2023
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of melanoma, version 3.0
Pavlick A, Ariyan C, Buchbinder E, Davar D, Gibney G, Hamid O, Hieken T, Izar B, Johnson D, Kulkarni R, Luke J, Mitchell T, Mooradian M, Rubin K, Salama A, Shirai K, Taube J, Tawbi H, Tolley J, Valdueza C, Weiss S, Wong M, Sullivan R. Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) clinical practice guideline on immunotherapy for the treatment of melanoma, version 3.0. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2023, 11: e006947. PMID: 37852736, PMCID: PMC10603365, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2023-006947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsClinical practice guidelinesCutaneous melanomaTreatment of melanomaPractice guidelinesProlongs recurrence-free survivalCancer clinical practice guidelinesCell death protein 1Metastatic cutaneous melanomaBispecific T cell engager (BiTE) therapyChemotherapy-resistant diseaseRecurrence-free survivalDeath protein 1Long-term followManagement of patientsSpecial patient populationsImmunotherapy of cancerConsensus-based recommendationsPossibility of cureUnique toxicity profileQuality of lifeIntratumoral immunotherapyNeoadjuvant strategiesAdvanced diseaseBrain metastasesCombinatorial Immunotherapy with Agonistic CD40 Activates Dendritic Cells to Express IL12 and Overcomes PD-1 Resistance.
Krykbaeva I, Bridges K, Damsky W, Pizzurro G, Alexander A, McGeary M, Park K, Muthusamy V, Eyles J, Luheshi N, Turner N, Weiss S, Olino K, Kaech S, Kluger H, Miller-Jensen K, Bosenberg M. Combinatorial Immunotherapy with Agonistic CD40 Activates Dendritic Cells to Express IL12 and Overcomes PD-1 Resistance. Cancer Immunology Research 2023, 11: 1332-1350. PMID: 37478171, DOI: 10.1158/2326-6066.cir-22-0699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPD-1 resistanceDendritic cellsTumor regressionAnti-PD-1 resistanceActivates Dendritic CellsCytokine secretion profilingSystemic cytokine profileTriple therapy combinationInnate immune activationAdaptive immune responsesComplete tumor regressionMajority of miceSignificant clinical challengeMouse melanoma modelT cell activationAgonistic CD40Checkpoint inhibitorsDC subsetsTriple therapyCytokine profileImmune activationCombinatorial immunotherapyTherapy combinationsT cellsClinical challenge
2019
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Patients With Preexisting Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Abu-Sbeih H, Faleck DM, Ricciuti B, Mendelsohn RB, Naqash AR, Cohen JV, Sellers MC, Balaji A, Ben-Betzalel G, Hajir I, Zhang J, Awad MM, Leonardi GC, Johnson DB, Pinato DJ, Owen DH, Weiss SA, Lamberti G, Lythgoe MP, Manuzzi L, Arnold C, Qiao W, Naidoo J, Markel G, Powell N, Yeung SJ, Sharon E, Dougan M, Wang Y. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Patients With Preexisting Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 38: 576-583. PMID: 31800340, PMCID: PMC7030892, DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.01674.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGI adverse eventsInflammatory bowel diseaseImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyCheckpoint inhibitor therapyImmune checkpoint inhibitorsAdverse eventsCheckpoint inhibitorsBowel diseaseInhibitor therapyAnti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 therapyTreatment of IBDCytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4T-lymphocyte antigen-4Cell death 1Multivariate logistic regressionImmunotherapy initiationColonic perforationGI eventsDeath-1Ulcerative colitisCrohn's diseaseMedian timeMultivariable analysisRetrospective studySimilar patientsImmunotherapy of Melanoma: Facts and Hopes
Weiss SA, Wolchok JD, Sznol M. Immunotherapy of Melanoma: Facts and Hopes. Clinical Cancer Research 2019, 25: 5191-5201. PMID: 30923036, PMCID: PMC6726509, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-1550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverall survivalMetastatic diseaseImmune therapyPredictive biomarkersNivolumab/ipilimumab combinationRandomized phase III trialLong-term clinical benefitImmunobiology of tumorsDuration of therapyPhase III trialsLong-term survivorsEffective immune therapyAdjuvant settingIpilimumab combinationMetastatic settingIII trialsPatient subsetsClinical benefitImmune modulationMetastatic melanomaClinical trialsSingle agentTherapyTrue increaseCell therapyPatterns of failure after immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors predict durable progression-free survival after local therapy for metastatic melanoma
Klemen ND, Wang M, Feingold PL, Cooper K, Pavri SN, Han D, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Khan SA, Olino K, Clune J, Ariyan S, Salem RR, Weiss SA, Kluger HM, Sznol M, Cha C. Patterns of failure after immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors predict durable progression-free survival after local therapy for metastatic melanoma. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2019, 7: 196. PMID: 31340861, PMCID: PMC6657062, DOI: 10.1186/s40425-019-0672-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThree-year progression-free survivalProgression-free survivalDisease-specific survivalFive-year disease-specific survivalPatterns of failureDurable progression-free survivalLocal therapyStereotactic body radiotherapyMetastatic melanomaNew metastasesPatient selectionIndependent radiological reviewOngoing complete responseResultsFour hundred twentyEvidence of diseaseCNS metastasisCPI treatmentImmunotherapy failureCheckpoint inhibitorsMost patientsProgressive diseaseRadiological reviewComplete responsePD-1PD-L1Ophthalmic Immune-Related Adverse Events of Immunotherapy: A Single-Site Case Series
Kim J, Materin MA, Sznol M, Kluger H, Weiss S, Chow J, Stoessel K, Kombo N, Del Priore L, Pointdujour-Lim R. Ophthalmic Immune-Related Adverse Events of Immunotherapy: A Single-Site Case Series. Ophthalmology 2019, 126: 1058-1062. PMID: 30735682, PMCID: PMC6933747, DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2019.01.031.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
From the Guest Editors
Weiss SA, Kluger HM. From the Guest Editors. The Cancer Journal 2017, 23: 1-2. PMID: 28114248, PMCID: PMC5526070, DOI: 10.1097/ppo.0000000000000244.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Update on Vaccines for High-Risk Melanoma
Weiss SA, Chandra S, Pavlick AC. Update on Vaccines for High-Risk Melanoma. Current Treatment Options In Oncology 2014, 15: 269-280. PMID: 24788575, DOI: 10.1007/s11864-014-0283-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk melanomaRole of vaccinesClinical trialsCytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4Death-1 monoclonal antibodyT-lymphocyte antigen-4Cell death-1 monoclonal antibodyImmunogenic solid tumorsOpinion statementThe managementPrimary surgical resectionHigh-risk diseaseMeaningful clinical responsesGranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorImmune stimulatory agentsDevelopment of vaccinesMacrophage colony-stimulating factorColony-stimulating factorAdjuvant settingImmunomodulatory therapyAdjuvant optionClinical responseMelanoma vaccineSurgical resectionVaccine therapyClinical outcomes