Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy for Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Ineligible for Platinum Doublet Chemotherapy

Copyright © 2024 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND/AIM: Combined therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors plus platinum doublet chemotherapy has a survival advantage over platinum doublet chemotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. However, a variety of factors make it difficult to administer treatment with platinum doublet chemotherapy in many patients in clinical practice and there are few reports on the efficacy and safety of first-line treatments with immune checkpoint inhibitors for patients who are ineligible for platinum doublet chemotherapy. This observational study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of first-line immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for this population.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: We retrospectively assessed the survival and adverse events from the initiation of first-line immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, including pembrolizumab or nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with non-small cell lung cancer who were ineligible for platinum doublet chemotherapy.

RESULTS: Data from 48 patients were analyzed. Seventeen patients showed a performance status (PS) of ≥2 while 16 and 15 patients were considered ineligible for platinum doublet chemotherapy because of age and comorbidities, respectively. The median (95% confidential interval, CI) progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of the 48 patients were 7.1 (1.7-13.7) and 31.7 (8.8-not estimated) months, respectively. The two-year PFS and OS rates (95% CI) were 30.8% (18.2%-47.2%) and 50.7% (33.7%-67.7%), respectively. In patients with a PS of ≥2, the median (95% CI) PFS and OS were 1.6 (1.2-not estimated) and 5.5 (2.3-not estimated) months, respectively. The two-year PFS and OS rates (95% CI) were 34.3% (15.8%-59.2%) and 45.3% (22.2%-70.7%), respectively.

CONCLUSION: Patients with non-small cell lung cancer and a PS of 0-1 who were ineligible for platinum doublet chemotherapy had favorable outcome after the initiation of ICI therapy, and even in patients with a PS of ≥2, they achieved high two-year PFS and OS rates.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Anticancer research - 44(2024), 3 vom: 29. März, Seite 1241-1245

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Inomata, Minehiko [VerfasserIn]
Minatoyama, Shuhei [VerfasserIn]
Takata, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Kana [VerfasserIn]
Hirai, Takahiro [VerfasserIn]
Seto, Zenta [VerfasserIn]
Tokui, Kotaro [VerfasserIn]
Taka, Chihiro [VerfasserIn]
Okazawa, Seisuke [VerfasserIn]
Kambara, Kenta [VerfasserIn]
Imanishi, Shingo [VerfasserIn]
Miwa, Toshiro [VerfasserIn]
Matsuyama, Kei [VerfasserIn]
Hayashi, Ryuji [VerfasserIn]
Matsui, Shoko [VerfasserIn]
Tobe, Kazuyuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

49DFR088MY
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Ipilimumab
Journal Article
Lung cancer
Nivolumab
Observational Study
Pembrolizumab
Performance status
Platinum

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Date Completed 04.03.2024

Date Revised 12.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.21873/anticanres.16920

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369135687