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Safety and efficacy of atezolizumab in patients with autoimmune disease: subgroup analysis of the SAUL study in locally advanced/metastatic urinary tract carcinoma

Loriot, Yohann, Sternberg, Cora N., Castellano, Daniel, Oosting, Sjoukje F., Dumez, Herlinde, Huddart, Robert, Vianna, Karina, Alonso Gordoa, Teresa, Skoneczna, Iwona, Fay, Andre P., Nolè, Franco, Massari, Francesco, Brasiuniene, Birute, Maroto, Pablo, Fear, Simon, Di Nucci, Flavia, de Ducla, Sabine and Choy, Ernest ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4459-8609 2020. Safety and efficacy of atezolizumab in patients with autoimmune disease: subgroup analysis of the SAUL study in locally advanced/metastatic urinary tract carcinoma. European Journal of Cancer 138 , pp. 202-211. 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.07.023

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Abstract

Aim Patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease (AID) are typically excluded from clinical trials of immune checkpoint inhibitors, and there are limited data on outcomes in this population. The single-arm international SAUL study of atezolizumab enrolled a broader ‘real-world’ patient population. We present outcomes in patients with a history of AID. Methods Patients with locally advanced/metastatic urinary tract carcinoma received atezolizumab 1200 mg every 3 weeks until loss of clinical benefit or unacceptable toxicity. The primary end-point was safety. Overall survival (OS) was a secondary end-point. Subgroup analyses of AID patients were prespecified. Results Thirty-five of 997 treated patients had AID at baseline, most commonly psoriasis ( n = 15). Compared with non-AID patients, AID patients experienced numerically more adverse events (AEs) of special interest (46% versus 30%; grade ≥3 14% versus 6%) and treatment-related grade 3/4 AEs (26% versus 12%), but without relevant increases in treatment-related deaths (0% versus 1%) or AEs necessitating treatment discontinuation (9% versus 6%). Pre-existing AID worsened in four patients (11%; two flares in two patients); three of the six flares resolved, one was resolving, and two were unresolved. Efficacy was similar in AID and non-AID patients (median OS, 8.2 versus 8.8 months, respectively; median progression-free survival, 4.4 versus 2.2 months; disease control rate, 51% versus 39%). Conclusions In 35 atezolizumab-treated patients with pre-existing AID, incidences of special- interest and treatment-related AEs appeared acceptable. AEs were manageable, rarely requiring atezolizumab discontinuation. Treating these patients requires caution, but pre-existing AID does not preclude atezolizumab therapy.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0959-8049
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 16 June 2022
Date of Acceptance: 19 July 2020
Last Modified: 20 Nov 2023 23:16
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/136027

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