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Table 2 Summary of efficacy and safety end points for ICIs by indication and dosage observed in development studies

From: Immune checkpoint-targeted antibodies: a room for dose and schedule optimization?

Target

Drug

Indication

Dose

ORR (%)

PFS (% at 24 weeks; otherwise median)

OS (% at 1 year; otherwise median or specified)

G3-G4 toxicity (%)

CTLA-4

Ipilimumab [7,8,9,10,11]

Melanoma

3 mg/kg Q3W

[4.2–19]

12.9% [2.63–2.9] months

[39.3–60.9]%

[15–27.3]

10 mg/kg Q3W

[11.1–15]

18.9% [2.56–2.8] months

[44.2–54.3]%

[31–34]

0.3 mg/kg Q3W

0

2.7%

39.6%

 

RCC

1 mg/kg Q3W

40.4

55.6%

81%

38.3

3 mg/kg Q3W

40.4

63.8%

85%

61.7

PD-1

Nivolumab [9, 12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19]

Melanoma

0.1 mg/kg Q2W

[29–35]

[40–41]%

 

[0–5]

0.3 mg/kg Q2W

[19–28]

[31–35]%

 

[0–3]

1 mg/kg Q2W

[30 31]

[45–51]%

 

[6–12]

3 mg/kg Q2W

[31–43.7]

[39–55]% 6.9 months

72.9%

[4–16.3]

10 mg/kg Q2W

[9–20]

[30–45]%

 

[8–21]

NSCLC

1 mg/kg Q2W

[3–6]

[26–46]%

33%

15.2

3 mg/kg Q2W

[24–32]

[40–41]%

56%

13.5

10 mg/kg Q2W

[18–20]

[24–33]%

38%

13.6

RCC

0.3 mg/kg Q2W

20

30%

18.2%

5

1 mg/kg Q2W

[24–28]

[47–50]%

 

12

2 mg/kg Q2W

22

30%

25.5%

17

10 mg/kg Q2W

31

67%

24.7%

13

Mixed

480 mg Q4W

   

14.8

Pembrolizumab [20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31]

Melanoma

2 mg/kg Q3W

[21–32.9]

45%

58%

[8–15]

10 mg/kg Q2W

[33.7–52]

  

[13.3–22.8]

10 mg/kg Q3W

[26–35.9]

37%

53%

[3.6–16]

NSCLC

2 mg/kg Q3W

[15–25]

3.9 months

10.4 months

13

10 mg/kg Q2W

[19.3–21]

  

9

10 mg/kg Q3W

[19.2–25]

4 months

12.7 months

[3.6–16]

Hodgkin lymphoma

10 mg/kg Q2W

65

69%

100% at 24 weeks

22

200 mg Q3W

69

  

5.4

HNSCC

10 mg/kg Q2W

18

  

23

200 mg Q3W

16

23%

59% at 24 weeks

15

Urothelial cancer

10 mg/kg Q2W

26

2 months

13 months

15

200 mg Q3W

24

2.1 months

10.3 months

15

Cemiplimab [32]

Cutaneaous SCC

350 mg Q3W

41

10.4 months

76.1%

39.3

3 mg/kg Q2W

49

18.4 months

81.3%

50.8

PD-L1

Avelumab [33,34,35,36]

RCC

10 mg/kg Q2W

[51.4–58]

13.8 months

 

[58–71.2]

Merkel cell carcinoma

10 mg/kg Q2W

31.8

40%

69% at 24 weeks

5

Mixed

1 mg/kg Q2W

0

  

25

3 mg/kg Q2W

0

  

0

10 mg/kg Q2W

13

  

33

20 mg/kg Q2W

10

  

14

Atezolizumab [37, 38]

NSCLC

1200 mg Q3W

14

2.8 months

13.8 months

13

1; 3; 10; 15, 20 mg/kg Q3W

23

45%

  

Melanoma

30

41%

  

RCC

14

48%

  

Urothelial cancer

1200 mg Q3W

15

2.1 months

7.9 months

16

Durvalumab [39,40,41,42]

SCLC

1500 mg Q3W

68

45%

54%

22

Urothelial cancer

10 mg/kg Q2W

31

  

5

NSCLC

3 mg/kg Q2W

0

  

0

10 mg/kg Q2W

33

  

67

15 mg/kg Q2W

33

  

72

20 mg/kg Q2W

50

  

61

10 mg/kg Q2W

0

17.2 months

83.1%

[30.5–53]

  1. ORR, Objective response rate; PFS, Progression-free survival; OS, Overall survival; G3–G4, grade3–grade4