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PD-1 Blockade in Mismatch Repair–Deficient, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

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Cercek, Andrea, Lumish, Melissa, Sinopoli, Jenna, Weiss, Jill, Shia, Jinru, Lamendola-Essel, Michelle, El Dika, Imane H., Segal, Neil, Shcherba, Marina, Sugarman, Ryan, Stadler, Zsofia, Yaeger, Rona, Smith, J. Joshua, Rousseau, Benoit, Argiles, Guillem, Patel, Miteshkumar, Desai, Avni, Saltz, Leonard B., Widmar, Maria, Iyer, Krishna, Zhang, Janie, Gianino, Nicole, Crane, Christopher, Romesser, Paul B., Pappou, Emmanouil P., Paty, Philip, Garcia-Aguilar, Julio, Gonen, Mithat, Gollub, Marc, Weiser, Martin R., Schalper, Kurt A., Diaz, Luis A.·2022·New England Journal of Medicine

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BACKGROUND: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation followed by surgical resection of the rectum is a standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer. A subset of rectal cancer is caused by a deficiency in mismatch repair. Because mismatch repair-deficient colorectal cancer is responsive to programmed death 1 (PD-1) blockade in the context of metastatic disease, it was hypothesized that checkpoint blockade could be effective in patients with mismatch repair-deficient, locally advanced rectal cancer. METHODS: We initiated a prospective phase 2 study in which single-agent dostarlimab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, was administered every 3 weeks for 6 months in patients with mismatch repair-deficient stage II or III rectal adenocarcinoma. This treatment was to be followed by standard chemoradiotherapy and surgery. Patients who had a clinical complete response after completion of dostarlimab therapy would proceed without chemoradiotherapy and surgery. The primary end points are sustained clinical complete response 12 months after completion of dostarlimab therapy or pathological complete response after completion of dostarlimab therapy with or without chemoradiotherapy and overall response to neoadjuvant dostarlimab therapy with or without chemoradiotherapy. RESULTS: F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomography, endoscopic evaluation, digital rectal examination, or biopsy. At the time of this report, no patients had received chemoradiotherapy or undergone surgery, and no cases of progression or recurrence had been reported during follow-up (range, 6 to 25 months). No adverse events of grade 3 or higher have been reported. CONCLUSIONS: Mismatch repair-deficient, locally advanced rectal cancer was highly sensitive to single-agent PD-1 blockade. Longer follow-up is needed to assess the duration of response. (Funded by the Simon and Eve Colin Foundation and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04165772.).

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Cercek, A., Lumish, M., Sinopoli, J., Weiss, J., Shia, J., Lamendola-Essel, M., El Dika, I. H., Segal, N., Shcherba, M., Sugarman, R., Stadler, Z., Yaeger, R., Smith, J. J., Rousseau, B., Argiles, G., Patel, M., Desai, A., Saltz, L. B., Widmar, M., Iyer, K., Zhang, J., Gianino, N., Crane, C., Romesser, P. B., Pappou, E. P., Paty, P., Garcia-Aguilar, J., Gonen, M., Gollub, M., Weiser, M. R., Schalper, K. A., & Diaz, L. A.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2022-06-23
Volume
386
Issue
25
Pages
2363-2376
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
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1,625
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Cercek, A., Lumish, M., Sinopoli, J., Weiss, J., Shia, J., Lamendola-Essel, M., El Dika, I. H., Segal, N., Shcherba, M., Sugarman, R., Stadler, Z., Yaeger, R., Smith, J. J., Rousseau, B., Argiles, G., Patel, M., Desai, A., Saltz, L. B., Widmar, M., . . . Diaz, L. A. (2022). PD-1 Blockade in Mismatch Repair–Deficient, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2201445

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