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Supplementary Figure 2 from Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Resectable Locally Advanced, Human Papillomavirus–Unrelated Head and Neck Cancer: A Multicenter, Phase II Trial

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posted on 2023-03-31, 22:11 authored by Ravindra Uppaluri, Katie M. Campbell, Ann Marie Egloff, Paul Zolkind, Zachary L. Skidmore, Brian Nussenbaum, Randal C. Paniello, Jason T. Rich, Ryan Jackson, Patrik Pipkorn, Loren S. Michel, Jessica Ley, Peter Oppelt, Gavin P. Dunn, Erica K. Barnell, Nicholas C. Spies, Tianxiang Lin, Tiantian Li, David T. Mulder, Youstina Hanna, Iulia Cirlan, Trevor J. Pugh, Tenny Mudianto, Rachel Riley, Liye Zhou, Vickie Y. Jo, Matthew D. Stachler, Glenn J. Hanna, Jason Kass, Robert Haddad, Jonathan D. Schoenfeld, Evisa Gjini, Ana Lako, Wade Thorstad, Hiram A. Gay, Mackenzie Daly, Scott J. Rodig, Ian S. Hagemann, Dorina Kallogjeri, Jay F. Piccirillo, Rebecca D. Chernock, Malachi Griffith, Obi L. Griffith, Douglas R. Adkins

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Pembrolizumab improved survival in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC). The aims of this study were to determine if pembrolizumab would be safe, result in pathologic tumor response (pTR), and lower the relapse rate in patients with resectable human papillomavirus (HPV)–unrelated HNSCC. Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab (200 mg) was administered and followed 2 to 3 weeks later by surgical tumor ablation. Postoperative (chemo)radiation was planned. Patients with high-risk pathology (positive margins and/or extranodal extension) received adjuvant pembrolizumab. pTR was quantified as the proportion of the resection bed with tumor necrosis, keratinous debris, and giant cells/histiocytes: pTR-0 (<10%), pTR-1 (10%–49%), and pTR-2 (≥50%). Coprimary endpoints were pTR-2 among all patients and 1-year relapse rate in patients with high-risk pathology (historical: 35%). Correlations of baseline PD-L1 and T-cell infiltration with pTR were assessed. Tumor clonal dynamics were evaluated (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02296684). Thirty-six patients enrolled. After neoadjuvant pembrolizumab, serious (grades 3–4) adverse events and unexpected surgical delays/complications did not occur. pTR-2 occurred in eight patients (22%), and pTR-1 in eight other patients (22%). One-year relapse rate among 18 patients with high-risk pathology was 16.7% (95% confidence interval, 3.6%–41.4%). pTR ≥10% correlated with baseline tumor PD-L1, immune infiltrate, and IFNγ activity. Matched samples showed upregulation of inhibitory checkpoints in patients with pTR-0 and confirmed clonal loss in some patients. Among patients with locally advanced, HPV-unrelated HNSCC, pembrolizumab was safe, and any pathologic response was observed in 44% of patients with 0% pathologic complete responses. The 1-year relapse rate in patients with high-risk pathology was lower than historical.

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