Development of brain metastases in stage III/IV non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with or without erlotinib.

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e19011-e19011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Liu ◽  
Li Kong ◽  
Xue Meng ◽  
Jinbo Yue ◽  
Xindong Sun ◽  
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e19011 Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has a risk of death from brain metastases (BM) that exceeds potential mortality from extracranial disease progression. Erlotinib has been proved to be effective for NSCLC patients. We hold a study to evaluate value of erlotinib in preventing BM in stage III/IV NSCLC patients. Methods: Pathologically confirmed NSCLC stage III/IV patients were included and divided into erlotinib group and control group according to whether erlotinib administration (at least one month) in 1- or 2-line therapy or not. Stage IV patients with BM were excluded. Patients with any EGFR-TKI treatment were excluded from control group. Times of erlotinib administration to BM and to death or last follow-up were recorded for erlotinib group. Times of corresponding 1- or 2-line chemotherapy to BM and to death or last follow-up were recorded for control group correspondingly. Time to BM, 1- and 2-year incidence of BM were end points. Results: 140 patients were included (68 in erlotinib group and 72 in control group) and all clinical characteristics between two groups were balanced. At a median follow-up of 20.0 months, the median time to BM for all patients was 28.0 months (95% CI, 23.795-32.205 months). 1- and 2-year incidence of BM were 17.8% (95% CI, 10.744-24.856%) and 38.8% (95% CI, 27.236-50.364%) respectively. The median time to BM were 42.0 months (95% CI, 15.567-68.433 months) and 19.0 months (95% CI, 11.305-26.695 months) (P=0.028) for erlotinib group and control group. Erilotinib group has a lower BM incidence than control group (1-year: 14.4%, 95% CI: 4.992%-23.808%, vs 21.1%, 95% CI: 10.712%-31.488%, P=0.384; 2-year: 26.2%, 95% CI: 18.712%-33.688%, vs 50.2%, 95% CI: 34.128%-66.272%, P=0.005). Multivariate analysis shows interval to BM were longer for erlotinib group (HR, 2.531; 95% CI, 1.272-5.051; P=0.008) and stage III disease (HR, 2.093; 95% CI, 1.035-4.231; P=0.040). Conclusions: Erlotinib administration improves time to BM and 2-year incidence of BM of stage III/IV NSCLC patients. Erlotinib administration and stage III disease predicts lower incidence of BM in all patients.

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 21181-21181
Author(s):  
G. B. Malika ◽  
K. Bouzid ◽  
G. R Baba-Ahmed ◽  
T Makhloufi ◽  
S Taright ◽  
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21181 Background: The aim of the study was to assess the relation between expression of EGFR, p53, cell proliferation defined by the monoclonal antibody Ki67 and survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer stage III and IV. Methods: 80 patients were included in this study (male 72 / female 8); the median follow up was 15 months. All tumor samples were formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded. The expression of p53, EGFR and Ki 67 were assessed with the use of immunohistochemically (IHC). P53 was assessed in 66 cases, EGFR in 73 cases and cell proliferation defined by the monoclonal antibody Ki67 in 63 cases. Results: The expression of p53 was positive in 20 % of cases, EGFR was positive in 58,7 % of cases and cell proliferation in 40 % of cases. Survival was estimated from the date of first cycle of chemotherapy using median survival and the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis method. Conclusion: At this time of the study, there was no relation between expression of p53, EGFR, cell proliferation defined by ki67 and survival. Larger and longer follow-up studies may be needed to determine the prognostic role of expression of those factors in NSCLC. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e23035-e23035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Giallombardo ◽  
Jorge Jorge Chacartegui ◽  
Pablo Reclusa ◽  
Jan P. Van Meerbeeck ◽  
Riccardo Alessandro ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fadi Najjar ◽  
Moosheer Alammar ◽  
Marroan Bachour ◽  
Ghassan Al-Massarani

