Lili Mao, Bin Lian, Caili Li, Xue Bai, Li Zhou, Chuanliang Cui, Zhihong Chi, Xinan Sheng, Xuan Wang, Bixia Tang, Xieqiao Yan, Siming Li, Yan Kong, Jie Dai, Xiaoting Wei, Juan Li, Rong Duan, Huayan Xu, Xiaowen Wu, Yue Yang, Fengzhuo Cheng, Cheng Zhang, Fangzhou Xia, Zheng Pang, Jun Guo, Lu Si
IMPORTANCE: Acral melanoma, known for low tumor mutation burden, responds poorly to immunotherapy. A standard therapy is still lacking. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the activity and safety of camrelizumab (an anti-programmed cell death-1 antibody) plus apatinib (a vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 inhibitor) and temozolomide as first-line treatment in patients with advanced acral melanoma. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In this single-arm, single-center, phase 2 nonrandomized clinical trial, patients with treatment-naive unresectable stage III or IV acral melanoma were enrolled at Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute between June 4, 2020, and August 24, 2021...
June 1, 2023: JAMA Oncology