1. Excess of blood eosinophils prior to therapy correlates with worse prognosis in mesothelioma.
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Willems M, Scherpereel A, Wasielewski E, Raskin J, Brossel H, Fontaine A, Grégoire M, Halkin L, Jamakhani M, Heinen V, Louis R, Duysinx B, Hamaidia M, and Willems L
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- Humans, Eosinophils metabolism, Retrospective Studies, Pemetrexed, Glutamates therapeutic use, Guanine therapeutic use, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local drug therapy, Prognosis, Mesothelioma, Malignant drug therapy, Pleural Neoplasms drug therapy, Mesothelioma drug therapy
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Background: Only a fraction of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) will respond to chemo- or immunotherapy. For the majority, the condition will irremediably relapse after 13 to 18 months. In this study, we hypothesized that patients' outcome could be correlated to their immune cell profile. Focus was given to peripheral blood eosinophils that, paradoxically, can both promote or inhibit tumor growth depending on the cancer type., Methods: The characteristics of 242 patients with histologically proven MPM were retrospectively collected in three centers. Characteristics included overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), overall response rate (ORR) and disease control rate (DCR). The mean absolute eosinophil counts (AEC) were determined by averaging AEC data sets of the last month preceding the administration of chemo- or immunotherapy., Results: An optimal cutoff of 220 eosinophils/µL of blood segregated the cohort into two groups with significantly different median OS after chemotherapy (14 and 29 months above and below the threshold, p = 0.0001). The corresponding two-year OS rates were 28% and 55% in the AEC ≥ 220/µL and AEC < 220/µL groups, respectively. Based on shorter median PFS (8 vs 17 months, p < 0.0001) and reduced DCR (55.9% vs 35.2% at 6 months), the response to standard chemotherapy was significantly affected in the AEC ≥ 220/µL subset. Similar conclusions were also drawn from data sets of patients receiving immune checkpoint-based immunotherapy., Conclusion: In conclusion, baseline AEC ≥ 220/µL preceding therapy is associated with worse outcome and quicker relapse in MPM., Competing Interests: Beyond the scope of this study, AS participated to clinical trials and expert boards with Amphera, AstraZeneca, BMS, MSD, Regeneron/Sanofi, Roche and Trizell. VH declares consultancy fees from AstraZeneca and Chiesi. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2023 Willems, Scherpereel, Wasielewski, Raskin, Brossel, Fontaine, Grégoire, Halkin, Jamakhani, Heinen, Louis, Duysinx, Hamaidia and Willems.)
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- 2023
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