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A Phase II Study of Avelumab Monotherapy in Patients with Mismatch Repair-Deficient/Microsatellite Instability-High or POLE-Mutated Metastatic or Unresectable Colorectal Cancer

Authors
 Jwa Hoon Kim  ;  Sun Young Kim  ;  Ji Yeon Baek  ;  Yong Jun Cha  ;  Joong Bae Ahn  ;  Han Sang Kim  ;  Keun-Wook Lee  ;  Ji-Won Kim  ;  Tae-You Kim  ;  Won Jin Chang  ;  Joon Oh Park  ;  Jihun Kim  ;  Jeong Eun Kim  ;  Yong Sang Hong  ;  Yeul Hong Kim  ;  Tae Won Kim 
Citation
 CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, Vol.52(4) : 1135-1144, 2020-10 
Journal Title
CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT
ISSN
 1598-2998 
Issue Date
2020-10
Keywords
Avelumab ; Colorectal neoplasms ; Microsatellite instability ; Mismatch repair deficiency ; POLE mutation
Abstract
Purpose: We evaluated the efficacy and safety of avelumab, an anti-PD-L1 antibody, in patients with metastatic or unresectable colorectal cancer (mCRC) with mismatch repair deficiency (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or POLE mutations.

Materials and methods: In this prospective, open-label, multicenter phase II study, 33 patients with mCRC harboring dMMR/MSI-H or POLE mutations after failure of ≥1st-line chemotherapy received avelumab 10 mg/kg every 2 weeks. dMMR/MSI-H was confirmed with immunohistochemical staining (IHC) by loss of expression of MMR proteins or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for microsatellite sequences. POLE mutation was confirmed by next-generation sequencing (NGS). The primary endpoint was the objective response rate (ORR) by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors ver. 1.1.

Results: The median age was 60 years, and 78.8% were male. Thirty patients were dMMR/MSI-H and three had POLE mutations. The ORR was 24.2%, and all of the responders were dMMR/MSI-H. For 21 patients with MSI-H by PCR or NGS, the ORR was 28.6%. At a median follow-up duration of 16.3 months, median progression-free survival and overall survival were 3.9 and 13.2 months in all patients, and 8.1 months and not reached, respectively, in patients with MSI-H by PCR or NGS. Dose interruption and discontinuation due to treatment-related adverse events occurred in four and two patients, respectively, with no treatment-related deaths.

Conclusion: Avelumab displayed antitumor activity with manageable toxicity in patients with previously treated mCRC harboring dMMR/MSI-H. Diagnosis of dMMR/MSI-H with PCR or NGS could be complementary to IHC to select patients who would benefit from immunotherapy.
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DOI
10.4143/crt.2020.218
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Yonsei Authors
Kim, Han Sang(김한상) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-9927
Ahn, Joong Bae(안중배) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6787-1503
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/180262
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