Pooled analysis of clinical activity of immune checkpoint immunotherapy in relapsing/refractory ES-SCLC.

Authors

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Venkata Vosuri

Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO

Venkata Vosuri , Joseph McGreevy , Ghulam Ghous , Donald C. Doll , Tolga Tuncer

Organizations

Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, University of Missouri Hospital, Columbia, MO, Hem Onc, Columbia, MO, Saint Luke's Cancer Institute, Kansas City, MO

Research Funding

No funding received
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Background: ES-SCLC is an aggressive lung cancer with high rates of relapse following induction regimens. Immune checkpoint immunotherapy (ICI) seems promising in the refractory/relapsing setting based on a smaller number of studies with smaller sample sizes. Here we report a pooled estimate of clinical activity of ICI in above patients based on published phase II/III trials so far. Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane review, and clinicaltrials.gov databases were searched for phase II/III randomized controlled trials studying immune checkpoint immunotherapy in second or third line setting for ES-SCLC treatment. Data were extracted based on Reviews and Meta- Analysis guidelines. DerSimonian-Laird (DL) random effects model was used to estimate the pooled proportion of patients achieving objective response rate (ORR), pooled proportion of patients experiencing therapy related adverse events (TRAEs grade ≥ 1), pooled median progression free survival (PFS) and pooled median overall survival (OS), and weights were estimated using inverse variance method. Statistical heterogeneity was calculated using the I2 and chi-squared test. Outcomes were calculated by using ‘Metafor’ and ‘Meta’ packages by R-Studio and “CRAN” project. Results: Five studies with a total of 698 patients who received immune checkpoint immunotherapy were analyzed. Median age of patients who received treatment was 63 yrs. The pooled proportion of patients who achieved ORR was 15% (95% CI 0.11 to 0.20). Pooled Median PFS was about 1.54 (95% CI, 1.34- 1.74) months and median OS was 6.46 (95% CI, 5.13- 7.73) months. The pooled proportion of patients who experienced adverse events during the treatment was 49% (95% CI 0.38 to 0.60). Conclusions: ICI as second or third line treatment choice offers modest improvement in progression free survival and overall survival in ES-SCLC patients who have not received ICI as first line in combination with etoposide and platinum based therapies.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Local-Regional/Small Cell/Other Thoracic Cancers

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr e20572)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.e20572

Abstract #

e20572

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