Poor efficacy of anti PD-1 antibody based immunotherapy in patients with acral melanoma: results from the Spanish Melanoma Group (GEM) registry
摘要
Acral melanoma (AM) is uncommon in non-Asian race. Limited data exist in non-Asian population.
ObjectiveTo analyze the activity of immunotherapy in patients diagnosed with AM in Spain.
MethodsWe analyzed clinical outcomes of AM in the nationwide Spanish Melanoma Group Registry.
Results69 AM (17 stage III; 52 stage IV) and 724 cutaneous melanoma (CM) (190 stage III; 534 stage IV), predominantly non-Hispanic white. Regarding stage IV, AM patients were older (median 73.6 vs. 66.6 years, p = 0.001) and less often BRAF mutant (9.6% vs. 60.7%, p = 0.0001). First line immunotherapy (49 AM; 316 CM), response rate was 15.0% vs 39.1% (p = 0.0033), median progression free survival was 5.5 (95% CI 3.97–8.23) vs 15.3 months (95% CI 8.97- 26.3) (p = 0.001) and median OS was 17.3 (95% CI 13.32–39.97) versus 43.0 months (95% CI 30.81, NR) (p = 0.007), for AM and CM, respectively. Stage III AM were deeper (T4b in 52.9% vs. 25.3%, p = 0.02). In adjuvant anti PD-1-treated patients (14 AM; 156 CM) median RFS was 10.23 months (95% CI 6.0-NR) in AM versus NR (54.5-NR) in CM (p = 0.017) and 5 year OS was 36.1% vs. 75.8% (p = 0.034).
ConclusionsOur data confirms a poor outcome of AM in the Spanish population.