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Would you consider a trial of pembrolizumab in a patient with metastatic urothelial carcinoma progressing on atezolizumab?

Given the apparently stronger results from KEYNOTE 052 (pembrolizumab) compared to IMvigor 211 (atezolizumab), would you consider pembrolizumab for patients progressing on atezolizumab?
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Medical Oncology · Stanford University Medical Center
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I dont think that would make sense. The monotherapy data for all the CPI are very similar. IMvigor 211 was a negative trial purely on a "trial design" issue. The ITT population was positive favoring atezolizumab over chemotherapy. I would consider a CPI after a trial of chemotherapy or radiation which may alter the tumor micro environment

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Medical Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine
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Agree with @Dr. First Last on approach, however, there may be some theoretical advantage (as yet to be clinically proven) of using an anti-PD1 over anti-PD-L1, as there could be suppression mediated through PD-1 via expression of PD-L2 in the TME (reviewed: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jir/2012/656340/). Thus, switching to an anti-PD-1 may add some benefit.

Combination immunotherapy trial would be first choice, obviously....but out side of that, I would switch mechanisms initially using chem...

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