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Table 4 Summary of Italian patients who achieved a complete response in the avelumab MCC EAP

From: Avelumab treatment in Italian patients with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma: experience from an expanded access program

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Patient 4

Patient 5

Patient 6

Previous treatment prior to EAP enrollment

Surgery; radiotherapy; chemotherapy (cisplatin)

Surgery; radiotherapy; chemotherapy (carboplatin and etoposide)

Chemotherapy (cisplatin and etoposide)

Radiotherapy; chemotherapy (cisplatin-containing)

Surgery; radiotherapy; chemotherapy (cisplatin and etoposide)

Chemotherapy (carboplatin and etoposide)

Age at start of avelumab, years

79

76

71

80

70

66

Sex

Male

Male

Male

Male

Male

Male

ECOG PS

1

0

0

1

0

0

Major comorbidities or immunosuppressive conditions

None

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

None

Type 2 diabetes mellitus; hypertension; benign prostatic hyperplasia; glaucoma

None

None

Metastatic sites

Hepatic hilum; common iliac; right thigh and leg lymphedema

Retroperitoneal lymph nodes

Mediastinal and paratracheal lymph nodes

Lymph nodes and retroperitoneum

Thoracic, supraclavicular and inguinal lymph nodes; mesenteric tissue; right paraumbilical area

Abdomen (pancreas, stomach, spleen, and colon)

Date of first avelumab dose

August 22, 2017

May 2017

October 25, 2017

February 20, 2017

December 14, 2016

May 17, 2018

Date of documented CR

October 2, 2017 (including metabolic CR)

March 2019

March 14, 2018 (including metabolic CR)

December 9, 2017

February 2, 2017

August 28, 2018

Treatment-related toxicity

Transient subclinical hypothyroidism (not requiring treatment)

Pruritus (not requiring treatment); grade 1 asymptomatic pneumonitis (resolved with drug interruption)

Grade 2 pruritus

Grade 1 pruritus; potential correlation with basaloid penile intraepithelial neoplasia (surgically treated)

Slight fever and joint pain (resolved with acetaminophen)

Grade 1 thrombocytopenia (resolved without treatment)

New lesions with avelumab treatment

None

None

None

None

None

None

Date of last avelumab dose

September 6, 2019

February 2020

January 30, 2020

July 29, 2020

July 23, 2020

July 2, 2020

Additional local/systemic anticancer therapy

None

None

None

None

None

None

Date of last follow-up

April 27, 2020

July 13, 2020

May 12, 2020

July 29, 2020

October 12, 2020

July 2, 2020

Progression free at last follow-up

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

  1. CR complete response, EAP expanded access program, ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, MCC Merkel cell carcinoma