Molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumab

Background This case represents an exceptional response to pembrolizumab in a patient with epithelioid mesothelioma with a further response on rechallenge.Case presentation A 77-year-old woman with advanced epithelioid mesothelioma extensively pretreated with chemotherapy demonstrated a prolonged re...

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Main Authors: Johann De Bono, Nicos Fotiadis, Sanjay Popat, Anna Minchom, Wei Yuan, Mateus Crespo, Bora Gurel, Ines Figueiredo, Andrew Wotherspoon, Susana Miranda, Ruth Riisnaes, Ana Ferreira, Claudia Bertan, Rita Pereira, Matt Clarke, Chloe Baker, Joo Ern Ang, Nina Tunariu, Suzanne Carreira, Mary O'Brien, Udai Banerji, Juanita Lopez
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
Online Access:https://jitc.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000713.full
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author Johann De Bono
Nicos Fotiadis
Sanjay Popat
Anna Minchom
Wei Yuan
Mateus Crespo
Bora Gurel
Ines Figueiredo
Andrew Wotherspoon
Susana Miranda
Ruth Riisnaes
Ana Ferreira
Claudia Bertan
Rita Pereira
Matt Clarke
Chloe Baker
Joo Ern Ang
Nina Tunariu
Suzanne Carreira
Mary O'Brien
Udai Banerji
Juanita Lopez
author_facet Johann De Bono
Nicos Fotiadis
Sanjay Popat
Anna Minchom
Wei Yuan
Mateus Crespo
Bora Gurel
Ines Figueiredo
Andrew Wotherspoon
Susana Miranda
Ruth Riisnaes
Ana Ferreira
Claudia Bertan
Rita Pereira
Matt Clarke
Chloe Baker
Joo Ern Ang
Nina Tunariu
Suzanne Carreira
Mary O'Brien
Udai Banerji
Juanita Lopez
author_sort Johann De Bono
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description Background This case represents an exceptional response to pembrolizumab in a patient with epithelioid mesothelioma with a further response on rechallenge.Case presentation A 77-year-old woman with advanced epithelioid mesothelioma extensively pretreated with chemotherapy demonstrated a prolonged response of 45 months to 52 cycles of pembrolizumab. On rechallenge with pembrolizumab, further disease stability was achieved. Serial biopsies and analysis by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence demonstrated marked immune infiltration and documented the emergency of markers of immune exhaustion. Whole exome sequencing demonstrated a reduction in tumor mutational burden consistent with subclone elimination by immune checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy. The relapse biopsy had missense mutation in BTN2A1.Conclusion This case supports rechallenge of programme death receptor 1 inhibitor in cases of previous CPI sensitivity and gives molecular insights.
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spelling doaj-art-7e62949f48524365b46f3e0bf7017a582024-11-09T10:10:10ZengBMJ Publishing GroupJournal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer2051-14262020-05-018110.1136/jitc-2020-000713Molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumabJohann De Bono0Nicos Fotiadis1Sanjay Popat2Anna Minchom3Wei Yuan4Mateus Crespo5Bora Gurel6Ines Figueiredo7Andrew Wotherspoon8Susana Miranda9Ruth Riisnaes10Ana Ferreira11Claudia Bertan12Rita Pereira13Matt Clarke14Chloe Baker15Joo Ern Ang16Nina Tunariu17Suzanne Carreira18Mary O'Brien19Udai Banerji20Juanita Lopez21Institute of Cancer Research, London SM2 5NG, UK3 Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK5 Lung Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UKThe Institute of Cancer Research, London, UKThe Institute of Cancer Research, London, UKThe Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UKDepartment of Histopathology, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UKThe Institute of Cancer Research, London, UKCentro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia Espinho EPE, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK1 Drug Development Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital/ Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UKThe Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK8 Department of Oncology, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, London, UKInstitute of Cancer Research, London, UKInstitute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UKBackground This case represents an exceptional response to pembrolizumab in a patient with epithelioid mesothelioma with a further response on rechallenge.Case presentation A 77-year-old woman with advanced epithelioid mesothelioma extensively pretreated with chemotherapy demonstrated a prolonged response of 45 months to 52 cycles of pembrolizumab. On rechallenge with pembrolizumab, further disease stability was achieved. Serial biopsies and analysis by immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence demonstrated marked immune infiltration and documented the emergency of markers of immune exhaustion. Whole exome sequencing demonstrated a reduction in tumor mutational burden consistent with subclone elimination by immune checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) therapy. The relapse biopsy had missense mutation in BTN2A1.Conclusion This case supports rechallenge of programme death receptor 1 inhibitor in cases of previous CPI sensitivity and gives molecular insights.https://jitc.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000713.full
spellingShingle Johann De Bono
Nicos Fotiadis
Sanjay Popat
Anna Minchom
Wei Yuan
Mateus Crespo
Bora Gurel
Ines Figueiredo
Andrew Wotherspoon
Susana Miranda
Ruth Riisnaes
Ana Ferreira
Claudia Bertan
Rita Pereira
Matt Clarke
Chloe Baker
Joo Ern Ang
Nina Tunariu
Suzanne Carreira
Mary O'Brien
Udai Banerji
Juanita Lopez
Molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumab
Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
title Molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumab
title_full Molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumab
title_fullStr Molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumab
title_full_unstemmed Molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumab
title_short Molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumab
title_sort molecular and immunological features of a prolonged exceptional responder with malignant pleural mesothelioma treated initially and rechallenged with pembrolizumab
url https://jitc.bmj.com/content/8/1/e000713.full
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