Proton pump inhibitor use (PPI) in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) for advanced cancer: Survival and prior therapy.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 2633-2633
Author(s):  
Marium Husain ◽  
Menglin Xu ◽  
Sandipkumar Patel ◽  
Andrew Johns ◽  
Madison Grogan ◽  
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2633 Background: Emerging data suggest that concomitant medications (CM) influence response to ICI. CM impact the host microbiome which may mitigate tumor-immune responsiveness. PPI use in patients treated with ICI has been associated with worse survival. Few data exist regarding the effects of PPI use in terms of prior chemotherapy or in risk for immune related adverse events (irAE) (e.g., colitis). Methods: This retrospective study of patients with advanced cancer treated with ICI between 2011 and 2019 was conducted at The Ohio State University. Patients who received ICI as either single agent or combination were included. Clinical data was abstracted from chart review, including CM, toxicity, and survival. Overall survival (OS) was evaluated to date of death or last contact. Associations between OS and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use were studied using log-rank tests and Cox regression analyses overall and by the groups of whether prior chemotherapy was administered and timing from chemotherapy to ICI. The associations between PPI and incidence of irAE (overall and colitis) were assessed by chi-square tests. Results: We identified 1,091 patients treated with ICI, of whom 415 (38%) received PPI at time of ICI. Most common cancers were NSCLC and melanoma; most common therapy was PD1/L1 (Table). PPI use was associated with shorter OS in patients treated as first line therapy (HR = 1.46, 95% CI = [1.11, 1.91], p=0.006) and in second line and beyond (HR = 1.30, 95% CI = [1.10, 1.53], p=0.002). PPI use was associated with shorter OS in patients treated with ICI for those without prior chemotherapy (HR = 1.47, 95% CI = [1.17, 1.86], p=0.001). When evaluated by timing from chemotherapy to ICI, PPI use was associated with shorter OS only in patients where last chemotherapy was > 1 year from ICI (HR = 1.99, 95% CI [1.15, 3.45], p=0.014) but not for patients with chemotherapy within 1 year of ICI (HR = 1.01, 95% CI = [0.79, 1.29], p=0.960). The use of PPI was not associated with incidence of irAE (p=0.317) or colitis in particular (p=0.781). Conclusions: PPI use was associated with shorter survival in patients treated with ICI across a broad variety of cancers and in first line of therapy or beyond. In patients with recent chemotherapy (<1 year), PPI use was not associated with survival, which may be due to disruption of the microbiome by chemotherapy. Further study is needed to determine the impact of CM (e.g, PPI), on outcomes of patients treated with ICI.[Table: see text]

2021 ◽  
pp. 106002802110339
Author(s):  
Kangning Peng ◽  
Ken Chen ◽  
Benjamin A. Teply ◽  
Gary C. Yee ◽  
Paraskevi A. Farazi ◽  
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Background: The gut microbiome plays a critical role in modulating the therapeutic effect of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are commonly used in cancer patients and may affect the gut microbiome by altering gut pH. Objective: To evaluate if concurrent use of PPI is associated with overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with stage IV non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, or head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study of advanced cancer adult patients who received nivolumab or pembrolizumab between September 1, 2014, and August 31, 2019. Concomitant PPI exposure was defined as PPI use 0 to 30 days before or after initiation of ICIs. Treatment outcome was OS and PFS. Results: A total of 233 patients were included in our study. Concomitant PPI use was not significantly associated with OS (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.22; 95% CI = 0.80-1.86) or PFS (HR = 1.05; 95% CI = 0.76-1.45) in patients with ICI use. The effect estimates were robust after adjusting for covariates in multivariate analysis and in patients with NSCLC. Conclusion and Relevance: Concomitant PPI use was not associated with the effectiveness of nivolumab or pembrolizumab. Certain predictors of survival outcomes related to PPI use in patients receiving immunotherapy, such as the time window and indication of PPI exposure and autoimmune disorders, should be explored in the future to better carve out the impact of PPI on the effectiveness of ICI use.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Santini ◽  
