Sequencing of PD-1/L1 Inhibitors and Carboplatin Based Chemotherapy for Cisplatin Ineligible Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

Xiao X. Wei, Lillian Werner, Min Y. Teo, Jonathan E. Rosenberg, Vadim S. Koshkin, Petros Grivas, Bernadett Szabados, Laura Morrison, Thomas Powles, Lucia Carril-Ajuria, Daniel Castellano, Pedro Isaacsson Velho, Noah M. Hahn, Rana R. McKay, Daniele Raggi, Andrea Necchi, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Parissa Alerasool, Jacob Gaines, Matthew GalskyJoaquim Bellmunt, Guru Sonpavde

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Abstract

Purpose:Current first line treatment options in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma unfit to receive cisplatin containing chemotherapy include PD-1/L1 inhibitors and carboplatin containing chemotherapy. However, the optimal sequencing of these therapies remains unclear.Materials and Methods:We conducted a multicenter retrospective analysis. Consecutive cisplatin ineligible patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma treated with first line carboplatin containing chemotherapy followed sequentially by second line PD-1/L1 inhibitor, or the reverse order, were included. Patient demographics, objective response, time to treatment failure for first line and second line therapy, interval between end of first line and initiation of second line treatment (Interval1L-2L) and overall survival were collected. Multivariate analysis was conducted to examine the association of sequencing on overall survival.Results:In this multicenter retrospective study we identified 146 cisplatin ineligible patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma treated with first line PD-1/L1 inhibitor therapy followed by second line carboplatin containing chemotherapy (group 1, 43) or the reverse sequence (group 2, 103). In the overall cohort median age was 72, 76% were men and 18% had liver metastasis. In both groups objective response rates were higher with carboplatin containing chemotherapy (45.6% first line, 44.2% second line) compared to PD-1/L1 inhibitors (9.3% first line, 21.3% second line). On multivariate analysis treatment sequence was not associated with overall survival (HR 1.05, p=0.85). Site of metastasis was the only factor significantly associated with overall survival (p=0.002).Conclusions:In this biomarker unselected cohort of cisplatin ineligible patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma, PD-1/L1 inhibitor followed by carboplatin containing chemotherapy and the reverse sequence had comparable overall survival.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)414-419
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Urology
Volume205
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2021

Keywords

  • carboplatin
  • carcinoma
  • programmed cell death 1 receptor
  • transitional cell
  • urinary bladder neoplasms

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Urology

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