The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) inflammation criteria to predict survival in patients with advanced cancer: A prospective cohort study

IF 2.9 Q3 NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Chattarin Pumtako , Ross D. Dolan , Marie Fallon , Erin S. Sullivan , Claribel Pl Simmons , Aoife M. Ryan , Josh McGovern , Derek G. Power , Barry J. Laird , Donald C. McMillan
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Abstract

Background

The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria provides a framework for assessing cachexia in cancer patients. However, the role of systemic inflammation in this framework needs further exploration.

Methods

This study analyzed a cohort of 388 advanced cancer patients from 18 oncological care settings. C-reactive protein (CRP), the modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) and Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) were used to assess systemic inflammation. Associations between these inflammatory markers and Weight Loss (WL), Body Mass Index (BMI), Skeletal Muscle Index (SMI), and survival outcomes (OS) were evaluated using Chi-square and Kaplan–Meier survival analyses.

Results

CRP was significantly associated with ECOG-PS (p < 0.01), and WL (p < 0.05). mGPS was significantly associated with ECOG-PS (p < 0.001), WL (p < 0.001), and BMI (p < 0.05). NLR was significantly associated with ECOG-PS (p < 0.05), WL (p < 0.001), and BMI (p < 0.05). CRP (p < 0.001), mGPS (p < 0.001), NLR (p < 0.001), WL (p < 0.001), and SMI (p < 0.05) were significantly associated with OS, but not BMI (p = 0.23). Combining CRP, mGPS, NLR, with WL, BMI, and SMI significantly improved OS prediction. WL was significantly associated with OS in patients with NLR<3 (p < 0.05) but not in CRP≤10 mg/L or mGPS = 0. SMI was significantly associated with OS in patients with mGPS = 0 (p < 0.05).

Conclusion

Systemic inflammation, as assessed by CRP, mGPS and NLR, significantly improves the relationship between phenotypic criteria and OS. These findings support the GLIM framework's inclusion of systemic inflammation as a critical factor. Given its strong predictive value, systemic inflammation should be prioritized in routine clinical assessments of cancer patients, with mGPS having greater prognostic value within the GLIM framework.
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Clinical nutrition ESPEN
Clinical nutrition ESPEN NUTRITION & DIETETICS-
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期刊介绍: Clinical Nutrition ESPEN is an electronic-only journal and is an official publication of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN). Nutrition and nutritional care have gained wide clinical and scientific interest during the past decades. The increasing knowledge of metabolic disturbances and nutritional assessment in chronic and acute diseases has stimulated rapid advances in design, development and clinical application of nutritional support. The aims of ESPEN are to encourage the rapid diffusion of knowledge and its application in the field of clinical nutrition and metabolism. Published bimonthly, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN focuses on publishing articles on the relationship between nutrition and disease in the setting of basic science and clinical practice. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN is available to all members of ESPEN and to all subscribers of Clinical Nutrition.
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