• Chaoji Shi, Houyu Ju, Rong Zhou, Shengming Xu, Yunteng Wu, Ziyue Gu, Ying Wang, Wanling Chen, Xinyi Huang, Yong Han, Shuyang Sun, Chuwen Li, Min Wang, Guoyu Zhou, Zhiyuan Zhang, Jiang Li, and Guoxin Ren.
• Department of Oral and Maxillofacial-Head Neck Oncology, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Number 639, Zhi-Zao-Ju Road, Shanghai, 200011, People's Republic of China.
• Bmc Med. 2024 May 29; 22 (1): 215215.

BackgroundMucosal melanoma (MM) is a rare but devastating subtype of melanoma. Our previous studies have demonstrated robust anti-tumor effects of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors in head and neck MM (HNMM) patient-derived xenograft models with CDK4 amplification. Herein, we aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of dalpiciclib (SHR6390), a CDK4/6 inhibitor, in HNMM patients harboring CDK4 amplification.MethodsThe anti-tumor efficacy of dalpiciclib was assessed by HNMM patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models and patient-derived tumor cells (PDC) in vivo and in vitro. Immunohistochemical analyses and western blot were then performed to assess the markers of cell proliferation and CDK4/6 signaling pathway. For the clinical trial, advanced recurrent and/or metastatic HNMM patients with CDK4 amplification were treated with dalpiciclib 125 mg once daily for 21 consecutive days in 28-day cycles. The primary endpoint was disease control rate (DCR). Secondary endpoints included safety, objective response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS).ResultsDalpiciclib profoundly suppressed growth of HNMM-PDX and PDC with CDK4 amplification, whereas it showed relatively weak suppression in those with CDK4 wild type compared with vehicle. And dalpiciclib resulted in a remarkable reduction in the expression levels of Ki-67 and phosphorylated Rb compared with control group. In the clinical trial, a total of 17 patients were enrolled, and 16 patients were evaluable. The ORR was 6.3%, and the DCR was 81.3%. The estimated median PFS was 9.9 months (95% CI, 4.8-NA), and the median OS was not reached. The rate of OS at 12 months and 24 months was 68.8% (95% CI, 0.494-0.957) and 51.6% (95% CI, 0.307-0.866), respectively. The most frequent adverse events were neutrophil count decrease, white blood cell count decrease, and fatigue.ConclusionsDalpiciclib was well-tolerated and displayed a durable benefit for HNMM patients with CDK4 amplification in this study. Further studies on CDK4 inhibitors and its combination strategy for MM are worth further exploration.Trial RegistrationChiCTR2000031608.© 2024. The Author(s).

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