Tea Zeppola ◽  
Marco Russano ◽  
Fabrizio Citarella ◽  
Cecilia Anesi ◽  
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Abstract Background The favourable safety profile and the increasing confidence with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) might have boosted their prescription in frail patients with short life expectancies, who usually are not treated with standard chemotherapy. Methods The present analysis aims to describe clinicians’ attitudes towards ICIs administration during late stages of life within a multicenter cohort of advanced cancer patients treated with single agent PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors in Italy. Results Overall, 1149 patients with advanced cancer who received single agent PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors were screened. The final study population consisted of 567 deceased patients. 166 patients (29.3%) had received ICIs within 30 days of death; among them there was a significantly higher proportion of patients with ECOG-PS ≥ 2 (28.3% vs 11.5%, p < 0.0001) and with a higher burden of disease (69.3% vs 59.4%, p = 0.0266). In total, 35 patients (6.2%) started ICIs within 30 days of death; among them there was a higher proportion of patients with ECOG-PS ≥ 2 (45.7% vs 14.5%, p < 0.0001) and with a higher burden of disease (82.9% vs 60.9%, p = 0.0266). Primary tumors were significantly different across subgroups (p = 0.0172), with a higher prevalence of NSCLC patients (80% vs 60.9%) among those who started ICIs within 30 days of death. Lastly, 123 patients (21.7%) started ICIs within 3 months of death. Similarly, within this subgroup there was a higher proportion of patients with ECOG-PS ≥ 2 (29.3% vs 12.8%, p < 0.0001), with a higher burden of disease (74.0% vs 59.0%, p = 0.0025) and with NSCLC (74.0% vs 58.8%, p = 0.0236). Conclusion Our results confirmed a trend toward an increasing ICIs prescription in frail patients, during the late stages of life. Caution should be exercised when evaluating an ICI treatment for patients with a poor PS and a high burden of disease.


Author(s):  
Luke Hillman ◽  
Sarah Donohue ◽  
Aimee Teo Broman ◽  
Patrick Hoversten ◽  
Eric Gaumnitz ◽  
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Summary Esophageal food impaction (EFI) is often the first presentation for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE); however, there is significant heterogeneity in the management of EFI. We aimed to study the impact of EFI management, particularly post-EFI medication prescriptions on EoE diagnosis, follow-up, and recurrence in patients with endoscopic features of EoE. In our retrospective study, adults presenting between 2007 and 2017 with EFI requiring endoscopic dis-impaction with endoscopic features of EoE (furrows, rings, and/or exudates) were included. We examined the impact of demographics and EFI management on EoE diagnosis, follow-up (esophagogastroduodenoscopy [EGD] or clinic visit within 6 months), and recurrence. We identified 164 cases of EFI due to suspected EoE. Biopsy was performed in 68 patients (41.5%), and 144 patients (87.8%) were placed on proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and/or swallow corticosteroids after EFI, including 88.5% of those not biopsied. PPI use at time of biopsy was negatively associated with EoE diagnosis (odds ratio: 0.39, confidence interval: 0.17–0.85). Sixty-one (37.4%) patients were lost to follow-up at 6 months. Recurrent EFI at 1 year occurred in 3.7% of patients. Medications, most commonly PPI, are frequently prescribed after EFI when the endoscopic features of EoE are present, which may mask the diagnosis of EoE on follow-up EGD. We estimated that for every five patients biopsied on PPI, one case of EoE is masked. As recurrent EFI within 1 year is uncommon, empiric therapy should be avoided until diagnostic biopsies are obtained. Further efforts to reduce loss to follow-up after EFI are also needed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1929727
Author(s):  
Bao-Dong Qin ◽  
Xiao-Dong Jiao ◽  
Xin-Cheng Zhou ◽  
Bin Shi ◽  
Jian Wang ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 2638-2638
Author(s):  
Yongjie Wang ◽  
Ronghua Yang ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Donghua Zhao ◽  
Peng Li ◽  
