Table 3 Successfully finished phase 3 clinical trials of immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs among diverse cancer types

From: Immune checkpoint therapy for solid tumours: clinical dilemmas and future trends

Disease

Code

NCT number

Enrolment

Arms

Follow-up

Median PFS/RFS

Median OS

PMID

Untreated unresectable stage III or IV melanoma

—

NCT00324155

681

A: Ipilimumab 10 mg/kg (Q3W, −22 weeks) + Dacarbazine 850 mg/m^2 (Q3W, −22 weeks)

B: Dacarbazine 850 mg/m^2 (Q3W, −22 weeks)

5-year

–

A: 11.2 months

B: 9.1 months

25713437

Complete resection of high-risk stage III melanoma

EORTC-18071

NCT00636168

1211

A: Ipilimumab 10 mg/kg (Q3W, −3 years)

B: Placebo

5-year

A: 27.6 months

B: 17.1 months

—

27717298

Unresectable or metastatic melanoma

—

NCT01515189

831

A: Ipilimumab 10 mg/kg (Q3W, 4 doses)

B: Ipilimumab 3 mg/kg (Q3W, 4 doses)

5-year

—

A: 15.7 months

B: 11.5 months

32503946

Untreated, unresectable, or metastatic melanoma

CheckMate-066

NCT01721772

418

A: Nivolumab 3 mg/kg

B: Dacarbazine 1000 mg/m^2

5-year

A: 5.1 months

B: 2.2 months

A: 34.8 months

B: 20.5 months

32997575

Unresectable or metastatic melanoma

KEYNOTE-006

NCT01866319

834

A: Pembrolizumab 10 mg/kg (Q2W, −24 months)

B: Pembrolizumab 10 mg/kg (Q3W, −24 months)

C: Ipilimumab 3 mg/kg (Q3W, 4 doses)

5-year

A + B: 8.4 months

C: 3.4 months

A + B: 32.7 months

C: 15.9 months

31345627

Previously treated advanced or metastatic squamous cell NSCLC

CheckMate-017

CheckMate-057

NCT01642004

NCT01673867

854

A: Nivolumab 3 mg/kg or 480 mg

B: Docetaxel

5-year

—

A: 11.1 months

B: 8.1 months

33449799

Previously treated NSCLC

KEYNOTE-010

NCT01905657

1034

A: Pembrolizumab 2 mg/kg (Q3W, −2 years)

B: Pembrolizumab 10 mg/kg (Q3W, −2 years)

C: Docetaxel 75 mg/m^2

5-year

—

A + B: 11.8 months

C: 8.4 months

34048946

Previously untreated stage IV, programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) strong expressing NSCLC

KEYNOTE-024

NCT02142738

305

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −35 doses)

B: Chemotherapy

5-year

A: 7.7 months

B: 5.5 months

A: 26.3 months

B: 13.4 months

33872070

PD-L1 strong expressing NSCLC

KEYNOTE-042

NCT02220894

1274

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −35 doses)

B: Chemotherapy

5-year

—

A: 16.4 months

B: 12.1 months

36306479

Locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC

OAK

NCT02008227

1225

A: Atezolizumab 1200 mg

B: Docetaxel 75 mg/m^2

2.25 years

—

A: 13.8 months

B: 9.6 months

27979383

Stage IV non-squamous NSCLC

Impower-130

NCT02367781

723

A: Atezolizumab+Nab-Paclitaxel+Carboplatin

B: Nab-Paclitaxel+Carboplatin

Median 18.5 months

A: 7.0 months

B: 5.5 months

A: 18.6 months

B: 13.9 months

31122901

PD-L1-selected, chemotherapy-naive stage IV NSCLC

Impower-110

NCT02409342

572

A: Atezolizumab

B: Chemotherapy

Median 15.7 months

A: 7.2 months

B: 5.5 months

A: 20.2 months

B: 13.1 months

32997907

Extensive-disease small cell lung cancer

Impower-133

NCT02763579

403

A: Atezolizumab 1200 mg + EP

B: Placebo + EP

Median 22.9 months

—

A: 12.3 months

B: 10.3 months

31959349

CASPIAN

NCT03043872

987

A: Durvalumab+Tremelimumab+EP

B: Durvalumab+EP

C: EP

Median 25.1 months

—

B: 12.9 months

C: 10.5 months

33285097

ASTRUM-005

NCT04063163

585

A: Serplulimab + EP

B: Placebo + EP

Median 12.3 months

A: 5.7 months

B: 4.3 months

A: 15.4 months

B: 10.9 months

36166026

Advanced or metastatic (medically or surgically unresectable) clear-cell renal cell carcinoma

