Real world prognostic utility of body mass index and platelet lymphocyte ratio in first-line immunotherapy response in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer.

Authors

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Madeline MacDonald

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Madeline MacDonald , Robert Hsu , Darin Poei , Alexis Leyba , Krithika Chennapan , Christopher Leon , Raymond Diep , Kush Gaur , Bing Xia , Jorge J. Nieva

Organizations

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, University of Southern California, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, California University of Science and Medicine, Colton, CA, Division of Oncology, USC Keck School of Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA

Research Funding

U.S. National Institutes of Health
U.S. National Institutes of Health

Background: Meta-analyses show that increasing body mass index (BMI) may be associated with improved overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) compared to those with lower BMIs in patients receiving immunotherapy (IO). Pretreatment elevated platelet lymphocyte ratio (PLR) has been attributed to inferior PFS and OS in patients receiving IO. Our study evaluated real world data of Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving first line (1L) treatment regimens involving immunotherapy while evaluating prognostic utility of BMI and PLR. Methods: Of the patients treated at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and LAC+USC Medical Center from 2015-2022, we looked at 75 Stage IV patients without EGFR, ALK, ROS1 mutations who received 1L IO therapy. Primary outcomes included PFS and OS from time of IO with a particular interest for patients with pre-treatment BMI < 22 and PLR > 180. Patients with previous IO exposure were excluded. Kaplan-Meier analysis using log-rank test was performed to evaluate for OS. Multivariate Cox proportion hazards regression was used for multivariate analysis of OS. Results: The median age at start of IO was 67.5 years with 49 (65.3%) males. 24 (32.0%) had BMI < 22. 40/70 (57.7%) had PLR > 180 at the start of 1L IO. Adenocarcinoma was the most common histology 50 (66.7%). 22 (29.3%) had PD-L1 > TPS 50% and 20 (26.7%) had PD-L1 TPS 1-49%. Pembrolizumab was the most common IO used 60/75 (80%) and 43/75 (57.3%) received chemotherapy with IO. Patients with a BMI < 22 had an inferior OS (BMI < 22: 13.1 vs. BMI > 28: 37.4 months (mos), p-value = 0.0420) with a trend towards worse PFS (BMI < 22: 6.2 mos vs. BMI > 28: 16 mos, p = 0.1702). Patients with PLR > 180 had an inferior PFS (4.4 vs. 11.1 mos, p-value = 0.025) and OS (8.3 vs. 23.0 mos, p-value = 0.0277). A composite of BMI < 22 and PLR > 180 had the worst OS (p-value = 0.0385) with a trend towards worse PFS (p-value = 0.1702). (Table 1) Multivariate analysis for OS controlling for age, smoking, gender, PD-L1 TPS, and histology showed that BMI (HR: 0.8739, 95% CI: 0.7966-0.9492) and PLR > 180 (HR: 2.286, 95% CI: 1.102-4.916) were significant for higher mortality risk. Conclusions: Patients with a composite profile of BMI < 22 and PLR > 180 had a significantly worse OS. This highlights the importance for pre-treatment screening for low BMI and high PLR to help provide additional supportive care in these patients prior to IO therapy.

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Median PFS (mos)3.111.47.816
Median OS (mos)8.722.237.457.7

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr e21092)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e21092

Abstract #

e21092

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