Department of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA02115, USA.
Rev Recent Clin Trials. 2024;19(2):81-90. doi: 10.2174/0115748871276666240123043710.
The recently approved immunotherapeutic drugs are Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Imfinzi (durvalumab) for advanced biliary tract cancers that inhibit PD-1 receptor and PD-L1 ligand, respectively. In this perspective, the results of the two clinical trials, i.e., TOPAZ-1 (NCT03875235) and KEYNOTE-966 (NCT04003636), are critically appraised, compared, and discussed to assess the benefits of these two drugs in the context of the treatment of advanced biliary tract cancers with a focus on PD-L1 status and MIS (microsatellite instability) status and therapy responsiveness in the subgroups. Analyzing the PD-L2 status in biliary tract cancer patients can aid in assessing the prognostic value of PD-L2 expression in determining the clinical response and this may aid in appropriate patient stratification.
最近批准的免疫治疗药物分别是 Keytruda(pembrolizumab)和 Imfinzi(durvalumab),用于治疗抑制 PD-1 受体和 PD-L1 配体的晚期胆道癌。从这个角度来看,对两项临床试验,即 TOPAZ-1(NCT03875235)和 KEYNOTE-966(NCT04003636)的结果进行了批判性评估、比较和讨论,以评估这两种药物在治疗晚期胆道癌方面的益处,重点关注 PD-L1 状态和 MIS(微卫星不稳定性)状态以及亚组中的治疗反应性。分析胆道癌患者的 PD-L2 状态有助于评估 PD-L2 表达在确定临床反应方面的预后价值,这可能有助于对患者进行适当的分层。