Study of Induction PD-1 Blockade in Subjects With Locally Advanced Mismatch Repair Deficient Solid Tumors

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether the study drug, TSR-042, followed by standard chemoradiotherapy (the chemotherapy drug capecitabine + radiation therapy) and standard surgery is an effective treatment for advanced dMMR solid tumors. The study will also look at the safety of the study drug.

Timeline

Start

2019-12-11

Primary completion

2026-11-30

Completion

2026-11-30

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper A total of 37 patients had a sustained clinical complete response at 12 months, a finding that met the criterion for efficacy. PMID 40293177 ↗

Publications

• Cercek A, Foote MB, Rousseau B, Smith JJ, Shia J, Sinopoli J, Weiss J, Lumish M, Temple L, Patel M, Wilde C, Saltz LB, Argiles G, Stadler Z, Artz O, Maron S, Ku G, Gu P, Janjigian YY, Molena D, Iyer G, Coleman J, Abida W, Cohen S, Soares K, Schattner M, Strong VE, Yaeger R, Paty P, Shcherba M, Sugarman R, Romesser PB, Zervoudakis A, Desai A, Segal NH, El Dika I, Widmar M, Wei I, Pappou E, Fumo G, Aparo S, Gonen M, Gollub M, Jayaprakasam VS, Kim TH, Garcia Aguilar J, Weiser M, Diaz LA Jr. Nonoperative Management of Mismatch Repair-Deficient Tumors. N Engl J Med. 2025 Jun 19;392(23):2297-2308. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2404512. Epub 2025 Apr 27.
• Saude-Conde R, Nguyen D, Hendlisz A. Immunotherapies in non-metastatic gastrointestinal cancers. Curr Opin Oncol. 2023 Jul 1;35(4):334-346. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0000000000000956. Epub 2023 May 9.
• Costa B, Vale N. Dostarlimab: A Review. Biomolecules. 2022 Jul 26;12(8):1031. doi: 10.3390/biom12081031.
• Cercek A, Lumish M, Sinopoli J, Weiss J, Shia J, Lamendola-Essel M, El Dika IH, Segal N, Shcherba M, Sugarman R, Stadler Z, Yaeger R, Smith JJ, Rousseau B, Argiles G, Patel M, Desai A, Saltz LB, Widmar M, Iyer K, Zhang J, Gianino N, Crane C, Romesser PB, Pappou EP, Paty P, Garcia-Aguilar J, Gonen M, Gollub M, Weiser MR, Schalper KA, Diaz LA Jr. PD-1 Blockade in Mismatch Repair-Deficient, Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jun 23;386(25):2363-2376. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2201445. Epub 2022 Jun 5.

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