Background Circulating endothelial cells (CECs) have been proposed as a biomarker for the assessment of patients with solid tumors. However, few data are available in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We therefore analyzed the clinical significance of CECs in newly diagnosed NSCLC patients. In addition, we tried to determine the prognostic value of CECs in NSCLC. Methods In this prospective study, 151 newly diagnosed NSCLC patients and 25 healthy volunteers were included. Furthermore, 25 patients with a partial response (n=15) or stable disease (n=10) after treatment were evaluated at recurrence with a mean follow-up of 117 days (range: 47-364 days). CECs were counted using magnetic beads coupled to a specific antibody against CD146. Results The pre-treatment CEC count was significantly higher in patients with all histological subtypes of NSCLC than in healthy volunteers (p<0.0001). High baseline CEC counts were significantly correlated with advanced clinical stages (p=0.026), weight loss (p=0.03), and poorly differentiated NSCLC (p=0.02). The amount of CECs increased significantly at recurrence compared with their amount after treatment in 20/21 assessable patients (p=0.0001). Nevertheless, there was no significant correlation between baseline CEC count and median duration of progression-free survival (p=0.402). Conclusions Increased CEC counts were present in patients with newly diagnosed NSCLC compared with healthy subjects. Elevated levels of baseline CECs correlated with high-risk factors in NSCLC. In addition, increased CEC count during follow-up seems to be correlated with recurrence in NSCLC patients.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yejun Cao ◽  
Lingwei Wang ◽  
Qiying Zhang ◽  
Qiyan Zhang ◽  
Yang Han ◽  
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Abstract Objective: To investigate the association between expression level of Von Hippel-Lindau(VHL) in pathological tissue and outcomes of platinum-based chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Methods: The pathological samples of NSCLC patients were obtained for immunohistochemical staining to evaluate the expression level of VHL. Furthermore, their clinical data were collected and prognosis was traced by phone. The correlation between gene expression level and the hematotoxicity was evaluated by chi-square test. The influence of VHL expression level on the risk of hematotoxicity was tested by logistic regression model. The survival curve was plotted by Kaplan-Meier method and the survival rate between the two groups was compared by log-rank test. Results: A total of 110 NSCLC patients were enrolled in this study, the median follow-up time of these patients was 27.5 months. In the whole group, 31 patients had died by the last date of follow-up to get their survival information (Nov.10,2020), with a median survival time of 24.3 months. Though immunohistochemical analysis,we found that 59 patients(53.6%) had weak expression level of VHL or lack of expression in their tumor tissues,while 51 patients(46.4%) presented moderate or high expression. We found that the patients with weak expression of VHL in their carcinoma tissue or lack of expression had more opportunities to occur neutropenia after platinum-based chemotherapy(OR=0.264,95%CI=0.085-0.818,P-value=0.021).And the expression level of VHL was correlated with OS(Logrank test:P-value= 0.007,HR= 4.219,95%CI: 1.75-10.174, P-value=0.001), while not related with DFS(Logrank test:P-value=0.256,HR= 1.334,95%CI:0.642-2.769, P-value=0.440). Conclusion: The expression level of VHL gene in pathological tissue is related with Granulocytosis and leukocytotoxicity after platinum-based chemotherapy in NSCLC patients. It can be used as a biomarker to predict the risk of neutropenia and the prognosis of NSCLC patients.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 175883592092203
Author(s):  
Pengfei Cui ◽  
Di Huang ◽  
Zhaozhen Wu ◽  
Haitao Tao ◽  
Sujie Zhang ◽  
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Background: Cutaneous adverse events (AEs) have been positively associated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) efficacy in patients with melanoma, but little is known regarding the association between checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis (CIP) and programmed cell death protein 1/programmed death ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) inhibitor efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: A single-institution, retrospective medical record review of patients with advanced or recurrent NSCLC who were treated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors between 1 September 2015 and 1 June 2019 was conducted. A total of 276 NSCLC patients with or without immune-related pneumonitis who received at least one dose of ICIs and had at least one follow-up visit were identified. Kaplan–Meier curves of the progression-free survival (PFS) of patients stratified according to immune-related pneumonitis development were evaluated with the log-rank test as a preplanned primary objective. Multivariate analysis of PFS was performed with Cox proportional hazard regression models. Results: In the cohort of 276 patients, 42 patients developed CIP attributed to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. Survival analysis showed that the overall response rate was significantly higher in patients with CIP than in those without CIP (61.90% versus 29.91%, respectively, p < 0.01), and that CIP development was significantly associated with increased PFS (45.80 weeks versus 21.15 weeks, respectively, p < 0.01). Additionally, 16-week landmark analysis produced the same results. Similarly, subgroup analysis of PD-1 inhibitor-treated, nivolumab-treated, and pembrolizumab-treated groups also revealed that CIP increased survival in NSCLC patients. Additionally, grade 1–2 pneumonitis showed an association with increased ICI efficacy in NSCLC; however, grade 3–4 pneumonitis did not. In addition, only two of the four pneumonitis radiological subtypes showed associations with increased ICI efficacy in NSCLC. Conclusion: CIP is associated with enhanced PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor efficacy in NSCLC patients. Grade 1–2 pneumonitis and the radiological features of hypersensitivity and cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) may be signs of enhanced ICI efficacy. However, further studies with larger numbers of patients and longer follow-up times are needed to validate our findings.


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