28/01/2018 1 Medicinsk cancerbehandling Verkningsmekanismer och biverkningar Mikael Johansson Docent, Överläkare Cancercentrum/Inst för Strålningsvetenskaper, Umeå Universitet [email protected]Medicinsk cancerbehandling är inte bara cytostatikabehandling… • Cytostatika • Hormonell behandling • Antikroppar • Proteinkinashämmare • Immunterapi
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MedicinskcancerbehandlingVerkningsmekanismer och biverkningar
Intravenos infusion250 ml Natriumklorid9 mg/ml infusion
30 min. 750 mg/m2 kroppsyta
2. Doxorubicin Intravenos infusion250 ml Natriumklorid9 mg/ml infusion
30 min. 50 mg/m2 kroppsyta 550 mg/m2
3. Vinkristin Intravenos infusion100 ml Natriumklorid9 mg/ml infusion
5 min. 1,4 mg/m2 kroppsyta 2 mg
4. Prednison Per oral tablett 50 mg/m2 kroppsyta
Regimbeskrivning
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1. Cyklofosfamid (monohydrat) x1
2. Doxorubicin x1
3. Vinkristin x1
4. Prednison x1 x1 x1 x1 x1
Emetogenicitet: Hog
Anvisningar for regimen
Anvisningar for ordinationG-CSF bor ges till alla patienter, forslagsvis dag 4-11 (8 doser).Dosen for prednison avrundas med fordel till hela eller halva tabletter (styrka 50 mg).
Ovrig informationInbordes ordning av de olika substanserna ar valfri.Doxorubicin och vinkristin ar blandbara i samma infusion.Urinen kan fargas rod av doxorubicin.
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1. Cisplatin x1
2. Fluorouracil Barbarinfusionspump
x1 æ æ æ æ
Emetogenicitet: Hog
Anvisningar for regimen
Villkor for start av regimenKontroll av blod-, lever och elektrolytstatus med clearance (Cystatin C, Iohexol, kreatininclearance eller motsvarande).EKG vid anamnes pa hjartsjukdom. Horselkontroll enligt lokal rutin.Vid patologiskt kreatinin eller da gynnsammare biverkningsprofil onskas gors byte till Karboplatin-Fluorouracil.
Villkor och kontroller for administrationVikt eller diureskontroll.
Anvisningar for ordinationKontroll av blod- och elektrolytstatus inklusive kreatinin. Kontroll av neurotoxicitet inklusive horselnedsattning.Om S-kreatinin over normalvarde gors kontroll av njurfunktion med clearancebestamning enlig lokal metod (Cystatin C, Iohexol,kreatininclearance eller motsvarande).Neutrofila >1,5 och TPK >75 for behandlingsstart.Vid samtidig stralbehandling ges filgrastim 0,5 ME/kg dag 7-15 eller pegfilgrastim 6 mg, dag 7. Start tidigast 24 timmar efter avslutadbehandling med Fluorouracil.Cisplatin - under behandlingsdygnet ges minst 4 liter vatska. Intravenos posthydrering kan bytas mot dryck.
Dosreduktion rekommendationVid genomgangen neutropen feber och kurativ behandlingsintention overvag att komplettera med G-CSF under efterfoljande kurer.
Ovrig informationDygnsdos Fluorouracil 750 mg/m2. Barbar infusionspump avsedd for anvandning under 5 dygn anvands, t.ex Baxter Infusor eller Homepump.
Används framförallt vidkolorektalcancermenäven vidventrikelcancer och småcelliglungcancer.
Ges vanligen i kombination med5FUochkalciumfolinat
Topotekan (Hycamtin®)
Används framförallt vid ovarialcancer ochsmåcellig lungcancer
Trettio minuters infusiondagligen i 5dagar.Finnsäven för peroral behandling. Camptotheca acuminata
Topoisomeras 2hämmareAntracykliner
Doxorubicin,epirubicin medflera hämmartopoisomeras 2medalkylerar även DNAochinducerar bildning av fria syreradikaler.Mycket brett användningsområde.
