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ABSTRACT: Background
To compare survival outcomes of patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received immunotherapy as first-, second- or beyond line, versus matched patients receiving standard chemotherapy with special characterization of hyperprogressors.Methods
A retrospective cohort study of 296 patients with unresectable/metastatic NSCLC treated with either, first-, second-, third- or fourth-line of immunotherapy was conducted. A matched comparison with a historical cohort of first-line chemotherapy and a random forest tree analysis to characterize hyperprogressors was conducted.Results
Median age was 64 years (range 34-90), 40.2% of patients were female. A total of 91.2% of patients had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance score ≤ 1. Immunotherapy as first-line was given to 39 patients (13.7%), second-line to 140 (48.8%), and as third-line and beyond to 108 (37.6%). Median overall survival was 12.7 months (95% CI 9.67-14 months) and progression-free survival (PFS) of 4.27 months (95% CI 3.97-5.0). Factors associated with increased survival included treatment with immunotherapy as first-line (P < 0.001), type of response (P < 0.001) and PD-L1 status (P = 0.0039). Compared with the historical cohort, immunotherapy proved to be superior in terms of OS (P = 0.05) but not PFS (P = 0.2). A total of 44 hyperprogressors were documented (19.8%, [95% CI 14.5-25.1%]). Leukocyte count over 5.300 cells/dL was present in both hyperprogressors and long-term responders.Conclusions
Patients who receive immune-checkpoint inhibitors as part of their treatment for NSCLC have better overall survival (OS) compared with matched patients treated with standard chemotherapy, regardless of the line of treatment.
SUBMITTER: Ruiz-Patino A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6996989 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ruiz-Patiño Alejandro A Arrieta Oscar O Cardona Andrés F AF Martín Claudio C Raez Luis E LE Zatarain-Barrón Zyanya L ZL Barrón Feliciano F Ricaurte Luisa L Bravo-Garzón María A MA Mas Luis L Corrales Luis L Rojas Leonardo L Lupinacci Lorena L Perazzo Florencia F Bas Carlos C Carranza Omar O Puparelli Carmen C Rizzo Manglio M Ruiz Rossana R Rolfo Christian C Archila Pilar P Rodríguez July J Sotelo Carolina C Vargas Carlos C Carranza Hernán H Otero Jorge J Pino Luis E LE Ortíz Carlos C Laguado Paola P Rosell Rafael R
Thoracic cancer 20191212 2
<h4>Background</h4>To compare survival outcomes of patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received immunotherapy as first-, second- or beyond line, versus matched patients receiving standard chemotherapy with special characterization of hyperprogressors.<h4>Methods</h4>A retrospective cohort study of 296 patients with unresectable/metastatic NSCLC treated with either, first-, second-, third- or fourth-line of immunotherapy was conducted. A matched comparison ...[more]