Clinical activity of checkpoint inhibitors in angiosarcoma: A retrospective cohort study.
Vinod RaviAparna SubramaniamJing ZhengBehrang AminiVan A TrinhJocelyn JosephRobert G MennelAndrew J BishopErich M SturgisRyan P GoepfertSudha YalamanchiliGilberto BotelloBettzy StephenSarina A Piha-PaulAnisha B PatelAlexander J LazarAnthony P ConleyRobert S BenjaminShreyaskumar R PatelPhillip A FutrealNeeta SomaiahAung NaingPublished in: Cancer (2022)
This is the largest retrospective study to assess the clinical activity of checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy in angiosarcomas. The study includes an adequate number of patients with visceral angiosarcoma that enabled to obtain meaningful clinical insights that were previously unavailable. Our findings indicate an improvement in progression-free survival with pembrolizumab that is comparable to other active agents in angiosarcoma. Pembrolizumab monotherapy in angiosarcomas also has a favorable tolerability profile. Our findings emphasize the need for prospective studies to evaluate the activity of pembrolizumab monotherapy and combination therapy.