Lung cancer and immunotherapy: a real-life experience from second-line and beyond
Fady El Karak 1, Fady Gh Haddad 1, Roland Eid 1, Maya Al Ghor 1, Elie El Rassy 1, Nizar Ahmadieh 2, Theresia Choullamy 2, Nour A Halim 3, Arafat Tfayli 3, Fadi Farhat 1, Joseph Kattan 1, Fady Nasr 1, Marwan Ghosn 1, Hazem I Assi 2
Affiliations
1Hematology-Oncology Department, Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
2Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
3Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology & Oncology Division, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.
PMID: 31424958
Abstract
Aim: This study assessed the efficacy of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agents in real life when used in second line or beyond.
Materials & methods: Patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer progressing after standard chemotherapy and receiving immunotherapy in the second line or beyond were included.
Results: One hundred and ten patients were included with PD-L1 expression above 50%, between 1-49 and <1% in 38.6, 27.3 and 34.1% of patients, respectively. Checkpoint inhibitors were used as second, third and fourth line in 74.7, 21.8 and 3.5%, respectively. Partial response was observed in 25.6% of patients. Median progression-free survival was 4 months and median overall survival was 8.1 months.
Conclusion: Immunotherapies are emerging as important tools in the oncologic field with good responses in real-life practice.
Keywords: checkpoint inhibitors; experience; immunotherapy; lung cancer; non-small-cell lung cancer; real life; real-world; second line.
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