Antracendioner,aza-antracendioner
Mitoxantron (Novantrone®).Inducerar ingafria syreradikaler. Fungerar annars somantracyklinerna.Pixantron (Pixuvri®)alkylerar DNAmenär ensvag topo-2hämmare och inducerar inte friasyreradikaler
Podofyllotoxinderivat
Etoposid (Vepesid®)hämmar enbart
topoisomeras 2. Kanges peroralt.
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Biverkningar topoisomerashämmare
Deflesta topoisomeras hämmare ger dosberoendeneutropeni som dosbegränsande toxicitet.
Illamående och kräkningar vanligt.Irinotecan(Campto®)kan ge svåra diarrébesvär
Antracykliner ger dosberoende kardiotoxicet tillföljd av bildning av fria radikaler.
Antracykliner är starkt vävnadsretande och ger storaskador vid extravasering.
1. Karboplatin Intravenos infusion500 ml Natriumklorid9 mg/ml infusion
30 min.5 x (GFR+25)mg
njurfunktion(AUC Calvert)
1000 mg
2. Etoposid Intravenos infusion500 ml Natriumklorid9 mg/ml infusion
60 min. 100 mg/m2 kroppsyta
Regimbeskrivning
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1. Karboplatin x1
2. Etoposid x1 x1 x1
Emetogenicitet: Medel
Behandlingsoversikt: Standardbehandling ar 4 kurer och darefter utvardering.
Anvisningar for regimen
Villkor for start av regimenKontroll av blod-, lever och elektrolytstatus med clearance (Cystatin C, Iohexol, kreatininclearance eller motsvarande).
Anvisningar for ordinationKarboplatin - Calverts formel: Dos = AUC x (GFR+25). AUC=5 mg/ml x min; GFR=.... ml/min, okorrigerat varde; Dos=....mg, totaldos.Kontroll av blod inkl. neutrofila och elektrolytstatus inklusive kreatinin. For behandlingsstart neutrofila >1,5 och TPK >75.Om S-kreatinin over normalvarde gors kontroll av njurfunktion med clearancebestamning enligt lokal metod (Cystatin C, Iohexol,kreatininclearance eller motsvarande).
Dosreduktion rekommendationHematologisk toxicitetNADIR-varde for leukocyter < 2,0 och/eller neutrofila < 1,0 - ge nasta kur med 80 % av doserna for bada lakemedlen.Om NADIR-varden efter dosreduktion fortsatt ar leukocyter < 2,0 och/eller neutrofila < 1,0 - dosreducera ytterligare 10-15 % eller byt regim.
AlbuminVid P/S albumin < 30 g/L reduceras dosen Etoposid till 75 % pga hogre biotillganglighet.
1. Fluorouracil Intravenos injektion 3 min. 500 mg/m2 kroppsyta2. Kalciumfolinat(vattenfritt)
Intravenos injektion 3 min. 60 mg/m2 kroppsyta
Regimbeskrivning
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1. Fluorouracil x1 x1
2. Kalciumfolinat (vattenfritt) x1 x1
Emetogenicitet: Lag
Anvisningar for regimen
Villkor for start av regimenKontroll av blod-, lever- och elektrolytstatus med kreatinin. EKG vid anamnes pa hjartsjukdom.
Villkor och kontroller for administrationPaustiden mellan Fluorouracil och Kalciumfolinat ar ungefarlig.
Anvisningar for ordinationBlodstatus inkl. neutrofila. Behandlingen uppskjutes till neutrofila >= 1,5 och TPK >= 75.Vid samtidig stralbehandling bor Fluorouracil reduceras till 80%.
Dosreduktion rekommendationVid genomgangen neutropen feber eller icke aceptabla biverkningar dosreduktion till 75%.
