Immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy and safety in older non-small cell lung cancer patients. (1st September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kubo, Toshio; Watanabe, Hiromi; Ninomiya, Kiichiro; Kudo, Kenichiro; Minami, Daisuke; Murakami, Etsuko; Ochi, Nobuaki; Ninomiya, Takashi; Harada, Daijiro; Yasugi, Masayuki; Ichihara, Eiki; Ohashi, Kadoaki; Rai, Kammei; Fujiwara, Keiichi; Hotta, Katsuyuki; Tabata, Masahiro; Maeda, Yoshinobu; Kiura, Katsuyuki
• Is Part Of: Japanese journal of clinical oncology. Volume 50:Number 12(2020)
• Page Start: 1447
• Page End: 1453
• Publication Date: 2020-09-01
• Subjects: non-small cell lung cancer -- immune checkpoint inhibitor -- elderly patients -- G8 -- geriatric assessment; Oncology -- Periodicals; Cancer -- Periodicals; 616.994005
• DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyaa152
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0368-2811

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: Immune checkpoint inhibitors offer longer survival than chemotherapy in several clinical trials for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. In subset analyses of clinical trials, immune checkpoint inhibitors extended survival in patients aged ≥65 years, but the effects in patients aged ≥75 years are controversial. We performed multicenter, collaborative and retrospective analyses of immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy and safety in non-small cell lung cancer patients aged ≥75 years. Methods: We retrospectively studied 434 advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors from December 2015 to December 2017, and retrospectively applied the Geriatric (G) 8 screening tool with medical records. Results: Of the 434 patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors, 100 were aged ≥75 years. Five patients with performance status 3 were omitted from the final analysis. Immune checkpoint inhibitors were given as a first-line treatment to 20 patients. The objective response rates, median progression-free survival rates and median survival times were 35.0%, 6.1 months and 10.7 months for first-line treatment, and 20.0%, 2.9 months and 14.7 months for second- or later-line treatments, respectively. The median modified G8 score was 11.0. The median survival time was longer in the high modified G8 (≥12.0) group than in the low modified G8 (≤11.0) group (18.7 vs. 8.7 months; P = 0.02). Likewise, the median survival time was 15.5 months (performance status 0–1) vs. 3.2 months (performance status 2) ( P < 0.01). The grade ≥ 2 immune-related adverse events incidence was 36.8%. Conclusions: In this study, immune checkpoint inhibitors were effective and tolerable for patients aged ≥75 years. The modified G8 screening tool and performance status were associated with the outcome of older non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors. Abstract : Immune checkpoint inhibitors were effective and tolerable for patients aged ≥75 years. The modified G8 screening tool and performance status were associated with the outcome of older non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.