scholarly journals Recomendaciones de oncólogos que trabajan en el ISSSTE para el tratamiento sistémico del cáncer de pulmón avanzado 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-181
Author(s):  
Fernando Aldaco-Sarvide ◽  
Aura A. Erazo Valle-Solís ◽  
David Acosta-Gutiérrez ◽  
Denisse Añorve-Bailón ◽  
Diego Alfonso Ballesteros-Pino ◽  
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Based on the GRADE system, a group of specialists in Medical Oncology from ISSSTE produced a set of recommendations for the systemic treatment of advanced lung cancer —specifically non-small cell lung cancer and small-cell lung cancer— with immunotherapy, chemotherapy with or without antiangiogenic agents. Regarding the diagnosis, extension studies and lung grades are analyzed. Likewise, basic pathology, molecular biology, and imaging features are described to determine the treatment protocols for advanced lung cancer with actionable mutations or biomarkers related to domains such as actionable mutations, anaplastic lymphoma kinase, and reactive oxygen species (ROS1). The recommendations comprise the most important clinical issues: immunotherapy in lung cancer, first-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer, non-squamous (wild-type) metastatic cancer, second-line immunotherapy regimes, chemotherapy without first-line immunotherapy for adenocarcinoma, firstline chemotherapy with antiangiogenic agents, as well as the characteristics a patient should present to be a candidate to receive immunotherapy. Dosages are stated in the different treatment protocols; the chemotherapy regimes for unresectable, locally-advanced lung cancer are being reviewed, as well as for ECOG 0-1 until ECOG 2, limited and extended stages. Even though there is no consensus on certain topics, this document includes clear guidelines whose aim is standardizing the criteria, and that will be subject to be reviewed and updated.

BMC Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengdi Wang ◽  
Jingwei Li ◽  
Qiran Zhang ◽  
Jiayang Wu ◽  
Yuxuan Xiao ◽  
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Abstract Background The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) therapy has resulted in significant survival benefits in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without increasing toxicity. However, the utilisation of immunotherapy for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains unclear, with a scarcity of systematic comparisons of therapeutic effects and safety of immunotherapy in these two major lung cancer subtypes. Herein, we aimed to provide a comprehensive landscape of immunotherapy and systematically review its specific efficacy and safety in advanced lung cancer, accounting for histological types. Methods We identified studies assessing immunotherapy for lung cancer with predefined endpoints, including overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), and treatment-related adverse events (TRAE), from PubMed, Embase, Medline, and Cochrane library. A random-effects or fixed-effect model was adopted according to different settings. Results Overall, 38 trials with 20,173 patients with lung cancer were included in this study. ICI therapy resulted in a significantly prolonged survival in both patients with NSCLC and SCLC when compared with chemotherapy (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.74; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.70–0.79] and [HR = 0.82; 95% CI, 0.75–0.90], respectively). The magnitude of disease control and survival benefits appeared superior with ICI plus standard of care (SOC) when compared with SOC alone. OS and PFS advantages were observed only when immunotherapy was employed as the first-line treatment in patients with SCLC. Conclusion ICI therapy is a promising therapeutic option in patients with NSCLC and SCLC. ICI plus SOC can be recommended as the optimal first-line treatment for patients with SCLC, and double-target ICIs combined with SOC are recommended in patients with NSCLC as both the first and subsequent lines of treatment. Additionally, non-first-line immunotherapy is not recommended in patients with SCLC.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 9013-9013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Goldstein ◽  
Noa Gordon ◽  
Michal Davidescu ◽  
Moshe Leshno ◽  
Conor Ernst Steuer ◽  
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9013 Background: In October 2016 pembrolizumab became the new standard of care for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) whose tumors express programmed death ligand 1 in at least 50% of cells. The FDA recommended dose is 200mg every three weeks. Multiple studies have demonstrated equivalent efficacy with weight-based doses between 2mg/kg to 10 mg/kg. The objective of this study was to compare the economic impact of using personalized dosing (2mg/kg) versus fixed dosing (200mg) in the first line setting of mNSCLC. Methods: We performed a budget impact analysis from the US societal perspective to compare fixed dosing with personalized dosing. We calculated the target population and weight of patients that would be treated with pembrolizumab annually in the first-line setting. Using survival curves from the KEYNOTE 024 trial with Weibull extrapolation we estimated the mean number of cycles that patients would receive. Using the Medicare average sales price we calculated the difference in cost between personalized and fixed dosing. Results: Our base case model demonstrates that the total annual cost of pembrolizumab with fixed dosing is US$ 3,440,127,429, and with personalized dosing it is US$ 2,614,496,846. The use of personalized dosing would lead to a 24% annual saving of US$ 825,630,583 in the United States. Conclusions: Personalized dosing of pembrolizumab may have the potential to save approximately 0.825 billion dollars annually in the United States, likely without impacting outcomes. This option should be considered for the first-line management of PD-L1 positive advanced lung cancer.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3828
Author(s):  
Anello Marcello Poma ◽  
Rossella Bruno ◽  
Iacopo Pietrini ◽  
Greta Alì ◽  
Giulia Pasquini ◽  
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Pembrolizumab has been approved as first-line treatment for advanced Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with tumors expressing PD-L1 and in the absence of other targetable alterations. However, not all patients that meet these criteria have a durable benefit. In this monocentric study, we aimed at refining the selection of patients based on the expression of immune genes. Forty-six consecutive advanced NSCLC patients treated with pembrolizumab in first-line setting were enrolled. The expression levels of 770 genes involved in the regulation of the immune system was analysed by the nanoString system. PD-L1 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. Patients with durable clinical benefit had a greater infiltration of cytotoxic cells, exhausted CD8, B-cells, CD45, T-cells, CD8 T-cells and NK cells. Immune cell scores such as CD8 T-cell and NK cell were good predictors of durable response with an AUC of 0.82. Among the immune cell markers, XCL1/2 showed the better performance in predicting durable benefit to pembrolizumab, with an AUC of 0.85. Additionally, CD8A, CD8B and EOMES showed a high specificity (>0.86) in identifying patients with a good response to treatment. In the same series, PD-L1 expression levels had an AUC of 0.61. The characterization of tumor microenvironment, even with the use of single markers, can improve patients’ selection for pembrolizumab treatment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 175883592098036
Author(s):  
Saira Farid ◽  
Stephen V. Liu

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly lethal subtype of lung cancer. Despite concerted efforts over the past several decades, there have been limited therapeutic advances. Traditional chemotherapy offers a high response rate and rapid symptomatic improvement, but its benefit is fleeting, and relapse is quick and unforgiving. Immunotherapy has delivered improved outcomes for patients with many cancers and there was compelling rationale for development in SCLC. While initial efforts with cytotoxic T-lymphocyte protein-4 inhibitors failed to improve upon chemotherapy alone, the addition of programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) inhibitors to first-line chemotherapy finally provided long-awaited gains in survival. Atezolizumab, when added to carboplatin and etoposide, improved both progression-free survival and overall survival. Durvalumab, when added to platinum plus etoposide, similarly improved OS. Biomarker development has stalled as PD-L1 expression and tumor mutational burden have not been useful predictive biomarkers. However, based on the significant survival improvements, both atezolizumab and durvalumab were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to be given with first-line chemotherapy, and these regimens represent the new standards of care for SCLC.


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