Prospective evaluation of the prognostic value of immune-related adverse events in patients with non-melanoma solid tumour treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors alone and in combination with radiotherapy

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BACKGROUND: Prospective data about the prognostic value of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in non-melanoma solid tumours are rare. The prognostic value of irAEs in patients treated with combined radiotherapy and immunotherapy is currently unknown.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: The prospective non-interventional ST-ICI trial investigates treatment response of tumour patients to anti-programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) immune checkpoint inhibitors alone and in combination with radiotherapy and possible predictive markers. Patients undergoing immunotherapy or immunoradiotherapy were surveyed for irAEs.

RESULTS: A total of 104 patients were included of whom 29 patients (28%) developed irAEs. Additional radiotherapy was performed in 50 patients (48%). Main tumour entities within the entire cohort were non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (44%) and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (42%). The rate of irAEs did not differ in patients with and without radiotherapy (p = 0.668). Patients who developed irAEs had longer overall survival (OS) (median: 22.8 months versus 9.0 months without irAEs, p = 0.001) and progression-free survival (PFS) (median: 7.8 months versus 3.2 months without irAEs, p = 0.002). In the subgroup with combined radiotherapy, patients with irAEs also had longer OS (median: 22.8 months versus 7.1 months without irAEs, p = 0.005) and PFS (median: 8.8 months versus 3.0 months without irAEs, p = 0.005). On multivariate analysis only PD-L1 on tumour cells (p = 0.049) and irAEs (p = 0.001) remained independent predictors of OS.

CONCLUSION: The development of irAEs represents a favourable prognostic parameter in patients undergoing immunotherapy and immunoradiotherapy for solid tumours.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:140

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European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 140(2020) vom: 01. Nov., Seite 55-62

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schweizer, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Schubert, Philipp [VerfasserIn]
Rutzner, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Eckstein, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Haderlein, Marlen [VerfasserIn]
Lettmaier, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Semrau, Sabine [VerfasserIn]
Gostian, Antoniu-Oreste [VerfasserIn]
Frey, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Gaipl, Udo S [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Jian-Guo [VerfasserIn]
Fietkau, Rainer [VerfasserIn]
Hecht, Markus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
B7-H1 Antigen
Biomarkers, Tumor
CD274 protein, human
Clinical Trial
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Immune checkpoint inhibitors
Immune-related adverse events
Journal Article
Non-melanoma solid tumours
PDCD1 protein, human
Prognostic parameters
Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor
Radiotherapy

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Date Completed 22.02.2021

Date Revised 22.02.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejca.2020.09.001

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NLM316154415