Can Baseline [18F]FDG PET/CT Predict Response to Immunotherapy After 6 Months and Overall Survival in Patients with Lung Cancer or Malignant Melanoma? A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Aim: To assess the role of baseline 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose ([18F]FDG)-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in predicting response to immunotherapy after 6 months and overall survival (OS) in patients with lung cancer (LC) or malignant melanoma (MM). Materials and Methods: Data from a multicenter, retrospective study conducted between March and November 2021 were analyzed. Patients >18 years old with a confirmed diagnosis of LC or MM, who underwent a baseline [18F]FDG-PET/CT within 1-2 months before starting immunotherapy and had a follow-up of at least 12 months were included. PET scans were examined visually and semiquantitatively by physicians at peripheral centers. The metabolic tumor burden (number of lesions with [18F]FDG-uptake) and other parameters were recorded. Clinical response was assessed at 3 and 6 months after starting immunotherapy, and OS was calculated as the time elapsing between the PET scan and death or latest follow-up. Results: The study concerned 177 patients with LC and 101 with MM. Baseline PET/CT was positive in primary or local recurrent lesions in 78.5% and 9.9% of cases, in local/distant lymph nodes in 71.8% and 36.6%, in distant metastases in 58.8% and 84%, respectively, in LC and in MM patients. Among patients with LC, [18F]FDG-uptake in primary/recurrent lung lesions was more often associated with no clinical response to immunotherapy after 6 months than in cases without any tracer uptake. After a mean 21 months, 46.5% of patients with LC and 37.1% with MM had died. A significant correlation emerged between the site/number of [18F]FDG foci and death among patients with LC, but not among those with MM. Conclusions: In patients with LC who are candidates for immunotherapy, baseline [18F]FDG-PET/CT can help to predict response to this therapy after 6 months, and to identify those with a poor prognosis based on their metabolic parameters. For patients with MM, there was only a weak correlation between baseline PET/CT parameters, response to therapy, and survival.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Cancer biotherapy & radiopharmaceuticals - 38(2023), 4 vom: 10. Mai, Seite 256-267

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bianchi, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
De Rimini, Maria Luisa [VerfasserIn]
Sciuto, Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Annovazzi, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Di Traglia, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Bauckneht, Matteo [VerfasserIn]
Lanfranchi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Morbelli, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Nappi, Anna Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Rubini, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Panareo, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Urso, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Bartolomei, Mirco [VerfasserIn]
D'Arienzo, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Valente, Tullio [VerfasserIn]
Rossetti, Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Caroli, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Matteucci, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Aricò, Demetrio [VerfasserIn]
Bombaci, Michelangelo [VerfasserIn]
Caponnetto, Domenica [VerfasserIn]
Bertagna, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Albano, Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Dondi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Gusella, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Spimpolo, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Carriere, Cinzia [VerfasserIn]
Balma, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Buschiazzo, Ambra [VerfasserIn]
Gallicchio, Rosj [VerfasserIn]
Storto, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Ruffini, Livia [VerfasserIn]
Scarlattei, Maura [VerfasserIn]
Baldari, Giorgio [VerfasserIn]
Cervino, Anna Rita [VerfasserIn]
Cuppari, Lea [VerfasserIn]
Burei, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Trifirò, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Brugola, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Zanini, Carolina Arianna [VerfasserIn]
Alessi, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Fuoco, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Seregni, Ettore [VerfasserIn]
Deandreis, Désirée [VerfasserIn]
Liberini, Virginia [VerfasserIn]
Moreci, Antonino Maria [VerfasserIn]
Ialuna, Salvatore [VerfasserIn]
Pulizzi, Sabina [VerfasserIn]
Evangelista, Laura [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0Z5B2CJX4D
FDG PET/CT
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Immunotherapy
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Malignant melanoma
Multicenter Study
Prognosis

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Date Completed 15.05.2023

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/cbr.2022.0092

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356018202