Växtalkaloider fån Vinca Rosea.Ingår ikombinationer vidmånga olika maligniteter.Vinorelbin (Navelbine®)används ofta vidlungcancer och bröstcancer.Vinkristin(Onkovin®)ingår i många regimer (lymfom,CNSmfl).Vinflunin används Iandra linjenvidurotelcellscancer.
Vinca Rosea
Vinkristin
IIIb Taxaner
Paklitaxel (Taxol®)
Docetaxel (Taxotere®)
Cabazitaxel (Jevtana®)
nab-paklitaxel (Abraxane®)
Förhindrar nedbrytning av mikrotubuli.
Utvanns ursprungligen ur barken frånidegran (amerikans resp europeisk).
Används vidovarialcancer,bröstcancer,lungcancer och prostatacancer.
Monoterapi eller i kombination medframförallt platinumpreparat
docetaxel
Taxus Baccata
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Biverkningar mitoshämmare
Perifera neuropatier vanligt.Dosbegränsande vidvinkristin och paklitaxel.
Muskelvärk och ledsmärtor ffa vid taxol.
Ovanligt frånsett vid Taxoterebehandling därneutropenier vanligen är dosbegränsande.
Trötthet och vätskeretention vid taxaner,ffataxotere.
2. Karboplatin Intravenos infusion500 ml Glukos 50mg/ml infusion
30 min.6 x (GFR+25)mg
njurfunktion(AUC Calvert)
1000 mg
Regimbeskrivning
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1. Paklitaxel x1
2. Karboplatin x1
Emetogenicitet: Medel
Anvisningar for regimen
Villkor for start av regimenKontroll av blod-, lever och elektrolytstatus med clearance (Cystatin C, Iohexol, kreatininclearance eller motsvarande).
Villkor och kontroller for administrationPaklitaxel - Okad beredskap for anafylaktisk reaktion. Overkanslighetsreaktioner ar vanliga, sarskilt kur 1 och 2.Blodtryck och puls.
Anvisningar for ordinationKarboplatin - Calverts formel: Dos = AUC x (GFR+25). AUC=6 mg/ml x min; GFR=.... ml/min, okorrigerat varde; Dos=....mg, totaldos.Kontroll av blod inkl. neutrofila och elektrolytstatus inklusive kreatinin. For behandlingsstart neutrofila >1,5 och TPK >75.Om S-kreatinin over normalvarde gors kontroll av njurfunktion med clearancebestamning enligt lokal metod (Cystatin C, Iohexol,kreatininclearance eller motsvarande).Paklitaxel - Premedicinering med kortison, antihistaminer och H2- blockare t.ex. peroral behandling med Betametason 8 mg, Cetirizin 10 mg,Ranitidin 150 mg.Kontroll av perifer neuropati.
Dosreduktion rekommendationHematologisk toxicitetNADIR-varde for leukocyter < 2,0 och/eller neutrofila < 1,0 - ge nasta kur med 80 % av doserna for bada lakemedlen.Om NADIR-varden efter dosreduktion fortsatt ar leukocyter < 2,0 och/eller neutrofila < 1,0 - dosreducera ytterligare 10-15 % eller byt regim.
EGFRTKi vidlungcancersomexempelGefitinib or Chemother apy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
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as that obtained with the use of carboplatin–pacli-taxel in patients with mutated-EGFR non–small-cell lung cancer, with a tolerable toxicity profile, including less hematologic toxicity and neurotox-icity than is seen with chemotherapy.
