The prognostic and predictive roles of plasma C-reactive protein and PD-L1 in non-small cell lung cancer.
Cancer Med
; 12(15): 16087-16097, 2023 08.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Anti-PD-(L)1 agents have revolutionized the treatment paradigms of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), while predictive biomarkers are limited. It has been previously shown that systemic inflammation, indicated by elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) level, is associated with a poor prognosis in anti-PD-(L)1 treated. The aim of the study was to analyze the prognostic and predictive value of CRP in addition to traditional prognostic and predictive markers and tumor PD-L1 score.METHODS:
We identified all NSCLC patients (n = 329) who had undergone PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) analysis at Oulu University Hospital 2015-22. CRP levels, treatment history, immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy details, and survival were collected. The patients were categorized based on CRP levels (≤10 vs. >10) and PD-L1 TPS scores (<50 vs. ≥50).RESULTS:
In the whole cohort (n = 329), CRP level of ≤10 mg/L was associated with improved survival in univariate (HR 0.30, Cl 95% 0.22-0.41) and multivariate analyzes (HR 0.44, CI 95% 0.28-0.68). With ICI treated (n = 70), both CRP of ≤10 and PD-L1 TPS of ≥50 were associated with improved progression-free survival (PFS) in univariate (HR 0.51, CI 95% 0.27-0.96; HR 0.54, CI 95% 0.28-1.02) and multivariate (HR 0.48, CI 95% 0.26-0.90; HR 0.50, CI 95% 0.26-0.95) analyzes. The combination (PD-L1 TPS ≥50 and CRP >10) carried a high negative predictive value with a median PFS of 4.11 months (CI 95% 0.00-9.63), which was similar to patients with low PD-L1 (4.11 months, CI 95% 2.61-5.60).CONCLUSIONS:
Adding plasma CRP levels to PD-L1 TPS significantly increased the predictive value of sole PD-L1. Furthermore, patients with high CRP beard little benefit from anti-PD-(L)1 therapies independent of PD-L1 score. The study highlights the combined evaluation of plasma CRP and PD-L1 TPS as a negative predictive marker for ICI therapies.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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Geral
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Tipos_de_cancer
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Pulmao
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Carcinoma Pulmonar de Células não Pequenas
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cancer Med
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Finlândia