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An open-label, multicohort, phase I/II study of nivolumab in patients with virus-associated tumors (CheckMate 358): Efficacy and safety in recurrent or metastatic (R/M) cervical, vaginal, and vulvar cancers.

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5504Background: Treatment options for cervical, vaginal, and vulvar (GYN) cancers are limited after first-line therapy. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix (≥90%) and… Click to show full abstract

5504Background: Treatment options for cervical, vaginal, and vulvar (GYN) cancers are limited after first-line therapy. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is associated with squamous cell carcinomas of the cervix (≥90%) and vulva/vagina (40–70%), and may elicit an immune reaction. Programmed death (PD)-1 and its major ligand PD-L1 are expressed in GYN cancers and inhibit immune responses. Nivolumab disrupts PD-1–mediated signaling, restoring antitumor immunity. Methods: In CheckMate 358 (NCT02488759), an ongoing multicohort study of 5 virus-associated cancers, PD-L1–unselected adults with R/M GYN cancers, ECOG PS 0–1, and ≤2 prior systemic therapies for R/M disease were eligible to receive nivolumab 240 mg every 2 weeks until progression or unacceptable toxicity. Primary endpoints were objective response rate (ORR) and safety; secondary endpoints were duration of response (DoR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). Results: Of 24 treated patients (pts), 19 had cervical and 5 had v...

Keywords: cervical vaginal; vaginal vulvar; multicohort; virus associated; checkmate 358

Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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