PMID- 31857857 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231020 IS - 1970-5565 (Print) IS - 1970-5557 (Electronic) IS - 1970-5557 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Jul 22 TI - Efficacy and safety profiles of programmed cell death-1/programmed cell death ligand-1 inhibitors in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer: A comprehensive systematic review. PG - 425 LID - 10.4081/oncol.2019.425 [doi] LID - 425 AB - Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is associated with worse prognosis, with limited treatment regiments available and higher mortality rate. Immune checkpoint inhibitors targeting programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) or programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) showed great potentials in treating malignancies and may serve as potential therapies for TNBC. This systematic review aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety profiles of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in the treatment of TNBC. Literature search was performed via PubMed, EBSCOhost, Scopus, and CENTRAL databases, selecting studies which evaluated the use of anti-PD-1/PDL1 for TNBC from inception until February 2019. Risk of bias was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). Overall, 7 studies evaluating outcomes of 1395 patients with TNBC were included in this systematic review. Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 showed significant antitumor effect, proven by their promising response (objective response rate (ORR), 18.5-39.4%) and survival rates (median overall survival (OS), 9.2-21.3 months). Moreover, anti- PD-1/PD-L1 yielded better outcomes when given as first-line therapy, and overexpression of PD-L1 in tumors showed better therapeutic effects. On the other hands, safety profiles were similar across agents and generally acceptable, with grade >/=3 treatment- related adverse effects (AEs) ranging from 9.5% to 15.6% and no new AEs were experienced by TNBC patients. Most grade >/=3 AEs are immune-mediated, which are manifested as neutropenia, fatigue, peripheral neuropathy, and anemia. PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors showed promising efficacy and tolerable AEs, and thus may benefit TNBC patients. Further studies of randomized controlled trials with larger populations are needed to better confirm the potential of these agents. CI - (c)Copyright: the Author(s), 2019. FAU - Lazarus, Gilbert AU - Lazarus G AD - Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia. FAU - Audrey, Jessica AU - Audrey J AD - Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia. FAU - Iskandar, Anthony William Brian AU - Iskandar AWB AD - Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191010 PL - Switzerland TA - Oncol Rev JT - Oncology reviews JID - 101519906 PMC - PMC6886008 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Checkpoint inhibitor OT - programmed cell death-1 OT - programmed cell death-ligand 1 OT - triple-negative breast cancer COIS- Conflicts of interest: the authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2019/12/21 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/21 06:01 PMCR- 2019/10/10 CRDT- 2019/12/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/12/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/10/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.4081/oncol.2019.425 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Oncol Rev. 2019 Oct 10;13(2):425. doi: 10.4081/oncol.2019.425. eCollection 2019 Jul 22.