A phase II study of perioperative pembrolizumab plus mFOLFOX in patients with potentially resectable esophagus, gastroesophageal junction (GEJ), and stomach adenocarcinoma.

Autor: Sun, Weijing, Veeramachaneni, Nirmal, Al‐Rajabi, Raed, Madan, Rashna, Kasi, Anup, Al‐Kasspooles, Mazin, Baranda, Joaquina, Saeed, Anwaar, Phadnis, Milind A., Godwin, Andrew K., Olyaee, Mojtaba, Streeter, Natalie, Nagji, Alykhan, Dai, Junqiang, Williamson, Stephen
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Zdroj: Cancer Medicine; Aug2023, Vol. 12 Issue 15, p16098-16107, 10p
Abstrakt: Background: Perioperative chemotherapy/chemoradiation is standard in esophageal/gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) adenocarcinoma, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) effect in setting of metastatic and postoperatively. This study is to assess ICI + chemotherapy perioperatively. Methods: Patients with locally advanced (T1N1‐3M0 or T2‐3NanyM0) potentially resectable esophageal/gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma by PET/EUS/CT and staging‐laparoscopy, were treated preoperative 4 cycles mFOLFOX6 (Oxaliplatin 85 mg/m2/Leucovorin 400 mg/m2/5‐FU bolus 400 mg/m2 then infusion 2400 mg/m2 for 46 h q2weeks) and 3 cycles pembrolizumab (200 mg q3week). Those without distal disease post‐neoadjuvant and eligible for resection underwent surgery. Postoperative treatment was initiated at 4–8 weeks with 4 cycles mFOLFOX and 12 cycles pembrolizumab. The primary objective is pathological response (ypRR with tumor regression score, TRS ≤2). The expression of ICI‐related markers PD‐L1 (CPS), CD8, and CD20 were analyzed before and after preoperative therapy. Results: Thirty‐seven patients completed the preoperative treatment. Twenty‐nine patients had curative R0 resection. 6/29 (21%; 95% CI: 0.08–0.40) achieved ypCR with TRS 0 in resected patients. 26/29 (90%; 95% CI: 0.73–0.98) had ypRR with TRS ≤2. Twenty‐six patients finished adjuvant therapy with a median 36.3‐month follow‐up. Three patients had recurrence/metastatic disease (at 9‐, 10‐, 22 months enrollment) with one dead at 23 months, and two are still alive at 28 and 36.5 months. The remaining (23/26) are free of disease with 3 years DFS of 88.5% and 3 years OS of 92.3%. There were no unexpected toxicities. Preoperative ICI + chemotherapy enhanced immune responses significantly with increasing expression of PD‐L1 (CPS ≥10, p = 0.0078) and CD8 (>5%, p = 0.0059). Conclusions: The perioperative pembrolizumab and mFOLFOX combination in resectable esophageal/gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma is very effective with 90% ypRR, 21% ypCR, and impressive long‐time survival benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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