{"title":"Anti-PD-1 Therapy for Patients with Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma: Ready for Prime Time?","authors":"Gagandeep Brar, Rachna T Shroff","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-25-X3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-25-X3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"181-183"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080203/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exceptional Response in a Patient with mRCC Through Precision-Guided Treatment Involving Immunotherapy Rechallenge with Temsirolimus and Bevacizumab.","authors":"Ashkan Adibi, Ünal Metin Tokat, Esranur Aydın, Eylül Özgü, Şevval Nur Bilgiç, Nalan Akgül Babacan, Onur Tutar, Razelle Kurzrock, Mutlu Demiray","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-25-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-25-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) and the subsequent discussions in molecular tumor boards (MTBs) are becoming an integral part of personalized cancer care. The patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) presented here demonstrated an absence of a favorable response accompanied by adverse events after receiving dual immunotherapy with nivolumab plus ipilimumab in combination with a poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor, niraparib. This determination was made based on the initial CGP report and the initial MTB. Following the progression of the disease and the emergence of immune-related adverse events, a second CGP was conducted, and several subsequent MTBs were held. The decision was made to transition the patient's treatment to temsirolimus plus bevacizumab, with the rechallenge of immunotherapy with pembrolizumab. The response evaluation revealed a complete radiographic and molecular response. This case study underscores the mounting significance of precision oncology in the management of mRCC, thereby suggesting that mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor may augment the efficacy of immunotherapy in select patients based on their genomic findings. A digital poster of this case is included in the supplemental materials.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"184-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12080210/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144078396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Ayala de Miguel, Roberto Borea, Christian Rolfo
{"title":"Selinexor in Uveal Melanoma: A Hopeful Step or Just Another Hurdle?","authors":"Carlos Ayala de Miguel, Roberto Borea, Christian Rolfo","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-25-X2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-25-X2.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"177-180"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12045528/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143969628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karen A Autio, Deaglan J McHugh, Dana E Rathkopf, Han Xiao, Swathi Merugu, Phillip Wong, Mehrin Jan, Tanya B Dorff, Elisabeth I Heath, Howard I Scher
{"title":"Olaparib and Durvalumab in Patients with DNA Damage Repair Alterations and Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer.","authors":"Karen A Autio, Deaglan J McHugh, Dana E Rathkopf, Han Xiao, Swathi Merugu, Phillip Wong, Mehrin Jan, Tanya B Dorff, Elisabeth I Heath, Howard I Scher","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-24-36","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"172-176"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12010483/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehmet Altan, Dawen Sui, Cai Xu, George R Simon, Saliha T Sulihem, Donna Malveaux, Darcy Ponce, Waree Rinsurongkawong, Vadeerat Rinsurongkawong, J Jack Lee, Jianjun Zhang, Don L Gibbons, Ara A Vaporciyan, John V Heymach, Melissa L Santorelli, Thomas Burke, Loretta A Williams
{"title":"PD-L1 Testing, Treatment Patterns, and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients with Metastatic NSCLC at an Academic Medical Center, 2017-2021.","authors":"Mehmet Altan, Dawen Sui, Cai Xu, George R Simon, Saliha T Sulihem, Donna Malveaux, Darcy Ponce, Waree Rinsurongkawong, Vadeerat Rinsurongkawong, J Jack Lee, Jianjun Zhang, Don L Gibbons, Ara A Vaporciyan, John V Heymach, Melissa L Santorelli, Thomas Burke, Loretta A Williams","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-26","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-24-26","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Targeted therapies and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the management of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) over the past decade.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This single-center observational study was conducted to describe programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) testing, choice of therapy, and outcomes for adult patients with stage IV NSCLC initiating first-line therapy from 2017 through 2020, with follow-up through June 2021. Patient characteristics and study assessments were described according to four histomolecular subtypes, defined by histologic characteristics and availability of standard-of-care therapies for molecular subgroups at the time of study conduct.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 507 eligible patients with metastatic NSCLC, 85 (17%) had squamous NSCLC; 288 (57%) had nonsquamous NSCLC with no actionable genomic alteration; 44 (9%) had nonsquamous NSCLC with <i>KRAS</i> G12C mutation; and 90 (18%) had nonsquamous NSCLC with <i>ROS1</i>, <i>BRAF</i> V600E, <i>EGFR</i> exon 20 insertion, or <i>RET</i> or <i>NTRK</i> genomic alteration. Most tumors were PD-L1 tested. After excluding 40 patients whose PD-L1 testing status was unknown, all but 55 tumors (12%) were tested for PD-L1 expression, and the percentages tested rose from 86% in 2017 to 100% in 2020. From 27% of nonsquamous NSCLC with no actionable genomic alteration to 46% of <i>KRAS</i> G12C-mutated NSCLC had PD-L1 expression ≥ 50%. Use of chemotherapy decreased and use of ICI-chemotherapy combinations increased from 2017 to 2020. In the squamous NSCLC group, single or combination chemotherapy was administered most commonly (42%), whereas ICI-chemotherapy combinations were the most common first-line regimens in the three nonsquamous NSCLC histomolecular groups. For patients with NSCLC and no actionable genomic alterations, ICI-chemotherapy combinations were the most common regimens in 2018-2020 in all but the PD-L1 ≥ 50% category, for whom ICI monotherapy was most common every year except 2020. Median overall survival was 25.0 months (95% CI, 19.1-28.3) for all patients, and, by histomolecular cohort, 14.3 months for squamous NSCLC, 25.3 months for nonsquamous NSCLC with no actionable genomic alteration, not reached for <i>KRAS</i> G12C-mutated NSCLC, and 27.7 months for nonsquamous NSCLC with other genomic alterations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Study findings highlight the increased use of PD-L1 testing over the years from 2017 to 2020 and recent changes in therapy, with decreased use of chemotherapy and increased use of ICI-chemotherapy combinations during the study in each histomolecular group. Moreover, we observed improvements in survival for patients with metastatic NSCLC relative to historical real-world data.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"161-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11998521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juan I Ruiz, Bo Zhao, Nicolas Palaskas, Anita Deswal, Hui Zhao, Jennifer McQuade, Maria E Suarez-Almazor
