PMID- 31088240 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200409 LR - 20200409 IS - 1750-7448 (Electronic) IS - 1750-743X (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 8 DP - 2019 Jun TI - Rate of cancer progression as a predictive marker of efficacy of immunotherapy; an analysis in metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. PG - 657-665 LID - 10.2217/imt-2018-0180 [doi] AB - Aim: To explore the value of rate of cancer progression (ROP) prior to starting PD-1 inhibitors as a predictive and prognostic biomarker. Materials & methods: Retrospective data of patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer treated with second-line PD-1 inhibitors were collected. Patients were divided into two groups: slow and rapid based on their ROP. Results: A total of 73 patients were eligible. Progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly shorter in rapid ROP, compared with slow (1.7 vs 4.8 months; HR: 2.42; 95% CI: 1.36-4.30; p = 0.008), as was the overall survival (OS; 5.6 vs 18.7 months; HR: 2.30; 95% CI: 1.13-4.69; p = 0.02). Overall response rate (40 vs 17%) was numerically higher in slow ROP than rapid (p = 0.19). PFS/OS did not correlate with the best response to their last chemotherapy or time to progression from previous line of therapy. Presence of a targetable mutation negatively correlated with PFS/OS. Conclusion: ROP prior to starting PD-1 inhibitors correlates with survival. PFS/OS were shorter in rapid ROP. FAU - Prasanna, Thiru AU - Prasanna T AD - Medical Oncology Department, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, New South Wales, Australia. AD - University Of Canberra, University Drive, Australian Capital Territory, 2617 Australia. FAU - Arasaratnam, Mal AU - Arasaratnam M AD - Medical Oncology Department, Westmead hospital, New South Wales, Australia. FAU - Boyer, Michael AU - Boyer M AD - Medical Oncology Department, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, New South Wales, Australia. AD - Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. FAU - McNeil, Catriona AU - McNeil C AD - Medical Oncology Department, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, New South Wales, Australia. AD - Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. FAU - Barnet, Megan B AU - Barnet MB AD - Garvan Institute, New South Wales, Australia. AD - The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, New South Wales, Australia. FAU - Asher, Rebecca AU - Asher R AD - NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. FAU - Hui, Rina AU - Hui R AD - Medical Oncology Department, Westmead hospital, New South Wales, Australia. AD - Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. FAU - Nagrial, Adnan AU - Nagrial A AD - Medical Oncology Department, Westmead hospital, New South Wales, Australia. AD - Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. FAU - Kao, Steven AU - Kao S AD - Medical Oncology Department, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, New South Wales, Australia. AD - Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PL - England TA - Immunotherapy JT - Immunotherapy JID - 101485158 RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Biomarkers, Tumor/*metabolism MH - *Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy/metabolism/mortality MH - Disease Progression MH - Disease-Free Survival MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy/metabolism/mortality MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Survival Rate OTO - NOTNLM OT - PD-1 inhibitor OT - immunotherapy OT - lung cancer OT - predictive biomarker OT - rate of progression EDAT- 2019/05/16 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/10 06:00 CRDT- 2019/05/16 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/10 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.2217/imt-2018-0180 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunotherapy. 2019 Jun;11(8):657-665. doi: 10.2217/imt-2018-0180.