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  EP1.01 - Advanced NSCLC (ID 150)

  • Event: WCLC 2019
  • Type: E-Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
  • Track: Advanced NSCLC
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  • Coordinates: 9/08/2019, 08:00 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall

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    EP1.01-51 - Efficacy Impact of Serum VEGF for Elderly or Poor PS Patients Receiving Anti-PD-1 Antibody with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 1691)

    08:00 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Yuji Matsumoto
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    Background
    

    Anti-programmed cell death (PD)-1 antibody therapies have shown durable clinical efficacy and manageable toxicity profiles, and have become a standard therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Because of manageable toxicity profiles, extensive interest in the potential benefits of anti-PD-1 antibody has expanded to high-risk patients such as the elderly or poor performance status (PS) patients. Here, we aimed to investigate predictive markers for the efficacy of anti-PD-1 antibody in elderly patients and poor PS patients.

    Method
    

    The medical records of 75≥ years old or PS2 NSCLC patients treated with anti-PD-1 antibody (e.g., nivolumab and pembrolizumab) at the National Cancer Center Japan between December 1, 2015, and May 31, 2018, were reviewed retrospectively. We evaluated the association between efficacy for anti-PD-1 antibody and gender, smoking status, histology, PD-ligand 1(PD-L1) expression on tumor cells, white blood cell counts, lymphocyte counts, albumin, lactate dehydrogenase, c-reactive protein, and serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). We divided patients into two groups with the median values.

    Result
    

    A total of 235 patients with advanced NSCLC treated with anti-PD-1 antibody were reviewed. Of these patients, 31 patients were ≥ 75 years old, and 22 patients were PS2. The median PFS was 6.9 months in patients aged ≥ 75 years and 2.1 months in PS2 patients. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis showed that only the low-VEGF was significantly associated with longer PFS in patients aged ≥ 75 years (HR, 0.35; 95% CI, 0.13-0.88; P = 0.025) and in PS2 patients (HR, 0.31; 95% CI, 0.10-0.85; P = 0.023). The overall response rate of patients with low-VEGF was tend to be higher than that with high-VEGF among patients aged ≥ 75 years (43% vs. 20%; P = 0.18) and PS2 patients (20% vs. 0%; P = 0.084).

    Conclusion
    

    Low-VEGF in patients aged ≥ 75 years and PS2 patients was associated with longer PFS. Serum VEGF may thus be a biomarker for the efficacy of anti-PD-1 antibody therapy.

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