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  • Nathan, Paul; Hassel, Jessica C; Rutkowski, Piotr; Baurain, Jean-Francois; Butler, Marcus O; Schlaak, Max; Sullivan, Ryan J; Ochsenreither, Sebastian; Dummer, Reinhard; Kirkwood, John M; Joshua, Anthony M; Sacco, Joseph J; Shoushtari, Alexander N; Orloff, Marlana; Piulats, Josep M; Milhem, Mohammed; Salama, April K S; Curti, Brendan; Demidov, Lev; Gastaud, Lauris; Mauch, Cornelia; Yushak, Melinda; Carvajal, Richard D; Hamid, Omid; Abdullah, Shaad E; Holland, Chris; Goodall, Howard; Piperno-Neumann, Sophie

    The New England journal of medicine, 09/2021, Letnik: 385, Številka: 13
    Journal Article

    Uveal melanoma is a disease that is distinct from cutaneous melanoma, with a low tumor mutational burden and a 1-year overall survival of approximately 50% in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma. Data showing a proven overall survival benefit with a systemic treatment are lacking. Tebentafusp is a bispecific protein consisting of an affinity-enhanced T-cell receptor fused to an anti-CD3 effector that can redirect T cells to target glycoprotein 100-positive cells. In this open-label, phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned previously untreated HLA-A*02:01-positive patients with metastatic uveal melanoma in a 2:1 ratio to receive tebentafusp (tebentafusp group) or the investigator's choice of therapy with single-agent pembrolizumab, ipilimumab, or dacarbazine (control group), stratified according to the lactate dehydrogenase level. The primary end point was overall survival. A total of 378 patients were randomly assigned to either the tebentafusp group (252 patients) or the control group (126 patients). Overall survival at 1 year was 73% in the tebentafusp group and 59% in the control group (hazard ratio for death, 0.51; 95% confidence interval CI, 0.37 to 0.71; P<0.001) in the intention-to-treat population. Progression-free survival was also significantly higher in the tebentafusp group than in the control group (31% vs. 19% at 6 months; hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.58 to 0.94; P = 0.01). The most common treatment-related adverse events in the tebentafusp group were cytokine-mediated events (due to T-cell activation) and skin-related events (due to glycoprotein 100-positive melanocytes), including rash (83%), pyrexia (76%), and pruritus (69%). These adverse events decreased in incidence and severity after the first three or four doses and infrequently led to discontinuation of the trial treatment (2%). No treatment-related deaths were reported. Treatment with tebentafusp resulted in longer overall survival than the control therapy among previously untreated patients with metastatic uveal melanoma. (Funded by Immunocore; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03070392; EudraCT number, 2015-003153-18.).