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. 2024 Mar 28;10(5):612–620. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.7333

Table 2. Radiologic and Pathologic Patient Outcomes in Neoadjuvant Checkpoint Inhibitor Studies of High-Risk Resectable Melanoma.

Study Patients, No. Follow-up, median (range), mo Planned surgical resection, No. Radiologic response, No. Pathologic response, No. Discordance between radiologic and pathologic response
CR PR SD PD CR nCR PR >PR
Amaria et al,13 2018
Nivolumab 12 15.0 (5.8-22.6) 10 0 3 5 2 3 NR NR NR Yes
Ipilimumab + nivolumab 11 15.6 (5.8-24.4) 11 1 7 2 1 5 NR NR NR Yes
Blank et al,10 2018
NAT arma 10 21.6 (15.9- NR) 10 0 4 3 1 3 3 1 2 Yes
Adjuvant arm 10 NR
Huang et al,14 2019
NAT trial 29 25.0 29 0 3b 3b NR 5 3 15 NR No
Rozeman et al,15 2019
Group 1 30 24.6 (21.6-27.6) 30 2 17 9 2 14 7 3 6 Yes
Group 2 30 29 3 14 10 2 17 2 4 7 Yes
Group 3 26 24 1 8 12 5 6 6 5 8 Yes
Amaria et al,16 2022
Single NAT arm 30 24.4 (7.1-34.6) 29 0 18 9 3 17 2 2 8 Yes
Reijers et al,17 2022
Single NAT arm 99 28.1 (25.0-33.8) 90 14 31 38 13 48 12 11 19 Yes
Patel et al,18 2023
NAT-adjuvant arm 144c 14.7 127 9 58 54 23 28d NR NR NR Yes
Adjuvant only arm 151 151 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

Abbreviations: CR, complete response; nCR, near-complete response; NAT, neoadjuvant therapy; NR, not reported; PD, progressive disease; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease.

a

In the neoadjuvant arm, radiologic data were available from 8 patients, and pathologic data from 9 patients.

b

Pathologic response was assessed in 27 patients, and radiologic response was assessed in 6 patients.

c

Three patients either withdrew consent or defected. All statistics are done with 141 as the baseline number.

d

Among 132 patients evaluated.