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Published clinical trials utilizing first-line immune checkpoint inhibitors
| Lead author, year | Study type | Solid tumor type | Intervention | Biomarker | Outcome* |
| *All results are significant unless otherwise noted. IHC: immunohistochemistry. m: month, NS: not significant. ORR: overall response rate. OS: overall survival. PD-L1: programmed death ligand-1. PFS: progression-free survival. SCLC: small cell lung cancer. WT: wild-type. | |||||
| Carbone 201718 CheckMate-026 | Open-label,
phase 3 |
Advanced
NSCLC |
Nivolumab vs. chemotherapy | PD-L1≥1%
(28-8 IHC) |
PFS 4.2 m vs. 5.9 m |
| Hui 201739 KEYNOTE-001 | Open-label,
phase 1b |
Advanced
NSCLC |
Pembrolizumab | PD-L1≥1%
(22C3 IHC) |
ORR 27% OS 22.1 m |
| Hellmann 201725 CheckMate-012 | Open-label,
phase 1 |
Advanced
NSCLC |
Nivolumab+ipilimumab | PD-L1 stratified
(28-8 IHC) |
ORR 38–47%
(PD-L1≥1%=ORR 57%) |
| Balar 201711 | Open-label,
phase 2 |
Advanced
urothelial |
Atezolizumab | PD-L1 stratified
(SP142) |
ORR 23%
(No PD-L1 association) |
| Langer 201636 KEYNOTE-021 | Open-label,
phase 2 |
Advanced
NSCLC |
Platinum doublet
+/- pembrolizumab |
PD-L1 stratified
(22C3 IHC) |
ORR 55% vs. 29% |
| Reck 201617 KEYNOTE-024 | Open-label,
phase 3 |
Advanced
NSCLC |
Pembrolizumab
vs. chemotherapy |
PD-L1≥50%
(22C3 IHC) |
PFS 10.3 m vs. 6.0 m |
| Nghiem 201610 | Open-label,
phase 2 |
Advanced
Merkel cell |
Pembrolizumab | None | ORR 56% |
| Reck 201634 | Randomized-controlled, phase 3 | Extensive
SCLC |
Etoposide/platinum
+/- ipilimumab |
None | OS 11.0 m vs. 10.9 m NS |
| Postow 201523 CheckMate-069 | Open-label, phase 1 | Advanced melanoma,
BRAF-WT |
Nivolumab
+ipilimumab |
None | ORR 61% |
| Robert 20156 CheckMate-066 | Randomized-controlled, phase 3 | Advanced melanoma,
BRAF-WT |
Nivolumab
vs. dacarbazine |
None | 12 m OS 72.9% vs. 42.1% |
| Aglietta 201435 | Open-label,
phase 1b |
Advanced
pancreatic |
Tremelimumab
+gemcitabine |
None | ORR 5.9% OS 7.4 m |
| Reck 201333 | Randomized-controlled, phase 2 | Extensive
SCLC |
Paclitaxel/carboplatin
+/- ipilimumab (phased/concurrent) |
None | OS 9.9 m vs. 12.9 m vs. 9.1 m |