Effect of body mass index (BMI) on efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) in a real-world setting.

Authors

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David Lynn

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

David Lynn , Charbel Hobeika , Ubenthira Patgunarajah , Scott Dawsey , Nikhil Pramod , Wei Wei , Monica Nair , Kimberly Maroli , Allison Martin , Moshe Chaim Ornstein , Christopher Eing Wee , Timothy D. Gilligan , Amanda Nizam , Amanda Bonham , Omar Y. Mian , Paul G. Pavicic Jr., C. Marcela Diaz-Montero , Shilpa Gupta

Organizations

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: There is emerging data on the role of BMI and outcomes of ICIs in various solid tumors, with underweight pts having worse outcomes to ICIs. The effect of BMI on efficacy of ICIs in pts with mUC is not clear. Methods: We identified 335 adult pts with mUC at the Cleveland Clinic treated who received >/= 2 cycles of ICI with pembrolizumab (P) or atezolizumab (A) between 2015 and 2023. Patient characteristics including age, sex, race, primary site (bladder vs upper tract UC (UTUC)), tumor histology and pre-ICI treatment NLR values were collected. BMI was calculated and values were collected and compared to assess impact on overall (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) after ICI start date. BMI was broken down into four categories: underweight (BMI less than 18.5 kg/m2), normal weight (BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg/m2), obese (BMI 30 kg/m2 or greater) and overweight (BMI between 25 and 29.9 kg/m2). OS and PFS were estimated by Kaplan Meier method and compared using log rank test. Results: Median age of pts was 73 yrs (35-95) and 254 (76%) pts were males. 247 (74%) received P, 88 (26%) received A. We found that underweight pts had significantly worse OS compared to normal or higher BMI (2.32 vs 13.08 mos; p=0.001) as well a significantly worse PFS (1.61 vs 4.75 mos; p=0.02) (Table). Conclusions: In our large real-world cohort of pts with mUC receiving ICI, we report for the first time the effect of BMI on outcomes with ICI. Further prospective studies are warranted.

BMINMedian OS mos
(95% CI)
p-valueMedian PFS mos (95% CI)p-value
Normal11613.08 (9.86, 15.21 )0.0014.75 (3.42, 6.01 )0.02
Obese8614.46 (8.51, 23.2 )5.83 (3.42, 10.05 )
Overweight11916.03 (12.85, 26.02)5.29 (4.11, 7.33 )
Underweight122.32 (1.81, NA)1.61 (1.38, NA )

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2024 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session B: Urothelial Carcinoma

Track

Urothelial Carcinoma

Sub Track

Quality of Care/Quality Improvement and Real-World Evidence

Citation

J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 (suppl 4; abstr 571)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2024.42.4_suppl.571

Abstract #

571

Poster Bd #

E20

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