2017
Overall Survival in Patients With Advanced Melanoma Who Received Nivolumab Versus Investigator’s Choice Chemotherapy in CheckMate 037: A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Phase III Trial
Larkin J, Minor D, D'Angelo S, Neyns B, Smylie M, Miller WH, Gutzmer R, Linette G, Chmielowski B, Lao CD, Lorigan P, Grossmann K, Hassel JC, Sznol M, Daud A, Sosman J, Khushalani N, Schadendorf D, Hoeller C, Walker D, Kong G, Horak C, Weber J. Overall Survival in Patients With Advanced Melanoma Who Received Nivolumab Versus Investigator’s Choice Chemotherapy in CheckMate 037: A Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label Phase III Trial. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 36: jco.2016.71.802. PMID: 28671856, PMCID: PMC6804912, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.71.8023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, IntravenousAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarboplatinDacarbazineDisease ProgressionDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansMaleMelanomaMiddle AgedNivolumabPaclitaxelProgression-Free SurvivalSkin NeoplasmsTime FactorsYoung AdultConceptsInvestigator-choice chemotherapyAdvanced melanomaAnti-programmed death-1 (PD-1) agentsOpen-label phase III trialMedian progression-free survivalResults Two hundred seventyTreatment-related adverse eventsIpilimumab-refractory patientsNivolumab-treated patientsPhase III trialsProgression-free survivalProportion of patientsPoor prognostic factorOverall response rateLactate dehydrogenase levelsSurvival end pointsConclusion NivolumabMedian OSNivolumab groupBrain metastasesChemotherapy regimensUnacceptable toxicityAdverse eventsDurable responsesIII trials
2014
Release the Hounds! Activating the T-Cell Response to Cancer
Sznol M, Longo DL. Release the Hounds! Activating the T-Cell Response to Cancer. New England Journal Of Medicine 2014, 372: 374-375. PMID: 25482238, DOI: 10.1056/nejme1413488.Peer-Reviewed Original Research