The IPASS, which was conducted in Asia, com-pared gefitinib with carboplatin–paclitaxel as the first-line treatment for advanced non–small-cell lung cancer in patients selected on the basis of clinical characteristics that included a history of no smoking or light smoking as well as histologic evidence of adenocarcinoma.7 Although IPASS showed the overall superiority of gefitinib (rate of 1-year progression-free survival, 24.9%, vs. 6.7% with chemotherapy; hazard ratio for death or dis-ease progression, 0.74; P<0.001), the most impres-sive result emerged from subgroup analysis: as compared with chemotherapy, gefitinib was effec-tive in patients with mutant EGFR (hazard ratio for death or disease progression, 0.48) but was ineffective in those with wild-type EGFR (haz-ard ratio, 2.85). This finding suggested that the presence of EGFR mutations is the best criterion for selection of patients who benefit from gefi-tinib, an idea that is validated by the present study.20 Recently, another Japanese phase 3 study (WJTOG3405; University Hospital Medical In-formation Network Clinical Trials Registry [UMIN-CTR] number, UMIN000000539) com-pared gefitinib to cisplatin–docetaxel as the first-line treatment for advanced non–small-cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations.21 Although this study also showed the superiority of gefitinib over standard chemotherapy with respect to progres-sion-free survival, the magnitude of the benefit was somewhat smaller than in our study, possibly because of differences in the characteristics of the patients (since 41% of patients in WJTOG3405 had had surgery, vs. only 9% in our study) and the duration of follow-up (median, 81 days in WJTOG3405 vs. 527 days in our study).
The standard end point of phase 3 trials of treatments for advanced non–small-cell lung can-cer has been overall survival. However, when our trial was begun in 2006, we had data only on
Figure 2. Progression-free Survival and Overall Survival among the Study Patients.
Kaplan–Meier curves for progression-free survival are shown for the progression-free–survival population (Panel A) and for the 107 patients in the gefitinib group with either of the two most common types of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation (Panel B). Kaplan–Meier curves for overall survival in the intention-to-treat population are shown in Panel C. In Panels B and C, tick marks indicate patients for whom data were censored at the data cutoff point (early December 2009).
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progression-free survival. The sample size was set at 152 patients (with 103 events needed) on the basis of several assumptions: a median progression-free survival of 11 months with erlotinib, on the basis of data from the Spanish Lung Cancer Group (SLCG),7 compared with 6 months for chemotherapy; a 10% dropout rate; 80% power to detect a hazard ratio (HR) of 0·54 with an overall α level of 2·5% (α-spending for a fi nal analysis
of 0·025); and a 12-month enrolment period and 24-month follow-up, with a projected overall study period of 47 months. The software used for statistical analyses was SAS version 9.1.3.
The primary cutoff date for progression-free survival data was July 16, 2010; however, because an additional ten events occurred after this cutoff , an updated analysis was done on Aug 16, 2010, after a median follow-up of 15·6 months. These updated data are reported here. Survival was estimated with Kaplan-Meier methodology and was summarised as a median value with range and a two-sided 95% CI. A two-sided log-rank test was the main method used to compare survival between the two treatment groups. Estimates of the treatment eff ect were expressed as an HR for erlotinib versus chemotherapy, with a two-sided 95% CI. Exploratory and preplanned subgroup analyses of progression-free survival were done with the Cox proportional hazards model and included the stratifi cation factors from randomisation.
This study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00874419.
Role of the funding sourceThis study was supported by partial research grants from F Hoff mann-La Roche (China) and a grant from the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (No 06DZ19502). F Hoff mann-La Roche had no input into the design of the study or the collection of data, although they provided fi nancial assistance and input towards the analysis and interpretation of results, and also reviewed the study report and the Article. All authors had access to the raw data and the corresponding author had full access to all data and the fi nal responsibility to submit for publication.
ResultsFigure 1 shows the trial profi le. 549 patients were screened for EGFR mutations and 165 were randomly assigned to treatment groups between Aug 24, 2008, and July 17, 2009. Of these patients, 154 had measurable disease and received at least one dose of study drug (82 erlotinib, 72 chemotherapy; fi gure 1). Both treatment groups were generally well matched with respect to baseline characteristics (table 1). Median duration of treatment was 55·5 weeks (range 3·1–93·0) for erlotinib and 10·4 weeks (range 1·0–18·9) for carboplatin plus gemcitabine. The median number of treatment cycles for the chemotherapy group was four (range 1–6). Dose reduction was necessary in fi ve (6%) erlotinib-treated patients and 40 (56%) chemotherapy-treated patients; treatment discontinuation was needed in one (1%) patient on erlotinib and seven (10%) on chemotherapy. Dose reductions or treatment discontinuations were attributable to adverse events, except for fi ve patients in the chemotherapy group who discontinued for personal reasons (n=3), intolerable toxic eff ects (n=1), or at the judgment of the investigator (n=1).
