%) had grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events, of which the most common was myelotoxicity ( thrombocytopenia in 21 [24%] patients and neutropenia in 16 [19%]). The most common grade 3 or 4 immune-related adverse events were hepatic: 21 patients (24%) had grade 3 or 4 increases in concentrations of alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase. INTERPRETATION: FUNDING: Bristol-Myers Squibb.
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Authors | Anna Maria Di Giacomo, Paolo A Ascierto, Lorenzo Pilla, Mario Santinami, Pier Francesco Ferrucci, Diana Giannarelli, Antonella Marasco, Licia Rivoltini, Ester Simeone, Stefania Vl Nicoletti, Ester Fonsatti, Diego Annesi, Paola Queirolo, Alessandro Testori, Ruggero Ridolfi, Giorgio Parmiani, Michele Maio |
Journal | The Lancet. Oncology
(Lancet Oncol)
Vol. 13
Issue 9
Pg. 879-86
(Sep 2012)
ISSN: 1474-5488 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22894884
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase II, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Ipilimumab
- Nitrosourea Compounds
- Organophosphorus Compounds
- fotemustine
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
(administration & dosage)
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
(adverse effects, therapeutic use)
- Brain Neoplasms
(diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology, secondary)
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Hematologic Diseases
(chemically induced)
- Humans
- Ipilimumab
- Male
- Melanoma
(diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology, secondary)
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Grading
- Neoplasm Staging
- Nitrosourea Compounds
(administration & dosage)
- Organophosphorus Compounds
(administration & dosage)
- Skin Neoplasms
(diagnosis, drug therapy, pathology)
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