Exceptional responses with sequential metronomic temozolomide after pembrolizumab failure in patients with metastatic melanoma
| Autor: | Aaron D. Bossler, Weizhou Zhang, Michele Freesmeier, Yousef Zakharia, Varun Monga, Umang Swami, Mohammed M. Milhem |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine Oncology Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms Metastatic melanoma Population Dermatology Pembrolizumab Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Temozolomide medicine Humans In patient education Antineoplastic Agents Alkylating Melanoma Survival analysis Aged education.field_of_study business.industry medicine.disease Survival Analysis 030104 developmental biology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Monoclonal Female business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Melanoma Res |
| ISSN: | 0960-8931 |
| Popis: | Pembrolizumab is an effective therapy for patients with metastatic melanoma. However, not all patients derive benefit. It is postulated that an increase in regulatory T cells in melanoma patients can impair the response to immunotherapies. Continuous low-dose temozolomide has shown to cause immunomodulatory effects resulting in CD4 + lymphopenia due to which Treg population can also decrease significantly. Herein, we present a case series of three patients with metastatic melanoma who after progression on pembrolizumab showed a radiological response after just one cycle of metronomic temozolomide (75 mg/m daily for 6 weeks on 8-week cycle). This suggests that temozolomide may be a useful alternative for patients with metastatic melanoma after disease progression on pembrolizumab. Further studies with biomarkers are warranted to elucidate which patients will derive benefit from this strategy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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