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OverallStage IV IIIBSex Female MaleAge ≥65 years <65 yearsECOG PS 0–1 2Smoking status Never-smoker Present or former smokerHistology Adenocarcinoma Non-adenocarcinomaEGFR mutation type Exon 19 mutation Exon 21 mutation
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0·13 (0·07–0·24) 910·26 (0·14–0·50) 63
0·17 (0·07–0·43) 380·19 (0·11–0·31) 116
0·16 (0·10–0·26) 1440·21 (0·04–1·28) 10
0·14 (0·08–0·25) 1090·21 (0·09–0·49) 45
0·17 (0·11–0·28) 1340·22 (0·06–0·73) 20
0·13 (0·07–0·25) 820·26 (0·14–0·49) 72
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Figure 3: Subgroup analyses of progression-free survival, by clinical characteristics ECOG=Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group. PS=performance status. HR=hazard ratio.
Zhou et al Lancet Onc 2011
Gefitinib
Erlotinib
and consisted primarily of rash, diarrhea, stomatitis, and paronychia,as expected from EGFR inhibition.2-6 Despite higher frequencies ofsuch AEs in our trial, these AEs rarely led to drug discontinuation,indicating that proactive supportive treatment and dose modificationwere an adequate strategy to properly manage the expected classeffects associated with EGFR inhibition. In addition, the results of thepharmacokinetic analysis indicate that afatinib dose modificationbased on individual tolerability optimized the exposure to afatinib andmaintained efficacious plasma levels.
Cisplatin plus pemetrexed is widely considered the optimalchemotherapy doublet for patients with nonsquamous NSCLC.The efficacy of this regimen is supported by the PFS observed inour control arm, which exceeded the results observed in other
studies comparing EGFR TKIs with first-line chemotherapy.2-6
One of the limitations of our study is that the chemotherapy armwas devoid of maintenance pemetrexed and/or bevacizumab.However, at the time of study design, cisplatin plus pemetrexedwithout maintenance was considered an efficacious treatmentchoice for patients with adenocarcinoma.31a The prevailing treat-ment standard changed after LUX-Lung 3 accrual was completed,when the results of a trial of maintenance pemetrexed after cispla-tin plus pemetrexed showed significant improvement comparedwith placebo, with a median PFS of 6.9 months.32 Another limita-tion is that bevacizumab treatment was not included in thecomparator arm of this study. There were two reasons for this: first,although addition of bevacizumab to paclitaxel plus carboplatin is
Används vidmetastaseradnjurcancer och vidmantelcellslymfom(temsirolimus)
Proteasomhämmare
Bortezomib (Velcade®)
Hämmar proteasomkomplexet vilketleder tillstörning i nedbrytning avproteiner och slutligen tillcelldöd
Används vid behandling avmyelom
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Immunterapi
• Cytokiner– Interferon– Interleukin
• Monoklonala antikroppar• Vacciner
– Helaceller/lysat– Proteiner– DNA
• Adaptivimmunterapi• Immunstimulerande
antikroppar– Checkpointinhibitorer
Ribas NEJM2015
TABLE 1. CTLA-4 and PD-1 Pathway Inhibitors Approved or in Phase II and/or III Clinical Trial Stage of Development41–44
Target Name Status* Company
CTLA-4 Ipilimumab Approved for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanomaPhase III: lung cancer, kidney cancer, and prostate cancerPhase II: cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, ovarian cancer, and
urothelial cancer
Bristol-MyersSquibb
CTLA-4 Tremelimumab Phase II studies in lung cancer MedImmune/AstraZeneca
PD-1 Pembrolizumab Approved in the United States for treatment of unresectable or metastatic melanomawPhase III: gastric/GEJ cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancer, and urothelial cancerPhase II: colorectal cancer, glioblastoma, Merkel cell cancer, pancreatic cancer, and hematologic
malignancies
Merck
PD-1 Nivolumab Approved in the United States for second-line/third-line treatment of unresectable or metastaticmelanomaw and for the treatment of metastatic non–small cell lung cancerz
Phase III: gastric cancer, glioblastoma, head and neck cancer, kidney cancer, and lung cancer(nonsquamous)
PD-1 Pidilizumab Phase II: kidney cancer and hematologic malignancies CureTech/Medivation
PD-L1 Durvalumab Phase III: head and neck cancer and lung cancerPhase II: colorectal cancer and glioblastoma
MedImmune/AstraZeneca
PD-L1 Atezolimab Phase III: bladder cancer and lung cancerPhase II: kidney cancer
Roche
*Only most advanced phase of development for any tumor type is listed; phase I or phase I/II indications are not listed. Includes both monotherapy and combinationtrials. Information from clinicaltrials.gov.
