Malignant Melanoma: KOL Insight 2016

New combinations emerging as immunotherapies become the backbone therapy

Immunotherapies have become the go-to treatment for malignant melanoma, and with good reason. Not only are they proving to be the most effective single agents, they’re shaping up to be the backbone for a host of new combination therapies.

Learn what an immunotherapy-centric treatment algorithm means for patients and drug manufacturers in KOL Insight: Malignant Melanoma.

Twelve North American and European KOLs’ answer key questions about 9 marketed melanoma treatments and 5 currently in the pipeline.

You’ll find out which immunotherapies are most effective, and hear how they’re likely to be combined with existing and pipeline BRAF/MEK inhibitors, vaccines and immunostimulants, and other small-molecule therapies. You’ll also get insight into the key clinical trials that are shaping the market.

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 “The response rate is something like 10 percent for the single [Yervoy], but the combo [Yervoy+Opdivo] is closer to 50 and 60 percent. Single agent PD-1s [Keytruda and Opdivo] are in the 40s”
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• Yervoy (ipilimumab; Bristol-Myers Squibb)
• Keytruda (pembrolizumab; Merck & Co.)
• Opdivo (nivolumab; Bristol-Myers Squibb)
• Zelboraf (vemurafenib; Roche)/Cotellic (cobimetinib; Roche)
• Mekinist (trametinib; GlaxoSmithKline)/Tafinlar (dabrafenib; GlaxoSmithKline)
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• Igor Puzanov, MD, MSCI, FACP. Professor, Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo NY.
• Jean-Jacques Grob, MD. Head of the Dermatology and Skin Cancer Department, Timone APHM Hospital and Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
• Philip A. Friedlander MD, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, USA.
• Reinhard Dummer, MD. Professor, Vice-Chairman, Department of Dermatology University Hospital of Zürich, Switzerland.
• Roger S. Lo, MD, PhD. Assistant Professor, Medicine and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine at UCLA, CA, USA.
• Plus 7 more – download the full list now >

• Immunotherapies are the new backbone: Not only have they emerged as the most effective monotherapies for melanoma patients, KOLs say they’ll soon be the backbone for most combinations as well. Which ones will see the most widespread uptake?
• The battle for top immunotherapy is on: Will Merck’s Keytruda or BMS’ Opdivo become physicians’ first choice. KOLs are unsure, but point to a variety of factors that will drive each agent’s uptake and use in combination therapies.
• Yervoy monotherapy down but not out: Even though immunotherapy combinations are fast becoming physicians’ first choice, KOLs note that Yervoy monotherapy won’t go away altogether. What kind of use will it continue to see?
• Bye bye, BRAF/MEK monotherapy: KOLs rarely use single agents to treat BRAF patients. Which of the two major combination regimens do they favour?
• Is there room for a new BRAF/MEK combination? A new encorafenib/binimetinib combination is on the way. How do KOLs expect it to fare against Roche’s Zelboraf /Cotellic and GSK’s Mekinist/Tafinlar?
• Finding a future for Imlygic: Seen as a niche product by most KOLs, Amgen’s Imlygic has the most potential in combination. Which agents are the most likely partners for combination use? In which setting do KOLs still see a role for Imlygic monotherapy?
• Little enthusiasm for other vaccines and immunostimulants: Do KOLs see potential for vaccines/immunostimulants other than Imlygic? What prospects do they see for the vaccine approach in general?
• Triple threat: As the trend towards more combination therapies intensifies, KOLs expect a BRAF/MEK/PD-1 triplet combination to emerge. What will determine whether such a combination finds a place in the treatment algorithm?

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