TY - JOUR AU - Schadendorf, Dirk AU - Tawbi, Hussein AU - Lipson, Evan J. AU - Stephen Hodi, F. AU - Rutkowski, Piotr AU - Gogas, Helen AU - Lao, Christopher D. AU - Grob, Jean-Jacques AU - Moshyk, Andriy AU - Lord-Bessen, Jennifer AU - Hamilton, Melissa AU - Guo, Shien AU - Shi, Ling AU - Keidel, Sarah AU - Long, Georgina V. TI - Health-related quality of life with nivolumab plus relatlimab versus nivolumab monotherapy in patients with previously untreated unresectable or metastatic melanoma: RELATIVITY-047 trial JO - European journal of cancer VL - 187 SN - 0014-2964 CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] PB - Elsevier M1 - DKFZ-2023-01058 SP - 164 - 173 PY - 2023 AB - Background:In the phase II/III RELATIVITY-047 trial, a novel fixed-dose combination (FDC) of nivolumab plus relatlimab (NIVO + RELA; a programmed death-1 and a lymphocyte-activation gene 3 inhibitor, respectively) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) versus NIVO in patients with previously untreated unresectable or metastatic melanoma (median follow-up, 13.2 months) with stable health-related quality of life (HRQoL), although grade three or four treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were more frequent with the combination. Updated HRQoL results (median follow-up, 19.3 months) are presented.Methods:Patients were randomised to receive intravenous NIVO + RELA (480 mg and 160 mg, respectively) or NIVO (480 mg) every 4 weeks. HRQoL was assessed using the Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment-Melanoma (FACT-M) and EQ-5D-3L questionnaires at baseline, before dosing at each treatment cycle, and at follow-up (posttreatment) visits.Results:Consistent with the initial analysis, HRQoL remained stable with NIVO + RELA on treatment and was similar to that with NIVO. Mean changes from baseline did not exceed clinically meaningful thresholds. HRQoL results were consistent across instruments and scales/subscales. Despite an increased rate of grade three or four TRAEs with NIVO + RELA versus NIVO, the proportion of patients reporting that they were bothered 'quite a bit' or 'very much' by TRAEs was low and comparable between treatments.Conclusion:Results from the RELATIVITY-047 trial show that the PFS benefit with NIVO + RELA FDC over NIVO was obtained with stable patient-reported HRQoL, supporting NIVO + RELA as a first-line treatment option for patients with advanced melanoma. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 DO - DOI:10.1016/j.ejca.2023.03.014 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/276328 ER -