wWith disease progression following ipilimumab and, if BRAF V600 mutation positive, a BRAF inhibitor. Or in combination with ipilimumab in BRAF WTpatients.zWith disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Patients with EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations should have disease progression on
FDA-approved therapy for these aberrations prior to receiving pembrolizumab or nivolumab.CTLA-4 indicates cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4; GEJ, gastroesophageal junction; PD-1, programmed death 1; PD-L1, programmed death ligand 1.
FIGURE 4. CTLA-4 and PD-1 pathway blockade. CTLA-4 blockade allows for activation and proliferation of more T-cell clones, andreduces Treg-mediated immunosuppression. PD-1 pathway blockade restores the activity of antitumor T cells that have becomequiescent. A dual pathway blockade could have a synergistic effect, resulting in a larger and longer lasting antitumor immune response.CTLA-4 indicates cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated antigen 4; MHC, major histocompatibility complex; PD-1, programmed death 1;PD-L1, programmed death ligand 1; TCR, T-cell receptor; Treg, regulatory T cell.
Buchbinder and Desai American Journal of Clinical Oncology ! Volume 39, Number 1, February 2016
102 | www.amjclinicaloncology.com Copyright r 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
Buchbinder &Desai AJCO2016
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PetersetalNEJM2015
Nivolumab in Untreated Melanoma without BR AF Mutation
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0.60]; unadjusted hazard ratio for death among those with PD-L1 negative or indeterminate PD-L1 status, 0.48 [95% CI, 0.32 to 0.71]) (Fig. S2 in the Supplementary Appendix). In the nivolumab group, the median overall survival was not reached in either PD-L1 subgroup. In the dacar-bazine group, the median overall survival was slightly longer in the subgroup with positive PD-L1 status than in the subgroup with negative or indeterminate PD-L1 status (12.4 vs. 10.2 months) (Fig. S3 in the Supplementary Appendix).
In the two PD-L1 subgroups, nivolumab-treated patients had improved rates of objective response, as compared with dacarbazine-treated patients. In the subgroup with positive PD-L1 status, the objective response rate was 52.7% (95% CI, 40.8 to 64.3) in the nivolumab group versus 10.8% (95% CI, 4.8 to 20.2) in the dacar-bazine group. In the subgroup with negative or indeterminate PD-L1 status, the objective re-sponse rate was 33.1% (95% CI, 25.2 to 41.7) in the nivolumab group versus 15.7% (95% CI, 10.0 to 23.0) in the dacarbazine group. The survival benefit with nivolumab versus dacarbazine was also observed across prespecified subgroups based on age, sex, metastasis stage, ECOG per-formance-status score, status with respect to a history of brain metastases, baseline lactate de-hydrogenase level, and geographic region (Fig. S2 in the Supplementary Appendix).
