1. Real-world outcomes of Italian patients with advanced non-squamous lung cancer treated with first-line pembrolizumab plus platinum-pemetrexed.
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Leonetti, Alessandro, Perrone, Fabiana, Puntoni, Matteo, Maglietta, Giuseppe, Bordi, Paola, Bria, Emilio, Vita, Emanuele, Gelsomino, Francesco, De Giglio, Andrea, Gelibter, Alain, Siringo, Marco, Mazzoni, Francesca, Caliman, Enrico, Genova, Carlo, Bertolini, Federica, Guaitoli, Giorgia, Passiglia, Francesco, Delcuratolo, Marco Donatello, Montrone, Michele, and Cerea, Giulio
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THERAPEUTIC use of antineoplastic agents , *THERAPEUTIC use of monoclonal antibodies , *CANCER treatment , *ANEMIA , *PEMETREXED , *IMMUNOTHERAPY , *SCIENTIFIC observation , *PROGRAMMED death-ligand 1 , *CARBOPLATIN , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *CANCER patients , *RETROSPECTIVE studies , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CANCER chemotherapy , *ITALIANS , *LONGITUDINAL method , *METASTASIS , *RESEARCH , *LUNG cancer , *PROGRESSION-free survival , *COMPARATIVE studies , *CONFIDENCE intervals , *SPECIALTY hospitals , *OVERALL survival , *BRAIN tumors , *NEUTROPENIA - Abstract
The aim of this multi-center, retrospective/prospective cohort observational study was to evaluate outcomes in routine clinical practice of first-line chemo-immunotherapy with cis/carboplatin, pemetrexed and pembrolizumab in patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in 33 Italian centers. The outcome measure was to evaluate overall survival (OS) in a real-world patient population. Secondary endpoints were: progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR), duration of response (DoR) and incidence of treatment-related adverse events (AEs). 1068 patients were enrolled at the time of data cut-off (January 31st, 2023), and 812 (76.0%) belonged to the retrospective cohort. Median age was 66 years (27−85), ECOG PS was ≥ 2 in 91 (8.6%) patients; 254 (23.8%) patients had brain metastases at baseline; 38 (3.6%) patients had tumor with PD-L1 expression ≥ 50%. After a median follow-up of 17.0 months (95% CI, 16.1–17.9), median OS was 16.1 months (95% CI, 14.4–18.8) and PFS was 9.9 months (95% CI, 8.8–11.2). Median DoR (n = 493) was 14.7 months (95% CI, 13.6–17.1). ORR was 43.4% (95% CI, 40.4–46.4). Any-grade AEs occurred in 636 (59.6%) patients and grade ≥ 3 in 253 (23.7%) patients. Most common grade ≥ 3 AEs were neutropenia (6.3%) and anemia (6.3%). First-line chemo-immunotherapy was effective and tolerable in this large, real-world Italian study of patients with advanced non-squamous NSCLC. Our results were in line with the KEYNOTE-189 registration study, also considering the low number of PD-L1 ≥ 50% patients included in our study. [Display omitted] • Chemo-immunotherapy is the standard front-line treatment for advanced non-squamous NSCLC. • Real-world data about platinum, pemetrexed and pembrolizumab regimen are needed. • We conducted a retrospective-prospective real-world study in 33 Italian Centers. • KEYNOTE-189 regimen was effective and safe in daily clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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