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Authors | Davis LE, Nicholls LA, Babiker HM, Liau J, Mahadevan D | ||||||||||||
Title | PD-1 Inhibition Achieves a Complete Metabolic Response in a Patient with Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor. | ||||||||||||
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Abstract Text | High-grade malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) have a poor prognosis with limited responsiveness to systemic therapy. We document a case of a complete metabolic response to pembrolizumab monotherapy in metastatic disease. Tumor molecular profiling identified programmed-death ligand-1 (PD-L1) positivity. This characteristic provided a rationale for immune-checkpoint therapy. Treatment with pembrolizumab resulted in a complete metabolic response after four cycles of therapy. Patients with PD-L1-positive, metastatic MPNST may be candidates for immune-checkpoint therapy, which may produce a durable complete remission. Future study of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy is warranted. |
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CD274 positive | malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor | predicted - sensitive | Pembrolizumab | Case Reports/Case Series | Actionable | In a clinical case study, Keytruda (pembrolizumab) treatment resulted in complete metabolic response after 4 cycles of treatment in a patient with CD274 (PD-L1)-positive malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, and the patient stayed on treatment for 21 cycles (PMID: 31383651). | 31383651 |