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

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Medical Oncology · Stanford University Medical Center

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 whi...

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Medical Oncology · Washington University School of Medicine

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/...

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