ADVERSE EVENTSThe incidence of treatment-related adverse events of any grade was similar in the nivolumab group and the dacarbazine group (74.3% and 75.6%, respectively). However, treatment-related adverse events of grade 3 or 4 were reported less fre-quently in the nivolumab group than in the da-carbazine group (11.7% vs. 17.6%) (Table 3, and Table S3 in the Supplementary Appendix). The most common adverse events related to nivolu-mab treatment were fatigue (in 19.9% of pa-tients), pruritus (in 17.0%), and nausea (in 16.5%). In the dacarbazine group, common treat-ment-related adverse events were consistent with those in previous reports and included gastroin-testinal and hematologic toxic events. The fre-quency of treatment-related serious adverse events of grade 3 or 4 was similar in the two groups (5.8% in the nivolumab group and 5.9% in the dacarbazine group). The percentage of pa-tients who discontinued the study treatment ow-
ing to adverse events was 6.8% in the nivolumab group and 11.7% in the dacarbazine group. No deaths were attributed to study-drug toxicity in either group.
Selected adverse events — defined as those with a potential immunologic cause — were analyzed according to organ category. Grade 3
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Figure 1. Survival End Points.
Panel A shows the Kaplan–Meier curves for overall survival. The median follow-up for overall survival was 8.9 months in the nivolumab group and 6.8 months in the dacarbazine group. Panel B shows the Kaplan–Meier curves for progression-free survival.
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display elevated (>10 mIU/l) thyroid-stimulating hor-mone (TSH) levels, an additional assay for free T4 and T3is required, and hormone replacement therapy (e.g. levo-thyroxine) should be initiated [26,27]. A few cases of hy-perthyroidism have been reported; in this setting, non-selective beta-blockers (e.g. propranolol) are suggested asthe initial treatment. Hyperthyroidism resolves spontane-ously in almost all cases, with the subsequent appearanceof hypothyroidism [24].
6.3.2. HypophysitisHypophysitis is mainly observed with anti-CTLA-4therapy and can affect up to 10% of patients [41].Hypophysitis results in low release of all or some of thefollowing pituitary gland hormones: adrenocorticotro-pic hormone (ACTH), TSH, follicle-stimulating hor-mone (FSH), luteinising hormone (LH), growthhormone or prolactin. Hypophysitis is difficult to di-agnose because its symptoms are non-specific: head-aches, fatigue and muscle weakness, paleness orconstipation, weight loss, anorexia, nausea. Additionalsymptoms reflecting specific hormonal deficiency couldbe helpful for the diagnosis: weight gain, constipation,bradycardia, attention or cognitive difficulties for thethyrotropin axis; erectile dysfunction or amenorrhoeafor the gonadotropin axis defect (LH/FSH); orthostatichypotension and hypoglycaemia/hyponatraemia for thecorticotrophin deficiency (ACTH) [41]. The central hy-pothyroidism appears to be the most frequent hormonedeficiency [41]. Serum pituitary auto-antibodies could bepresent [25]. Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging im-aging with gadolinium and selective slides should be
considered, searching enlargement or heterogeneity ofthe gland [40]. Treatment is based on the replacement ofappropriate hormones deficiency (e.g. levothyroxine andhydrocortisone) is required [25,41].
6.4. Liver disorders
Immune-relatedhepatitismust be consideredwhenever thephysician is confronted with an unexplained elevation ofserum levels of hepatic alanine aminotransferase oraspartate aminotransferase enzymes, which occurs in lessthan 5% of patients [4,31,33]. Most patients are asymp-tomatic and present with abnormal laboratory test results[34]. Viral infection with hepatitis A (primary infection), Bor C (primary or chronic infection) and emergent hepatitisE should be ruled out. A CT scan or an ultrasound of theliver and biliary tract may help to rule out liver metastasesor cholelithiasis. Some patients with IRAE hepatitis mayhave mild hepatomegaly, periportal oedema or lympha-denomegaly [34]. Serum assays for ANAs, anti-smoothmuscle antibodies, anti-liver kidney microsomal antibodytype 1 and anti-liver cytosol type 1 are often negative [23].The formal diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis requires aliver biopsy showing a diffuse T-cell infiltrate in all lobes,prominent sinusoidal histiocytic infiltrates and central veindamagewith endothelialitis [23]. Patients should be treatedwith corticosteroids [23], and in steroid-refractory cases,adding the azathioprine orMMF is in accordance with themanagement of autoimmune hepatitis [35].
