Emerging role of checkpoint inhibition in localized bladder cancer
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- 作者：Parminder Singha ; drparminder.singh@me.com ; Peter Blackb
- 关键词：Bladder cancer ; Urothelial carcinoma ; Immune therapy ; Checkpoint inhibitors ; Clinical trials
- 刊名：Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：34
- 期：12
- 页码：548-555
- 全文大小：243 K
- 卷排序：34
文摘
Checkpoint inhibitors have rapidly become a standard treatment option for metastatic urothelial carcinoma. A wave of enthusiasm for these drugs has pushed them also into the setting of localized bladder cancer, including both non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and muscle-invasive disease bladder cancer (MIBC). Here, we aimed to review the emerging role of checkpoint inhibition in localized bladder cancer.MethodsWe reviewed the current treatment landscape for both NMIBC and MIBC and established a significant unmet clinical need for novel therapies. We have compiled the evidence that supports the investigation of checkpoint blockade in localized bladder cancer and have reviewed the corresponding clinical trial׳s landscape.ResultsThe success of checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic bladder cancer offers the most compelling rationale for testing checkpoint blockade in localized disease. The established benefit of intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guérin provides precedent for immune therapy in bladder cancer. Immune dysfunction has been described in bladder cancer, and we know that checkpoint molecules are expressed in these tumors. Furthermore, the high neoantigen burden of bladder cancer and results from preclinical studies suggest that checkpoint blockade deserves testing in earlier stage disease. Multiple trials are either planned or underway in almost all bladder cancer disease states.ConclusionOngoing trials would determine in the next several years whether checkpoint inhibitors can have a similar effect in localized disease as they have had in metastatic bladder cancer. They would also determine if patients with earlier disease would tolerate the toxicity of systemic therapy. The future holds promise for predictive biomarkers to guide individualized use of these agents and for effective combination therapies to overcome resistances.