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2638 Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), such as programmed death(ligand)1 (PD-(L)1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) inhibitors, have dramatic effects on treatment in patients with various malignancies. High tumor mutation burden (TMB) is predictive of clinical response to ICI in multiple cancer types. Although age-related immune dysfunction might induce difference on the efficacy of ICIs between younger and older patients, the potential effect of age on the efficacy of ICIs remains little known and controversial. Herein, we aimed to analysis the association between age and the efficacy of ICIs based on MSKCC cohort. Methods: We screened out 1661 patients having complete information with advanced cancer, whose tumors underwent next-generation sequencing (NGS) detection and who were treated with at least one dose of ICI in MSKCC cohort. All patients were divided into two groups according to age, the younger group (age ≤50-year old) and the older group (age > 50-year old). We further analyzed the differences in overall survival (OS) and TMB between the two groups. The pooled hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated via Cox regression model for OS and P-values were calculated via the Wilcoxon sign test for TMB. We analyzed the effect of age on ICI in lung cancer using the same way. Results: In 1661 patients with cancer in our study, 312 (19%) younger and 1349 (81%) older patients were found. The pooled HRs for OS was 1.28 (95% CI: 1.09-1.52) in younger group compared with older group. In 1661 patients with cancer, there was 350 (21%) patients with lung cancer, including 30 (9%) younger and 320 (91%) older patients. The pooled HRs for OS was 1.45 (95% CI: 0.95-2.23) in younger group compared with older group in lung cancer. In addition, TMB in older group was higher than in younger group and significant difference of TMB was found via the Wilcoxon sign test (p = 2.6e-10) between the two groups, especially in lung cancer (p = 1e-4). Conclusions: Our study assessed the impact of age on the efficacy of ICIs using the threshold of 50 years old for the first time and we founded that patients in older group had higher TMB and longer OS than younger group.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e20563-e20563
Author(s):  
Susana Cedres Perez ◽  
Juan David Assaf Pastrana ◽  
Patricia Iranzo ◽  
Ana Callejo ◽  
Nuria Pardo ◽  
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e20563 Background: MPM is a highly aggressive pleural tumor associated with asbestos exposure and with limited survival despite systemic therapy. Histology is a prognostic factor and recently CheckMate 743 trial demonstrated survival benefit of immunotherapy in first line with some differences in the efficacy of chemotherapy according to histology. However, randomized trials who led to the approval of antifolate in mesothelioma did not include analysis of outcomes by histology. The objective of this study is to characterize the impact of chemotherapy according to histology in p with MPM at our institution. Methods: We review 189 MPM p diagnosed at Vall d´Hebron University Hospital between November 2002 and April 2020. Associations between clinical variables and outcome were assessed with Cox regression models and survival data were calculated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: Patient’s characteristics: median age 68 years (y) (45-88 y), males: 70%, performance status (PS)1: 69%, asbestos exposure: 75%, epithelioid subtype: 76%. First line chemotherapy was offered to 85% of p (66% cisplatin-pemetrexed and 27% carboplatin-pemetrexed). Median overall survival (OS) in overall population was 21.3 m (95%CI17.2-24.3). Epithelioid histology, PS 0, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio <5 and treatment with cisplatin vs carboplatin were associated with significant improvements in OS (p<0.001). When we analyzed the survival of patients who received first line chemotherapy according to histology, we found that patients with epithelioid tumors had better PFS and OS. Median PFS for p with epithelioid tumors treated with chemotherapy in first line was 4.8 m versus 3.6 months non-epithelioid (HR1.5 CI95% 1.1-2.3; p=0.03). OS of epithelioid p treated with first line chemotherapy was 26.7 m versus 15.0 m non-epithelioid patients (HR2.25 CI95% 1.4-3.4; p<0.001). We analyzed if the differences in survival according to histology were due to type of systemic treatment received (Table). Conclusions: In our series, p with non-epithelioid tumors presented worse prognosis. We confirmed histology is a prognostic factor with better OS for p with epithelioid tumors. Moreover, we demonstrated better efficacy of chemotherapy in epithelioid tumors, although histology is not a predictive factor for the platinum agent sensitivity (p of interaction PFS=0.09, p of interaction OS= 0.65).[Table: see text]


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