Association of prior local therapy and outcomes with programmed-death ligand-1 inhibitors in advanced urothelial cancer

Dimitrios Makrakis, Rafee Talukder, Leonidas N. Diamantopoulos, Lucia Carril-Ajuria, Daniel Castellano, Ivan De Kouchkovsky, Vadim S. Koshkin, Joseph J. Park, Ajjai Alva, Mehmet A. Bilen, Tyler F. Stewart, Rana R. McKay, Victor S. Santos, Neeraj Agarwal, Jayanshu Jain, Yousef Zakharia, Rafael Morales-Barrera, Michael E. Devitt, Michael Grant, Mark P. LythgoeDavid J. Pinato, Ariel Nelson, Christopher J. Hoimes, Evan Shreck, Benjamin A. Gartrell, Alex Sankin, Abhishek Tripathi, Roubini Zakopoulou, Aristotelis Bamias, Jure Murgic, Ana Fröbe, Alejo Rodriguez-Vida, Alexandra Drakaki, Sandy Liu, Vivek Kumar, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, Monika Joshi, Pedro Isaacsson-Velho, Lucia Alonso Buznego, Ignacio Duran, Marcus Moses, Pedro Barata, Guru Sonpavde, Evan Y. Yu, Jonathan L. Wright, Petros Grivas, Ali Raza Khaki

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Abstract

Objectives: To compare clinical outcomes with programmed-death ligand-1 immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma (aUC) who have vs have not undergone radical surgery (RS) or radiation therapy (RT) prior to developing metastatic disease. Patients and Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study collecting clinicopathological, treatment and outcomes data for patients with aUC receiving ICIs across 25 institutions. We compared outcomes (observed response rate [ORR], progression-free survival [PFS], overall survival [OS]) between patients with vs without prior RS, and by type of prior locoregional treatment (RS vs RT vs no locoregional treatment). Patients with de novo advanced disease were excluded. Analysis was stratified by treatment line (first-line and second-line or greater [second-plus line]). Logistic regression was used to compare ORR, while Kaplan–Meier analysis and Cox regression were used for PFS and OS. Multivariable models were adjusted for known prognostic factors. Results: We included 562 patients (first-line: 342 and second-plus line: 220). There was no difference in outcomes based on prior locoregional treatment among those treated with first-line ICIs. In the second-plus-line setting, prior RS was associated with higher ORR (adjusted odds ratio 2.61, 95% confidence interval [CI]1.19–5.74]), longer OS (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 0.61, 95% CI 0.42–0.88) and PFS (aHR 0.63, 95% CI 0.45–0.89) vs no prior RS. This association remained significant when type of prior locoregional treatment (RS and RT) was modelled separately. Conclusion: Prior RS before developing advanced disease was associated with better outcomes in patients with aUC treated with ICIs in the second-plus-line but not in the first-line setting. While further validation is needed, our findings could have implications for prognostic estimates in clinical discussions and benchmarking for clinical trials. Limitations include the study’s retrospective nature, lack of randomization, and possible selection and confounding biases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)592-603
Number of pages12
JournalBJU International
Volume130
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2022

Keywords

  • #BladderCancer
  • #blcsm
  • #uroonc
  • #utuc
  • bladder cancer
  • immune checkpoint inhibitors
  • immunotherapy
  • outcomes
  • urinary tract neoplasms
  • urothelial carcinoma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Urology

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