PMID- 30780001 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200721 LR - 20200721 IS - 1556-1380 (Electronic) IS - 1556-0864 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 6 DP - 2019 Jun TI - PD-L1 Expression, Tumor Mutational Burden, and Cancer Gene Mutations Are Stronger Predictors of Benefit from Immune Checkpoint Blockade than HLA Class I Genotype in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. PG - 1021-1031 LID - S1556-0864(19)30116-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.02.008 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has revolutionized the treatment of NSCLC, but only approximately 15% of patients achieve durable benefit. Understanding mechanisms of resistance to ICB is pivotal in developing more effective treatment strategies. Recent studies showed that human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I heterozygosity might be important in mediating benefit from ICB. We aimed to investigate the impact of HLA class I genotype on outcomes of patients with NSCLC treated with ICB. METHODS: We collected HLA typing, genomic, and clinical data from patients with advanced NSCLC treated with ICB at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. We compared HLA class I-heterozygous and HLA class I-homozygous patients for progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). HLA I supertype/alleles were also analyzed. To validate our findings, we also analyzed two previously published independent cohorts of patients with NSCLC (the CheckMate-012 and Chowell cohorts). RESULTS: No significant correlations were observed for HLA class I zygosity and PFS or OS in the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (n = 200), CheckMate-012 (n = 75), or Chowell (n = 371) cohorts. No HLA class I supertype/allele was consistently shown to be correlated with PFS or OS. Predictors of worse outcome across the three cohorts included presence of targetable driver mutation, serine/threonine kinase 11 gene (STK11) mutation, negative programmed death ligand 1 expression, and low tumor mutational burden. CONCLUSIONS: HLA class I genotype is not correlated with survival in advanced NSCLC treated with ICB. This suggests that the impact of HLA class I diversity may be disease specific and that tumor genomic and immune markers are more impactful in predicting benefit from ICB in NSCLC. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Negrao, Marcelo V AU - Negrao MV AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Lam, Vincent K AU - Lam VK AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Reuben, Alexandre AU - Reuben A AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Rubin, Maria Laura AU - Rubin ML AD - Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Landry, Lara Lacerda AU - Landry LL AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Roarty, Emily B AU - Roarty EB AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Rinsurongkawong, Waree AU - Rinsurongkawong W AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Lewis, Jeff AU - Lewis J AD - Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Roth, Jack A AU - Roth JA AD - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Swisher, Stephen G AU - Swisher SG AD - Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Gibbons, Don L AU - Gibbons DL AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Wistuba, Ignacio I AU - Wistuba II AD - Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Papadimitrakopoulou, Vassiliki AU - Papadimitrakopoulou V AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Glisson, Bonnie S AU - Glisson BS AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Blumenschein, George R Jr AU - Blumenschein GR Jr AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Lee, J Jack AU - Lee JJ AD - Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Heymach, John V AU - Heymach JV AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. FAU - Zhang, Jianjun AU - Zhang J AD - Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: jzhang20@mdanderson.org. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190216 PL - United States TA - J Thorac Oncol JT - Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer JID - 101274235 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological) RN - 0 (B7-H1 Antigen) RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (CD274 protein, human) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/*therapeutic use MH - B7-H1 Antigen/*biosynthesis/immunology MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics/metabolism MH - Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/*drug therapy/*genetics/immunology/pathology MH - Cohort Studies MH - Female MH - Genotype MH - HLA Antigens/*genetics/immunology MH - Humans MH - Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy/*genetics/immunology/pathology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Mutation MH - Predictive Value of Tests MH - Progression-Free Survival MH - Tumor Burden OTO - NOTNLM OT - HLA class I OT - Immunotherapy OT - Lung cancer OT - PD-L1 OT - Tumor mutational burden EDAT- 2019/02/20 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/22 06:00 CRDT- 2019/02/20 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/02/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/02/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/02/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/20 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1556-0864(19)30116-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.02.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Thorac Oncol. 2019 Jun;14(6):1021-1031. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.02.008. Epub 2019 Feb 16.