Melanoma & Skin Cancer

Howard D. Edington, MD, discusses the importance of prevention strategies in melanoma.

Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD, discusses the utilization of relatlimab plus nivolumab in unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Helen Heng-Shan Moon, MD, discusses the FDA approval of relatlimab plus nivolumab in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

The combination of the CD40 agonist antibody sotigalimab and pembrolizumab demonstrated a favorable safety profile and led to immunologic changes that correlated with clinical response in patients with unresectable stage III or IV metastatic melanoma.

Howard D. Edington, MD, discusses the evolving treatment paradigm of melanoma.

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival vs ipilimumab alone as second-line therapy in previously treated patients with stage III unresectable or stage IV melanoma.

The addition of BO-112 to pembrolizumab demonstrated efficacy and safety in patients with advanced melanoma who were resistant to anti–PD-1 therapies, according to final results from the phase 2 SPOTLIGHT203 trial.

Nivolumab in combination with a PD-L1/IDO peptide vaccine displayed encouraging efficacy and survival results among patients with metastatic melanoma.

The combination of the oncolytic vaccine vusolimogene oderparepvec and nivolumab continued to drive encouraging responses with acceptable tolerability in patients with melanoma and other skin cancers.

The FDA has provided positive feedback regarding Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.’s proposed matrix of potency assays for an upcoming biologics license application seeking the approval of lifileucel in the treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma.

Institutional Perspectives in Cancer- Skin Cancer: Chaired by Jason Luke, MD

Fixed-duration systemic therapies have gained some traction in hematologic malignancies, where advances in drug development and sequencing strategies have afforded investigators the opportunity to conduct trials.

Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD, discusses the recent FDA approval of relatlimab/nivolumab in metastatic melanoma, the significance of the regulatory decision, and potential avenues for further exploration of the regimen.

Hussein A. Tawbi, MD, PhD, discusses the FDA approval of relatlimab plus nivolumab in unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

The FDA has approved the fixed-dose combination of relatlimab plus nivolumab for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients who are 12 years of age or older and who have unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the novel immunostimulant 7HP349 for use in combination with a CTLA-4 inhibitor in patients with unresectable or metastatic malignant melanoma in whom a PD-L1 inhibitor has failed.

The fixed-dose combination of relatlimab and nivolumab continued to demonstrate a consistent progression-free survival benefit, showcased a clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival, and elicited a higher objective response rate than nivolumab alone in previously untreated patients with metastatic or unresectable melanoma.

The addition of bempegaldesleukin to nivolumab did not significantly improve progression-free survival, objective response rate, or overall survival vs nivolumab alone in the frontline treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma, missing the primary end points of the phase 3 PIVOT IO-001 trial.

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the phase 1 NEON-2 trial examining the combination of davoceticept and pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors or lymphoma.

Pembrolizumab significantly improved distant metastasis–free survival vs placebo when used as an adjuvant treatment in patients with resected stage IIB and IIC melanoma, according to additional data from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-716 trial.

Zeynep Eroglu, MD, discusses the utilization of circulating tumor DNA in patients with melanoma.

“I don’t intend to rest on any laurels as thereis still much more to be done.”

Michael Atkins, MD, shares data presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Plenary Series regarding results from the phase 3 ECOG-ACRIN EA6134 trial, DREAMseq, evaluating the use of up-front dual immunotherapy in patients with BRAF V600–mutant advanced melanoma.

Frontline administration of the checkpoint inhibitors ipilimumab plus nivolumab followed by the targeted agents dabrafenib plus trametinib improved overall survival in patients with BRAF V600–mutant melanoma vs the reverse sequence of combinations, according to data from the phase 3 DREAMseq trial presented during the ASCO Virtual Plenary Series.

The FDA has approved tebentafusp-tebn for the treatment of HLA-A*02:01–positive adult patients with unresectable or metastatic uveal melanoma.

The PD-L1 antibody cosibelimab, when given at a fixed dose of 800 mg every 2 weeks, elicited a promising objective response rate with acceptable safety and tolerability in patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, meeting the primary end point of a phase 1 registration-enabling trial.

Jeffrey S. Weber, MD, PhD, overviews the successes made in the melanoma setting in the past decade and the challenges to overcome in the future.

Omid Hamid, MD, discusses the differences in evaluation criteria for tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes therapy in melanoma.

Omid Hamid, MD, discusses the efficacy of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte therapy following immunotherapy in advanced melanoma.

The diffusing alpha-emitter radiation therapy, Alpha DaRT, was found to elicit complete responses per RECIST v1.1 criteria in 10 patients with malignant skin and soft tissue cancers who are enrolled to an ongoing single-institution pilot feasibility trial.