Table 2 Representative clinical trials and outcomes of ICIs for treating hematologic malignancies

From: Immunotherapy in hematologic malignancies: achievements, challenges and future prospects

Drug & Target

Trial

Phase

Monotherapy/combination therapy

Type of disease

Prior lines of treatment

No. of patients

Response

Survival

FDA approval

Refs.

Ipilimumab,

CTLA-4

NCT00060372

I

Monotherapy

Pan-cancers, including R/R cHL

Received allo-HSCT

29

Only 3 patients demonstrated objective disease responses after ipilimumab alone, 1 patient achieved PR and 2 patients achieved CR

Median OS of all 29 patients was 24.7 months

Yes

396

NCT00089076

I

Monotherapy

R/R B-NHL

1–4 chemotherapy regimens

18

Only 2 patients had clinical response: 1 patient achieved PR and 1 patient achieved CR

1 patient with FL had PR lasting 19 months and 1 patient with DLBCL had an ongoing CR ( > 31 months)

Yes

397

NCT01896999

I/II

Combination therapy

R/R cHL

≥1

61

ORR 76%

CRR 57%

Median PFS 1.2 years

Yes

398

Ipilimumab and Nivolumab,

CTLA-4 and PD-1

NCT01592370

I

Combination therapy

R/R cHL, NHL, and MM

≥1 or ≥2

65

cHL: ORR 74%, CRR 23%

NHL: ORR 19%, CRR 6%

MM: ORR 0%

cHL: median PFS was not reached at 17 months

all corhorts: median PFS was 1–2 months

Yes

399

Nivolumab,

PD-1

NCT01592370

I

Monotherapy

R/R cHL

≥1 without ASCT in 100 days

23

ORR 87%

CRR 17%

PFS: 86% at 24 weeks; OS: 91% at 1 year

Yes

387

NCT03016871

II

Comparison of monotherapy and combination therapy

R/R cHL

/

43

ORR 93%

CRR 91%

PFS 72% at 2 years

Yes

400

ADVL1412

I/II

Monotherapy

Pan-cancers, including NHL and HL

≥1

HL 10, NHL 10

HL: ORR 30%

NHL: ORR 10%

HL: the median of cycles the patients completed was 4.5;

NHL: one patient had response and remained on therapy for 11 cycles.

Yes

401

/

/

Monotherapy

R/R PCNSL and PTL with CNS relapse

≥1

5

ORR 100%

CRR 80%

PFS: 60% at 17 months

Yes

402

CheckMate 436

I/II

Combination therapy

R/R PMBCL

≥2 or received ASCT

30

ORR 73%

CRR 37%

Median PFS and OS were not reached

Yes

403

NCT02038933

II

Monotherapy

R/R DLBCL

Experienced failure of ASCT

121

Allo-HSCT-failed: ORR 10% at 9 months, ASCT-ineligible: ORR 3% at 6 months

Allo-HSCT-failed: median PFS 1.9 months, median OS 12.2 months; allo-HSCT-ineligible: median PFS 1.4 months, OS 5.8 months

Yes

404

NCT02329847

I/II

Combination therapy

R/R FL/DLBCL/CLL and SLL/RT

≥1

144

CLL/SLL: ORR 61%

FL: ORR 33%

DLBCL: ORR 36%

RT: ORR 65%

CLL/SLL: median duration of response 19.2 months

FL: median PFS 9.1 months

DLBCL: median PFS 2.6 months

RT: median PFS 5.0 months

Yes

409

Pembrolizumab,

PD-1

KEYNOTE-013

I

Monotherapy

R/R cHL

Received BV without ASCT

21

ORR 65%

CRR 16%

PFS 46% at 52 weeks

Yes

408

KEYNOTE-013

I

Monotherapy

R/R PMBCL

Median 3

18

ORR 41%

Median OS was not reached

Yes

411

NCT02453594

II

Monotherapy

R/R cHL

Received BV and/or HSCT

210

ORR 69%

CRR 22.4%

PFS 72.4%, OS 99.5% at 6 months

Yes

405

KEYNOTE-204

III

Monotherapy

R/R cHL

≥1 without ASCT

151

ORR 65.6%, CRR 24.5%

Median PFS was 13.2 months

Yes

194

NCT02332980

II

Monotherapy

R/R CLL, RT

≥1

16

RT: ORR 44%

CLL: ORR 0%

RT cohort: median OS 10.7 months

Yes

410

Pidilizumab (CT-011), PD-1

NCT00532259

II

Monotherapy

R/R DLBCL

Received ASCT

66

ORR 51%

PFS 72%, OS 85% at 16 months

Yes

390

NCT00904722

II

Combination therapy

R/R FL

≥1

32

ORR 62%, CRR 52%

Median PFS was 18.8 months

Yes

406

CT-011 Trial

I

Monotherapy

Advanced NHL, HL, CLL, MM

/

7

B-NHL: ORR 14%, CRR 14%

The survival time ranged from 1.7 to >77 weeks.

Yes

412

Margrolimab,

CD47

NCT02953509

I

Combination therapy

DLBCL, FL

≥2

22

ORR 50%, CR 36%

91% of response were ongoing at median follow-up.

No

407

Lemzoparlimab,

CD47

NCT03934814

I

Combination therapy

R/R NHL

≥2

8

ORR 57%, overall DCR 100%

All responders remained in clinical response at the time of data cutoff.

Yes

414

NCT04202003

I

Monotherapy

R/R AML and MDS

≥2

5

1 patient achieved morphologic leukemia-free state

/

– n–

415

Evorpacept, SIRPα/CD47

ASPEN-02

I/II

Combination therapy

R/R MDS

≥1 HMA-based regimen

13

ORR 60% of 5 ND patients, 40% of 5 R/R patients

/

Yes

417

TG-1081,

CD19/CD47

NCT03804996

I

Comparison of monotherapy and combination therapy

R/R B-cell lymphoma

≥1

14

Monotherapy: ORR 21%;

Combination with ublituximab: ORR 44%, CRR 6%

10 patients had durable response at the time of data cutoff.

No

413

  1. FDA Food and Drug Administration, R/R refactory/relapse, ND newly diagnosed, cHL classical Hodgkin lymphoma, ASCT autologous stem cell transplantation, ORR overall response rate, CR complete response, PFS progression-free survival, OS overall survival, DCR disease control rate, NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma, PCNSL primary central nervous system lymphoma, CNS central nervous system, PTL primary testicular lymphoma, PMBCL primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, DLBCL diffused large B-cell lymphoma, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia, BV brentuximab vedotin, RT Richter transformation, FL follicular lymphoma, MM multiple myeloma, AML acute myelocytic leukemia, MDS myelodysplastic syndromes, HMA hypomethylating agents, “/”, not available