Abstract
AbstractNeoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy is standard of care for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) alone, and ICI in combination with chemotherapy, have demonstrated promising pathologic response (<pT2) in the neoadjuvant setting. In LCCC1520 (NCT02690558), a phase 2 single-arm trial of neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy (gemcitabine and cisplatin plus pembrolizumab; NAC-ICI) for MIBC, 22/39 patients responded (pathologic downstaging as primary outcome), as previously described. Here, we report post-hoc correlative analyses. Treatment was associated with changes in tumor mutational profile, immune gene signatures, and RNA subtype switching. Clinical response was associated with an increase in plasma IL-9 from pre-treatment to initiation of cycle 2 of therapy. Tumors harbored diverse predicted antigen landscapes that change across treatment and are associated with APOBEC, tobacco, and other etiologies. Higher pre-treatment tumor PD-L1 and TIGIT RNA expression were associated with complete response. IL-8 signature and Stroma-rich subtype were associated with improved response to NAC-ICI versus neoadjuvant ICI (ABACUS trial, NCT02662309). Plasma IL-9 represents a potential predictive biomarker of NAC-ICI response, while tumor IL-8 signature and stroma-rich subtype represent potential predictive biomarkers of response benefit of NAC-ICI over neoadjuvant ICI. Future efforts must include additional independent biomarker discovery and validation, ultimately to improve the selection of patients for ICI-related treatments.
Funder
Merck & Co., Inc. | Merck Sharp and Dohme
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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