Table 3 Clinical trials with immunotherapy in patients with melanoma and brain metastasis

From: Progress in personalized immunotherapy for patients with brain metastasis

Author

Study type

Treatment

Patients with brain metastasis

Outcomes

Margolin et al.129

NCT00623766

Phase II

Ipilimumab

Cohort A: (neurologically

IDCR: 25%

asymptomatic) 51

mOS: 7.0 m

 

mPFS: 2.7 m

 

Intracranial mPFS: 1.9 m

 

IDCR: 10%

Cohort B: (symptomatic and on a stable dose of corticosteroids) 21

mOS: 3.7 m

 

mPFS: 1.3 m

 

Intracranial mPFS: 1.2 m

Di Giacomo et al.130

NCT01654692

Phase II

Ipilimumab +

20

IDCR: 50.0%

Fotemustine

mOS: 13.4 m

 

mPFS: 4.5 m

Goldberg et al.131

Phase II

Pembrolizumab

  

Kluger et al.132

NCT020850170

Phase II

Pembrolizumab

23

IRR: 26%

mOS: 17 m

mPFS: 2 m

Long et al.133

NCT02374242

Phase II

Nivolumab + Ipilimumab, followed by Nivolumab

Cohort A: 35

IRR: 46%

  

mOS: NR

  

mPFS: 13.8 m

  

Intracranial mPFS: NR

Nivolumab

Cohort B: 25

IRR: 20%

  

mOS: 13.8 m

  

mPFS: 2.6 m

  

Intracranial mPFS: 2.6 m

Nivolumab

Cohort C: Patients neurologically

IRR: 6%

 

symptomatic 16

mOS: 5.1 m

  

mPFS: 2.6 m

  

Intracranial mPFS: 2.3 m

Tawbi et al.34

NCT02320058

Phase II

Nivolumab + Ipilimumab, followed by

94

IDCR: 57%

 

1-year OS rate: 81.5%

 

1-year PFS rate: 56.6%

Tawbi et al.34

NCT03470922

Phase II

Relatlimab + Nivolumab versus Nivolumab in participants with previously untreated metastatic or unresectable melanoma

Relatlimab + Nivolumab: 355

ImPFS: 10.1 m (95%[CI], 6.4 to 15.7) with Relatlimab-Nivolumab vs. 4.6 m (95% CI, 3.4 to 5.6) with Nivolumab (HR for progression or death, 0.75 [95% CI, 0.62 to 0.92]; P = 0.006 by the log-rank test

 

Nivolumab: 359

 
  

1-yr PFS rate: 47.7% (95% CI, 41.8 to 53.2) with Relatlimab-Nivolumab vs. 36.0% (95% CI, 30.5 to 41.6)

  1. IDCR intracranial disease control rate, iPFS intracranial PFS, m months, mOS median overall survival, mPFS median progression-free survival, HR hazard ratio, NR Not reached, PFS Progression Free Survival, OS Overall Survival, IRR infusion-related reaction.