Interstitial pneumonitis associated with combined regimen of immunotherapy and conventional therapies-pharmacovigilance database analysis with real-world data validation

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BACKGROUND: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy combined with conventional therapies is being broadly applied in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, the risk of interstitial pneumonitis (IP) following a combined regimen is incompletely characterized.

METHODS: A total of 46,127 NSCLC patients were extracted for disproportionality analyses of IP from the Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) database. A total of 1108 NSCLC patients who received ICI treatment at Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University were collected and utilized for real-world validation.

RESULTS: Of the 46,127 patients with NSCLC, 3830 cases (8.3%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 8.05-8.56) developed IP. Multivariable logistic regression analyses revealed that the adjusted ROR of ICI combined with radiation (RT) was the highest (121.69; 95% CI, 83.60-184.96; P < 0.0001) among all therapies, while that of ICI combined with chemotherapy (CHEMO) or targeted therapy (TARGET) was 0.90 (95% CI, 0.78-1.04; P = 0.160) and 1.49 (95% CI, 0.95-2.23; P = 0.065), respectively, using ICI monotherapy as reference. Furthermore, analyses from our validation cohort of 1108 cases showed that the adjusted odds ratio of ICI combined with RT was the highest (12.25; 95% CI, 3.34-50.22; P < 0.01) among all the therapies, while that of ICI combined with CHEMO or TARGET was 2.32 (95% CI, 0.89-7.92; P = 0.12) and 0.66 (95% CI, 0.03-4.55; P = 0.71), respectively, using ICI monotherapy as reference.

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with ICI monotherapy, ICI combined with RT, rather than with CHEMO or TARGET, is associated with a higher risk of IP in NSCLC patients. Hence, patients receiving these treatments should be carefully monitored for IP.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

BMC medicine - 21(2023), 1 vom: 05. Jan., Seite 6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guo, Xue-Jun [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Xiao-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Rong, Zi-Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yan-Pei [VerfasserIn]
Wen, Yu-Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Xue [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Qiang John [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Ze-Qin [VerfasserIn]
Long, Li-Li [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Si-Cong [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Xin-Ran [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Li [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Jian [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Zhong-Yi [VerfasserIn]
Wu, De-Hua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Conventional therapy
Immune checkpoint inhibitors
Interstitial pneumonitis
Journal Article
Non-small cell lung cancer
Radiation therapy
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.01.2023

Date Revised 06.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12916-022-02713-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351114521