The Association between a Decrease in On-Treatment Neutrophil-to-Eosinophil Ratio (NER) at Week 6 after Ipilimumab Plus Nivolumab Initiation and Improved Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

A lower baseline neutrophil-to-eosinophil ratio (NER) has been associated with improved responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI)-treated metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). This study investigated the decrease in NER at week 6 after ipilimumab/nivolumab (ipi/nivo) initiation and treatment responses in mRCC. A retrospective study of ipi/nivo-treated mRCC at two US academic cancer centers was conducted. A landmark analysis at week 6 was performed to assess the association between the change in NER and clinical responses (progression-free survival (PFS)/overall survival (OS)). Week 6 NER was modeled as a continuous variable, after log transformation (Ln NER), and a categorical variable by percent change. There were 150 mRCC patients included: 78% had clear cell histology, and 78% were IMDC intermediate/poor risk. In multivariable regression analysis, every decrease of 1 unit of Ln NER at week 6 was associated with improved PFS (adjusted hazard ratio (AHR): 0.78, p-value:0.005) and OS (AHR: 0.67, p-value: 0.002). When NER was modeled by percent change, decreased NER > 50% was associated with improved PFS (AHR: 0.55, p-value: 0.03) and OS (AHR: 0.37, p-value: 0.02). The decrease in week 6 NER was associated with improved PFS/OS in ipi/nivo-treated mRCC. Prospective studies are warranted to validate NER change as a biomarker to predict ICI responses.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Cancers - 14(2022), 15 vom: 07. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Yu-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Tucker, Matthew D [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Landon C [VerfasserIn]
Yasin, Hesham A [VerfasserIn]
Ancell, Kristin K [VerfasserIn]
Armstrong, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Beckermann, Kathryn E [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Nancy B [VerfasserIn]
Harrison, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Kaiser, Elizabeth G [VerfasserIn]
McAlister, Renee K [VerfasserIn]
Schaffer, Kerry R [VerfasserIn]
Wallace, Deborah E [VerfasserIn]
George, Daniel J [VerfasserIn]
Rathmell, W Kimryn [VerfasserIn]
Rini, Brian I [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tian [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Eosinophil
Immune checkpoint inhibitor
Journal Article
Kidney cancer
NER
Neutrophil-to-eosinophil ratio
Renal cell carcinoma

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Date Revised 26.04.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/cancers14153830

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NLM344732878