PMID- 35673884 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220609 LR - 20220716 IS - 1526-2359 (Electronic) IS - 1073-2748 (Print) IS - 1073-2748 (Linking) VI - 29 DP - 2022 Jan-Dec TI - PD-1/L1 With or Without CTLA-4 Inhibitors Versus Chemotherapy in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. PG - 10732748221107590 LID - 10.1177/10732748221107590 [doi] LID - 10732748221107590 AB - BACKGROUND: With the use of immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), whether ICIs or chemotherapy is more effective still remains controversial. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte protein 4 (CTLA-4) alone or in their combination vs chemotherapy in patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC. METHODS: This meta-analysis was conducted from PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Library up to March 2021 to identify relevant randomized controlled trials. Primary endpoints were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoint was adverse events (AEs). This meta-analysis's Prospero registration number is CRD42022323570. RESULTS: The search process has identified 13 studies containing 7918 patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC. The benefit of PD-1/L1 or CTLA-4 inhibitors alone or in combination compared with chemotherapy for advanced or metastatic NSCLC was elucidated in both OS [HR = .75, 95% CI (.70-.80), P < .001] and PFS [HR = .83, 95% CI (.73-.95), P < .001]. Besides, ICIs were associated with fewer AEs compared to chemotherapy. CONCLUSION: PD-1/L1 or CTLA-4 inhibitors alone or in combination, with fewer AEs, was associated with significant improvements in terms of OS and PFS than chemotherapy in advanced or metastatic NSCLC. FAU - Guo, Luyong AU - Guo L AD - The Emergency Department, 74784Zhuji People's Hospital, Shaoxing, China. FAU - Liang, Jiali AU - Liang J AD - The First Clinical Medical College, 70571Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Dai, Wei AU - Dai W AD - The Second Clinical Medical College, RinggoldID:70571Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Li, Jiayu AU - Li J AD - The Second Clinical Medical College, RinggoldID:70571Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Si, Yuexiu AU - Si Y AD - School of Basic Medical Sciences, 70571Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Ren, Wei AU - Ren W AD - The First Clinical Medical College, 70571Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Lu, Yan AU - Lu Y AD - The First Clinical Medical College, 70571Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China. FAU - Chen, Danqi AU - Chen D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2449-3885 AD - Intensive Care Unit, 301513Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PL - United States TA - Cancer Control JT - Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center JID - 9438457 RN - 0 (B7-H1 Antigen) RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor) SB - IM MH - B7-H1 Antigen MH - *Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung MH - Humans MH - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors MH - *Lung Neoplasms/pathology MH - Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor/therapeutic use MH - Progression-Free Survival PMC - PMC9185001 OTO - NOTNLM OT - CTLA-4 OT - PD-1/L1 OT - chemotherapy OT - meta-analysis OT - non-small cell lung cancer COIS- Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. EDAT- 2022/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/10 06:00 PMCR- 2022/06/08 CRDT- 2022/06/08 03:23 PHST- 2022/06/08 03:23 [entrez] PHST- 2022/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/06/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1177_10732748221107590 [pii] AID - 10.1177/10732748221107590 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Control. 2022 Jan-Dec;29:10732748221107590. doi: 10.1177/10732748221107590.