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Table 2 Recent checkpoint inhibitor study results in melanoma

From: Novel melanoma therapy

Study

Phase of study

Prior Tx

Agent

ORR (%)

PFS

OS

[25]

I

Yes/no

Pembrolizumab

31–51

>7 months

NA

[5]

I

Yes

Pembrolizumab

26

37–45 % at 6 months

58–63 % at 1 year

[26]

II

Yes

Pembrolizumab

21–25

34–38 % at 6 months

NA

Chemotherapy

4

16 % at 6 months

[27]

[28]

I/II

Yes/no

Pembrolizumab

33

35 % at 1 year

23 months

40 % at 3 years

[29]

[30]

III

No

Pembrolizumab

32.9–33.7

46.4-47.3 % at 6 months

55 % at 2 years

Ipilimumab

11.9

26.5 % at 6 months

43 % at 2 years

[6]

I

Yes

Nivolumab

31

27 % at 2 years

16.8 months

43 % at 2 years

[32]

III

No

Nivolumab

40.0

5.1 months

72.9 % at 1 year

DTIC

13.9

2.2 months

42.1 % at 1 year

[33]

III

Yes

Nivolumab

31.7

48 % at 6 months

NA

Chemotherapy

10.6

34 % at 6 months

  1. Prior Tx patients with prior treatment for metastatic melanoma included. Yes/No indicates a mixed population of treatment naïve and pre-treated patients