Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Efficacy Outcomes from Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Patients with Cancer

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PURPOSE: No evidence exists as to whether type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) impairs clinical outcome from immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) in patients with solid tumors.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: In a large cohort of ICI recipients treated at 21 institutions from June 2014 to June 2020, we studied whether patients on glucose-lowering medications (GLM) for T2DM had shorter overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). We used targeted transcriptomics in a subset of patients to explore differences in the tumor microenvironment (TME) of patients with or without diabetes.

RESULTS: A total of 1,395 patients were included. Primary tumors included non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC; 54.7%), melanoma (24.7%), renal cell (15.0%), and other carcinomas (5.6%). After multivariable analysis, patients on GLM (n = 226, 16.2%) displayed an increased risk of death [HR, 1.29; 95% confidence interval (CI),1.07-1.56] and disease progression/death (HR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.03-1.43) independent of number of GLM received. We matched 92 metformin-exposed patients with 363 controls and 78 patients on other oral GLM or insulin with 299 control patients. Exposure to metformin, but not other GLM, was associated with an increased risk of death (HR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.16-2.03) and disease progression/death (HR, 1.34; 95% CI, 1.04-1.72). Patients with T2DM with higher pretreatment glycemia had higher neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (P = 0.04), while exploratory tumoral transcriptomic profiling in a subset of patients (n = 22) revealed differential regulation of innate and adaptive immune pathways in patients with T2DM.

CONCLUSIONS: In this study, patients on GLM experienced worse outcomes from immunotherapy, independent of baseline features. Prospective studies are warranted to clarify the relative impact of metformin over a preexisting diagnosis of T2DM in influencing poorer outcomes in this population.

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CommentIn: Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Oct 2;29(19):4017-4018. - PMID 37779446

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:29

Enthalten in:

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 29(2023), 14 vom: 14. Juli, Seite 2714-2724

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cortellini, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
D'Alessio, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Cleary, Siobhan [VerfasserIn]
Buti, Sebastiano [VerfasserIn]
Bersanelli, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Bordi, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Tonini, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Vincenzi, Bruno [VerfasserIn]
Tucci, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Russo, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Pantano, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Russano, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Stucci, Luigia Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Sergi, Maria Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Falconi, Martina [VerfasserIn]
Zarzana, Maria Antonietta [VerfasserIn]
Santini, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Spagnolo, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Tanda, Enrica T [VerfasserIn]
Rastelli, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Giorgi, Francesca Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Pergolesi, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Giusti, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Filetti, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Lo Bianco, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Marchetti, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Botticelli, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Gelibter, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Siringo, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Ferrari, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Marconcini, Riccardo [VerfasserIn]
Vitale, Maria Giuseppa [VerfasserIn]
Nicolardi, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Chiari, Rita [VerfasserIn]
Ghidini, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Nigro, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Grossi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
De Tursi, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Di Marino, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Queirolo, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Bracarda, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Macrini, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Inno, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Zoratto, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Veltri, Enzo [VerfasserIn]
Spoto, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Vitale, Maria Grazia [VerfasserIn]
Cannita, Katia [VerfasserIn]
Gennari, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Morganstein, Daniel L [VerfasserIn]
Mallardo, Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Nibid, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Sabarese, Giovanna [VerfasserIn]
Brunetti, Leonardo [VerfasserIn]
Perrone, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Ascierto, Paolo A [VerfasserIn]
Ficorella, Corrado [VerfasserIn]
Pinato, David J [VerfasserIn]

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9100L32L2N
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Journal Article
Metformin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 17.07.2023

Date Revised 14.03.2024

published: Print

CommentIn: Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Oct 2;29(19):4017-4018. - PMID 37779446

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-3116

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM356293378