• Jeffrey S Weber, F Stephen Hodi, Jedd D Wolchok, Suzanne L Topalian, Dirk Schadendorf, James Larkin, Mario Sznol, Georgina V Long, Hewei Li, Ian M Waxman, Joel Jiang, and Caroline Robert.
• Jeffrey S. Weber, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL; F. Stephen Hodi, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Jedd D. Wolchok, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Suzanne L. Topalian, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD; Mario Sznol, Yale University School of Medicine and Smilow Cancer Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT; Hewei Li, Ian M. Waxman, and Joel Jiang, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ; Dirk Schadendorf, University of Essen, Essen, Germany; James Larkin, Royal Marsden National Health Service Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Georgina V. Long, Melanoma Institute Australia and University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; and Caroline Robert, Gustave Roussy and Paris-Sud University, Villejuif-Paris Sud, France.
• J. Clin. Oncol. 2017 Mar 1; 35 (7): 785-792.

AbstractPurpose We conducted a retrospective analysis to assess the safety profile of nivolumab monotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma and describe the management of adverse events (AEs) using established safety guidelines. Patients and Methods Safety data were pooled from four studies, including two phase III trials, with patients who received nivolumab 3 mg/kg once every 2 weeks. We evaluated rate of treatment-related AEs, time to onset and resolution of select AEs (those with potential immunologic etiology), and impact of select AEs and suppressive immune-modulating agents (IMs) on antitumor efficacy. Results Among 576 patients, 71% (95% CI, 67% to 75%) experienced any-grade treatment-related AEs (most commonly fatigue [25%], pruritus [17%], diarrhea [13%], and rash [13%]), and 10% (95% CI, 8% to 13%) experienced grade 3 to 4 treatment-related AEs. No drug-related deaths were reported. Select AEs (occurring in 49% of patients) were most frequently skin related, GI, endocrine, and hepatic; grade 3 to 4 select AEs occurred in 4% of patients. Median time to onset of select AEs ranged from 5 weeks for skin to 15 weeks for renal AEs. Approximately 24% of patients received systemic IMs to manage select AEs, which in most cases resolved. Adjusting for number of doses, objective response rate (ORR) was significantly higher in patients who experienced treatment-related select AEs of any grade compared with those who did not. ORRs were similar in patients who did and patients who did not receive systemic IMs. Conclusion Treatment-related AEs with nivolumab monotherapy were primarily low grade, and most resolved with established safety guidelines. Use of IMs did not affect ORR, although treatment-related select AEs of any grade were associated with higher ORR, but no progression-free survival benefit.

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