Advances in the clinical management of uveal melanoma

RD Carvajal, JJ Sacco, MJ Jager… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Melanomas arising in the uveal tract of the eye are a rare form of the disease with a biology
and clinical phenotype distinct from their more common cutaneous counterparts. Treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Metastatic uveal melanoma: The final frontier

ES Rantala, MM Hernberg, S Piperno-Neumann… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of primary intraocular uveal melanoma has developed considerably, its
driver genes are largely unraveled, and the ways to assess its risk for metastases are very …

[HTML][HTML] Three-year overall survival with tebentafusp in metastatic uveal melanoma

JC Hassel, S Piperno-Neumann… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Tebentafusp, a T-cell receptor–bispecific molecule that targets glycoprotein 100
and CD3, is approved for adult patients who are positive for HLA-A* 02: 01 and have …

[HTML][HTML] Overall survival benefit with tebentafusp in metastatic uveal melanoma

P Nathan, JC Hassel, P Rutkowski… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Uveal melanoma is a disease that is distinct from cutaneous melanoma, with a
low tumor mutational burden and a 1-year overall survival of approximately 50% in patients …

Clinical and molecular response to tebentafusp in previously treated patients with metastatic uveal melanoma: a phase 2 trial

RD Carvajal, MO Butler, AN Shoushtari, JC Hassel… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
In patients with previously treated metastatic uveal melanoma, the historical 1 year overall
survival rate is 37% with a median overall survival of 7.8 months. We conducted a …

Nivolumab and ipilimumab in metastatic uveal melanoma: results from a single-arm phase II study

MS Pelster, SK Gruschkus, R Bassett… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Metastatic uveal melanoma has poor overall survival (OS) and no approved
systemic therapy options. Studies of single-agent immunotherapy regimens have shown …

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab for treatment-naïve metastatic uveal melanoma: an open-label, multicenter, phase II trial by the Spanish Multidisciplinary Melanoma Group …

JM Piulats, E Espinosa, L de la Cruz Merino… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE This study aimed to assess the efficacy of the combination of nivolumab (nivo)
plus ipilimumab (ipi) as a first-line therapy with respect to the 12-month overall survival (OS) …

Tebentafusp, a TCR/anti-CD3 bispecific fusion protein targeting gp100, potently activated antitumor immune responses in patients with metastatic melanoma

MR Middleton, C McAlpine, VK Woodcock… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Purpose: Tebentafusp is a first-in-class bispecific fusion protein designed to target gp100 (a
melanoma-associated antigen) through a high affinity T-cell receptor (TCR) binding domain …

Combined immune checkpoint blockade (anti-PD-1/anti-CTLA-4): evaluation and management of adverse drug reactions

JC Hassel, L Heinzerling, J Aberle, O Bähr… - Cancer treatment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Combined immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) provides unprecedented efficacy
gains in numerous cancer indications, with PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab plus CTLA-4 inhibitor …

Current molecular and clinical insights into uveal melanoma

M Fallico, G Raciti, A Longo… - International …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Uveal melanoma (UM) represents the most prominent primary eye cancer in adults. With an
incidence of approximately 5 cases per million individuals annually in the United States, UM …