TY - JOUR AU - Franklin, Cindy AU - Mohr, Peter AU - Bluhm, Leonie AU - Meier, Friedegund AU - Garzarolli, Marlene AU - Weichenthal, Michael AU - Kähler, Katharina AU - Grimmelmann, Imke AU - Gutzmer, Ralf AU - Utikal, Jochen AU - Terheyden, Patrick AU - Herbst, Rudolf AU - Haferkamp, Sebastian AU - Pfoehler, Claudia AU - Forschner, Andrea AU - Leiter, Ulrike AU - Ziller, Fabian AU - Meiss, Frank AU - Ulrich, Jens AU - Kreuter, Alexander AU - Gebhardt, Christoffer AU - Welzel, Julia AU - Schilling, Bastian AU - Kaatz, Martin AU - Scharfetter-Kochanek, Karin AU - Dippel, Edgar AU - Nashan, Dorothee AU - Sachse, Michael AU - Weishaupt, Carsten AU - Löffler, Harald AU - Gambichler, Thilo AU - Loquai, Carmen AU - Heinzerling, Lucie AU - Grabbe, Stephan AU - Debus, Dirk AU - Schley, Gaston AU - Hassel, Jessica C AU - Weyandt, Gerhard AU - Trommer, Maike AU - Lodde, Georg AU - Placke, Jan-Malte AU - Zimmer, Lisa AU - Livingstone, Elisabeth AU - Becker, Jürgen AU - Horn, Susanne AU - Schadendorf, Dirk AU - Ugurel, Selma TI - Brain metastasis and survival outcomes after first-line therapy in metastatic melanoma: a multicenter DeCOG study on 1704 patients from the prospective skin cancer registry ADOREG. JO - Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer VL - 11 IS - 4 SN - 2051-1426 CY - London PB - BioMed Central M1 - DKFZ-2023-00719 SP - e005828 PY - 2023 AB - Despite the availability of effective systemic therapies, a significant number of advanced melanoma patients develops brain metastases. This study investigated differences in incidence and time to diagnosis of brain metastasis and survival outcomes dependent on the type of first-line therapy.Patients with metastatic, non-resectable melanoma (AJCCv8 stage IIIC-V) without brain metastasis at start of first-line therapy (1L-therapy) were identified from the prospective multicenter real-world skin cancer registry ADOREG. Study endpoints were incidence of brain metastasis, brain metastasis-free survival (BMFS), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS).Of 1704 patients, 916 were BRAF wild-type (BRAFwt) and 788 were BRAF V600 mutant (BRAFmut). Median follow-up time after start of 1L-therapy was 40.4 months. BRAFwt patients received 1L-therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) against CTLA-4+PD-1 (n=281) or PD-1 (n=544). In BRAFmut patients, 1L-therapy was ICI in 415 patients (CTLA-4+PD-1, n=108; PD-1, n=264), and BRAF+MEK targeted therapy (TT) in 373 patients. After 24 months, 1L-therapy with BRAF+MEK resulted in a higher incidence of brain metastasis compared with PD-1±CTLA-4 (BRAF+MEK, 30.3 KW - melanoma (Other) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:37028819 DO - DOI:10.1136/jitc-2022-005828 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/275350 ER -