6.5. Lung disorders
Immune-related pneumonitis (including sarcoidosis [36,37]and organising inflammatory pneumonitis [38]) occurs inaround1%ofpatients takinganti-PD-1/PDL-1orCTLA-4antibodies [11,33,39]. This condition can be severe and lifethreatening, and thus requires the physician to pay partic-ular attention to respiratory symptoms [22]. Alertingsymptoms are dry cough, progressive shortness of breathandfine inspiratorycrackles. In casesof suspected immune-related pneumonitis, a chest CT scan and spirometry (withmeasurement of the carbon monoxide diffusing capacity)are useful. Immune-related pneumonitis shows ground-glass lesions and/or disseminated nodular infiltrates, pre-dominantly in the lower lobes [22,38]. Cardiac abnormal-ities with left ventricular dysfunction must be ruled out inthis setting. A bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavageshould be considered to search infectious agents such asPneumocystis jirovecii and respiratory virus as influenza,metapneumovirus or the syncytial virus. Other atypical in-fectious agents, such as Legionella pneumophilia, Chla-mydia and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, should be alsoscreened. The treatment of immune-related pneumonitis isbasedon the systemic steroids [26,27]. If a courseof steroidsdoes not reduce the severity of the initial symptoms, addi-tional immunosuppression with infliximab could beconsidered [22].
Fig. 3. The clinical spectrum of IRAEs. IRAEs: immune-related
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therapies. For example, the deployment of apoptosis-inducingdrugs may induce cancer cells to hyperactivate mitogenicsignaling, enabling them to compensate for the initial attritiontriggered by such treatments. Such considerations suggestthat drug development and the design of treatment protocolswill benefit from incorporating the concepts of functionallydiscrete hallmark capabilities and of the multiple biochemicalpathways involved in supporting each of them. Thus, in partic-ular, we can envisage that selective cotargeting of multiplecore and emerging hallmark capabilities and enabling character-istics (Figure 6) in mechanism-guided combinations will result inmore effective and durable therapies for human cancer.
CONCLUSION AND FUTURE VISION
We have sought here to revisit, refine, and extend the concept ofcancer hallmarks, which has provided a useful conceptualframework for understanding the complex biology of cancer.
The six acquired capabilities—the hallmarks of cancer—havestood the test of time as being integral components of mostforms of cancer. Further refinement of these organizing princi-ples will surely come in the foreseeable future, continuing theremarkable conceptual progress of the last decade.Looking ahead, we envision significant advances during the
coming decade in our understanding of invasion andmetastasis.Similarly, the role of aerobic glycolysis in malignant growth willbe elucidated, including a resolution of whether this metabolicreprogramming is a discrete capability separable from the corehallmark of chronically sustained proliferation. We remainperplexed as to whether immune surveillance is a barrier thatvirtually all tumors must circumvent, or only an idiosyncrasy ofan especially immunogenic subset of them; this issue too willbe resolved in one way or another.Yet other areas are currently in rapid flux. In recent years, elab-
orate molecular mechanisms controlling transcription throughchromatin modifications have been uncovered, and there are
Figure 6. Therapeutic Targeting of the Hallmarks of CancerDrugs that interfere with each of the acquired capabilities necessary for tumor growth and progression have been developed and are in clinical trials or in somecases approved for clinical use in treating certain forms of human cancer. Additionally, the investigational drugs are being developed to target each of theenabling characteristics and emerging hallmarks depicted in Figure 3, which also hold promise as cancer therapeutics. The drugs listed are but illustrativeexamples; there is a deep pipeline of candidate drugs with different molecular targets and modes of action in development for most of these hallmarks.