PMID- 34101874 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220204 LR - 20220204 IS - 1365-2710 (Electronic) IS - 0269-4727 (Linking) VI - 46 IP - 6 DP - 2021 Dec TI - The benefits and risks of CTLA4 inhibitor plus PD1/PDL1 inhibitor in stage IIIB/IV non-small cell lung cancer: A systematic analysis and meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials. PG - 1519-1530 LID - 10.1111/jcpt.13465 [doi] AB - WHAT IS KNOWN AND OBJECTIVE: Although immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown clinical benefit for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the efficacy of the combination of ICIs targeting different pathways is still unclear. We performed this meta-analysis to explore the efficacy of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) inhibitor plus programmed cell death 1 receptor (PD-1)/programmed cell death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor therapy (CP) for NSCLC IIIB/IV patients. METHODS: We systematically searched the main databases for relevant studies. The main outcomes were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: We identified 3526 articles, including 5 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (4377 patients), in our meta-analysis. We conducted two comparisons of CP versus chemotherapy or PD1/PDL1 inhibitor (P). Compared with chemotherapy, CP was more effective, with better OS (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.77, 95% CI [confidence interval]: 0.66-0.91; p = 0.001), better PFS (HR: 0.77, 95% CI: 0.70-0.85; p < 0.00001) and comparable objective response rate (ORR) (risk ratio [RR]: 1.27, 95% CI: 0.98-1.65; p = 0.07); in terms of toxicity, CP was comparable to chemotherapy across all-grade adverse events (AEs) (RR: 0.87, 95% CI: 0.73-1.03; p = 0.11) and grade 3-5 AEs (RR: 0.85, 95% CI: 0.63-1.14; p = 0.27). Compared with P, CP had no superiority in efficacy in terms of the OS (HR: 1.04, 95%CI: 0.86-1.24; p=0.70), PFS (HR: 0.95, 95%CI: 0.75-1.22; p = 0.70) and the ORR (RR: 1.07, 95% CI: 0.95-1.21; p = 0.27) but CP was more effective than P when PD-L1 expression was <1% (RR: 0.77,95%CI: 0.60-0.98; p = 0.04); in terms of toxicity, CP was associated with increased all-grade AEs (RR:1.07, 95% CI: 0.97-1.19; p = 0.18) and grade 3-5 AEs (RR:1.58, 95% CI: 1.21-2.07; p = 0.0008). WHAT IS NEW AND CONCLUSION: CP is a beneficial therapeutic schedule with longer PFS and OS than chemotherapy and has an acceptable, manageable grade 3-4 AE rate in IIIB/IV NSCLC. However, compared with P, CP results in better OS only in patients with PD-L1 expression <1%. CI - (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Liu, Qiangyun AU - Liu Q AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. AD - Jiangxi medical college, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. FAU - Fang, Zige AU - Fang Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1925-3935 AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. AD - Jiangxi medical college, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. FAU - Liu, Miaowen AU - Liu M AD - Jiangxi medical college, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. AD - Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. FAU - Xu, Ruoxin AU - Xu R AD - Jiangxi medical college, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. AD - Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. FAU - Yi, Fengming AU - Yi F AD - Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. FAU - Wei, Yiping AU - Wei Y AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. FAU - Zeng, Linxiang AU - Zeng L AD - Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. FAU - Zhang, Wenxiong AU - Zhang W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2962-0847 AD - Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China. LA - eng GR - 81560345/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 20181BAB215027/Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province/ PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20210608 PL - England TA - J Clin Pharm Ther JT - Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics JID - 8704308 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological) RN - 0 (B7-H1 Antigen) RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - B7-H1 Antigen/*antagonists & inhibitors MH - Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/*drug therapy MH - Humans MH - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/administration & dosage/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy MH - Neoplasm Staging MH - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic OTO - NOTNLM OT - CTLA4 inhibitor OT - PD1/PDL1 inhibitor OT - meta-analysis OT - non-small cell lung cancer OT - systematic analysis EDAT- 2021/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/05 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/08 17:38 PHST- 2021/05/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/08 17:38 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/jcpt.13465 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Pharm Ther. 2021 Dec;46(6):1519-1530. doi: 10.1111/jcpt.13465. Epub 2021 Jun 8.