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Sarcopenia’s Prognostic Impact on Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 5329, p 5329 (2021), Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background: Although sarcopenia has been reported to predict survival in cancer patients, its impact on patients who received immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has not been thoroughly investigated. This systematic review aimed to assess the long-term oncologic impact of sarcopenia on patients who received ICIs. Methods: A systematic review of studies indexed in the PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane databases, up to April 1, 2021, was conducted. Studies that reported hazard ratios (HRs) for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) based on sarcopenia in patients treated with ICIs were included. The inverse variance method was used with a random-effects model for data analysis. Results: A total of 1284 patients from 14 studies were included. Among the patients who received ICIs, patients with sarcopenia had a significant increase in overall mortality compared to patients without sarcopenia in univariate analyses (HR = 1.66, 95% CI = 1.20–2.29, p = 0.002) and in adjusted HRs (HR = 1.55, 95% CI = 1.15–2.10, p = 0.004). The same results were obtained for PFS by both univariate analysis (HR = 1.75, 95% CI = 1.37–2.23, p < 0.001) and adjusted HRs (HR = 1.63, 95% CI 1.28–2.09, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Sarcopenia appears to be an effective biomarker for predicting long-term oncologic outcomes in patients receiving ICI therapy and hence plays an important role when making treatment decisions. However, the fundamental role of this association with survival should be further investigated in large cohorts and clinical trials.
- Subjects :
- Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty
Univariate analysis
business.industry
overall survival
Hazard ratio
Cancer
Review
General Medicine
medicine.disease
sarcopenia
immune checkpoint inhibitors
Clinical trial
hazard ratio
Internal medicine
Sarcopenia
Meta-analysis
medicine
Medicine
Biomarker (medicine)
Progression-free survival
business
progression-free survival
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Details
- ISSN :
- 20770383
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....de8bd6c30cdfb953e81c68f5886f937e