ECOG performance status ≥2 as a prognostic factor in patients with advanced non small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors-A systematic review and meta-analysis of real world data

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OBJECTIVES: ICIs have been approved and are routinely administered regardless of performance status (PS), despite randomized clinical trials of ICIs alone or combined with chemotherapy or target therapy enrolled patients with ECOG PS 0 or 1, while patients with ECOG PS 2 or more were excluded.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We carried out a meta-analysis of available clinical studies exploring the prognostic impact of PS ≥ 2 on Overall Survival (OS), Progression Free Survival (PFS) or Overall Response Rate (ORR) in patients with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immunotherapy (any line).

RESULTS: We reviewed 19 studies, comprising 3600 NSCLC patients, 757 of whom with ECOG PS > 1 (average 21.0%, range 6.0-48.6%). In the overall population PS ≥ 2 resulted in worse OS, PFS and ORR (OS pooled hazard ratio of 2.72; 95% CI: 2.03-3.63; I2 72.70%, p < 0.001; PFS pooled hazard ratio of 2.39; 95% CI 1.81-3.15, p < 0.0001; I2 73.03%; ORR pooled odds ratio 0.25; 95% CI 0.11-0.56, p 0.001; I2 0.00%).

CONCLUSION: ECOG PS ≥ 2 retains an important prognostic validity in patients treated with ICI similar, in terms of effect size, to that reported for chemotherapy in NSCLC. The high level of heterogeneity for OS and PFS analysis (but not for ORR), not completely explained by the different proportion of ECOG 3-4 patients (ranging from 0% to 50% of the PS ≥ 2 population), could be the result of both patient heterogeneity within the PS 2 population and the subjectivity of ECOG PS assessment. Whether poorer PS is also a predictor of lower immunotherapy efficacy remains still to be demonstrated.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:145

Enthalten in:

Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 145(2020) vom: 15. Juli, Seite 95-104

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dall'Olio, Filippo G [VerfasserIn]
Maggio, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Massucci, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Mollica, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Fragomeno, Benedetta [VerfasserIn]
Ardizzoni, Andrea [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atezolizumab
Carcinoma
Frail elderly
Humans
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Immunologic factors
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Lung neoplasms
Meta-Analysis
Nivolumab
Non-small-cell lung
Pembrolizumab
Prognosis
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 21.06.2021

Date Revised 21.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.lungcan.2020.04.027

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NLM31000330X