CheckMate-025

NCT01668784

821

A: Nivolumab 3 mg/kg

B: Everolimus

5-year

—

A: 25.8 months

B: 19.7 months

32673417

Metastatic or locally advanced/unresectable urothelial carcinoma

KEYNOTE-045

NCT02256436

542

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −35 doses)

B: Chemotherapy

Median 27.7 months

—

A: 10.1 months

B: 7.3 months

31050707

Locally advanced or metastatic urothelial bladder carcinoma

IMvigor-211

NCT02302807

931

A: Atezolizumab

B: Chemotherapy

Median 33 months

—

A: 8.6 months

B: 8.0 months

33902955

Advanced renal cell carcinoma

CLEAR

NCT02811861

1069

A: Lenvatinib 20 mg + Pembrolizumab 200 mg

B: Sunitinib 50 mg

Median 26.6 months

A: 23.9 months

B: 9.2 months

—

33616314

Unresectable advanced or recurrent esophageal cancer

ATTRACTION-3

NCT02569242

419

A: Nivolumab 240 mg

B: Docetaxel/Paclitaxel

Minimum 17.6 months

—

A: 10.9 months

B: 8.4 months

31582355

Advanced/metastatic adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus that have progressed after first-line standard therapy

KEYNOTE-181

NCT02564263

628

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −2 years)

B: Chemotherapy

16 months

—

A: 9.3 months

B: 6.7 months

33026938

Stage IV mismatched repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high colorectal carcinoma

KEYNOTE-177

NCT02563002

307

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −35 doses)

B: Chemotherapy

44.5 months

A: 16.5 months

B: 8.2 months

No significant difference

35427471

Recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell cancer

CheckMate-141

NCT02105636

361

A: Nivolumab 3 mg/kg

B: Cetuximab/Methotrexate/Docetaxel

1-year

—

A: 7.5 months

B: 5.1 months

27718784

KEYNOTE-040

NCT02252042

495

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −2 years)

B: Cetuximab/Methotrexate/Docetaxel

2-year

—

A: 8.4 months

B: 6.9 months

30509740

KEYNOTE-048

NCT02358031

882

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −2 years)

B: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −2 years) + Chemotherapy

C: Cetuximab + Chemotherapy

Median 45 months

—

A: 14.9 months

B: 14.7 months

C: 10.8 months

36219809

Squamous cell carcinoma

Recurrent or metastatic, platinum-refractory cervical cancer

EMPOWER

NCT03257267

608

A: Cemiplimab 350 mg

B: Chemotherapy

Median 18.2 months

—

A: 12.0 months

B: 8.5 months

35139273

Persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer

KEYNOTE-826

NCT03635567

617

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −2 years) + Chemotherapy

B: Placebo+Chemotherapy

Median 22 months

A: 10.4 months

B: 8.2 months

A: 53.0–54.4%

B: 41.7–44.6%

34534429

Previously untreated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

Impassion130

NCT02425891

902

A: Atezolizumab + Nab-Paclitaxel

B: Placebo + Nab-Paclitaxel

Median 18.8 months

—

A: 25.4 months

B: 17.9 months

(PD-L1 positive)

34272041

Previously untreated locally recurrent inoperable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer

KEYNOTE-355

NCT02819518

882

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −2 years) + Chemotherapy

B: Placebo + Chemotherapy

Median 44.1 months

—

A: 23.0 months

B: 16.1 months

35857659

Triple-negative breast cancer

KEYNOTE-522

NCT03036488

1174

A: Pembrolizumab 200 mg (Q3W, −2 years)+ Chemotherapy

B: Placebo + Chemotherapy

Median 39.1 months

A: 84.5%

B: 76.8%

—

35139274

  1. NSCLC non-small cell lung cancer, EP carboplatin or cisplatin plus etoposide, CCRT concurrent chemoradiation therapy, Q2W once every 2 weeks, Q3W once every 3 weeks, PFS progression-free survival, RFS recurrence-free survival, OS overall survival