{"title":"Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Melanoma Receiving Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors.","authors":"Juan I Ruiz, Bo Zhao, Nicolas Palaskas, Anita Deswal, Hui Zhao, Jennifer McQuade, Maria E Suarez-Almazor","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-24-31","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) might increase the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). This study aimed to evaluate the risk of MACE in patients with melanoma after ICI initiation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a before-after cohort study using claims data from Optum's deidentified Clinformatics Data Mart Database. We included adult patients with melanoma who received any approved ICI between 2011 and 2021 with a minimum of 12 months of observable data before ICI. The main outcome was time to first MACE (myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, stroke, heart failure hospitalization) and rate of MACE before and after ICI, ascertained using <i>International Classification of Diseases</i>, 9th/10th Revision diagnostic codes. Hazard ratio (HR) and incidence rate ratio (IRR) were calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 4024 patients with ICI-treated melanoma. Mean age was 67.4 years (SD 14.1), 36% were women; 3066 (76.2%) received monotherapy and 958 (23.8%) combination immunotherapy. A total of 160 (4%) patients had a MACE before ICI and 224 (5.6%) after ICI (HR, 1.76; 95% CI, 1.47-2.12). MACE rate in the year before ICI was 56.16 per 1000 person-years compared with 80.91 per 1000 person-years the year after ICI (IRR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.21-1.72). Ten cases of myocarditis were observed after ICI, 50% of them had a MACE. Risk factors associated with MACE after ICI were prior MACE, other cardiovascular conditions, hypertension, and older age. Glucocorticoid use was not associated with MACE.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results suggest that ICI might increase the risk of MACE in patients with melanoma during the first year after ICI.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11987079/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144021062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mirella Nardo, Camila Braganca Xavier, Bettzy Stephen, Jeffrey A How, Justin Moyers, Vivek Subbiah, David S Hong, Aung Naing
{"title":"Pembrolizumab in Patients with Advanced Miscellaneous Rare Cancers: Results from a Phase 2 Basket Trial.","authors":"Mirella Nardo, Camila Braganca Xavier, Bettzy Stephen, Jeffrey A How, Justin Moyers, Vivek Subbiah, David S Hong, Aung Naing","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-24-27","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Rare solid tumors account for one-quarter of cancers among adults in the United States, but few resources have been devoted to their treatment. We evaluated the efficacy of pembrolizumab, a programmed cell death-1 inhibitor, in patients with rare solid tumors.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a phase 2 basket trial that included patients with rare, advanced tumors. Patients were enrolled in the study in nine tumor-specific and a 10th cohort of miscellaneous rare histologies. Patients received pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously every 21 days. The primary endpoint was the non-progression rate at 27 weeks per immune-related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). The secondary endpoints were confirmed objective response (immune-related complete response [irCR] or partial response [irPR]), clinical benefit (irCR, irPR, or immune-related stable disease [irSD] ≥ 4 months), safety, and tolerability. Pretreatment biopsy specimens were examined for programmed cell death ligand-1 combined positive score (CPS) and tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte status. Herein, we report the outcomes in 12 patients with miscellaneous rare histologies who were on the study between October 5, 2016, and August 30, 2019.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twelve patients with rare cancers were enrolled from October 5, 2016, to August 30, 2019. The patients received a median of four lines of therapy before enrollment. Three patients (25%) remained free of progression at 27 weeks, one patient (8%) had an objective response, and five patients (42%) received clinical benefit. Six patients (50%) experienced at least one adverse event, of whom five (42%) experienced immune-related adverse events. The only grade ≥ 3 adverse event was non-immune-related anemia. Among the seven patients with CPS ≥ 1, one had irPR and two had irSD as the best response. Among the six patients with a CPS of 3, one had irPR and two had irSD as the best response.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Single-agent pembrolizumab showed modest efficacy and was well tolerated in patients with rare solid tumors (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02721732).</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"143-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11985251/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guest Editor and Reviewer Acknowledgments: 2024.","authors":"","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-25-X2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-25-X2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12001232/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143999585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"B7 Homolog 4 (B7-H4)-Directed Agents in Oncology Clinical Trials: A Review.","authors":"Meave Phipps, Gerald S Falchook","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-24-34","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-24-34","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>B7 homolog 4 (B7-H4) is a transmembrane protein found on immune cells and is frequently overexpressed in various solid tumors, making it a promising target for cancer therapy. B7-H4-directed agents, particularly antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) like puxitatug samrotecan (AZD8205), felmetatug vedotin (SGN-B7H4V), and GSK5733584, have demonstrated early clinical activity with promising response rates in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Combination strategies, such as ADCs with anti-PD-1 or PARP inhibitor therapies, have also shown enhanced tumor regression in preclinical models and are the subject of several ongoing clinical trials. This review highlights the current landscape of B7-H4-targeted agents, their progress in clinical trials, and the potential for combination approaches to improve outcomes in B7-H4-expressing cancers.</p>","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"153-160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11985252/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143975504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antibody-Drug Conjugate-Induced Pneumonitis: A Growing Threat.","authors":"Kathy L Chan, Saadia A Faiz, Ajay Sheshadri","doi":"10.36401/JIPO-25-X1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36401/JIPO-25-X1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16081,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Immunotherapy and Precision Oncology","volume":"8 2","pages":"141-142"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12001233/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143996137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}