Identification of poor prognostic factors using circulating extracellular vesicles in durvalumab consolidation therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
{"title":"Identification of poor prognostic factors using circulating extracellular vesicles in durvalumab consolidation therapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer","authors":"Hirofumi Utsumi , Shigehiro Yagishita , Kazuki Kawajiri , Masahiro Torasawa , Ayu Kiritani , Kentaro Tamura , Hiroshi Wakui , Hidehito Horinouchi , Jun Araya , Yu Fujita","doi":"10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108732","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The risk factors associated with treatment resistance to consolidation durvalumab following chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have not been well established.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Extracellular vesicles (EVs) were isolated from the pretreatment serum of 73 patients treated with consolidation durvalumab. Isolation was performed using CD9/CD63 antibodies, and EV proteins were identified using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The relationship between the expression of these proteins and progression-free survival (PFS) after durvalumab initiation was analyzed.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The median PFS was not reached<!--> <!-->(NR) (95 % confidence interval [CI], 17.2 months-NR), and<!--> <!-->the 24-month PFS rate was 54.7 % (95 % CI, 44.4–67.4). Proteomic analysis of circulating EVs identified RPS27A, SAA1, and S100A7 as the primary candidate biomarkers. Notably, patients with high RPS27A expression exhibited a significantly shorter PFS compared with those with low expression; hazard ratio (HR) 2.93 (95 % CI: 1.48–5.79),<!--> <em>P</em> = 0.002. Similarly, high SAA1 expression was associated with a shorter PFS; HR 2.94 (95 % CI: 1.37–6.30), <em>P</em> = 0.006. High S100A7 expression also correlated with poorer outcomes; HR 2.94 (95 % CI: 1.43–6.04), <em>P</em> = 0.003. In multivariate analysis, a high expression level of RPS27A was identified as an independent predictor of poor PFS; HR 2.29 (95 % CI: 1.01–5.17), <em>P</em> = 0.047. Multivariate receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis incorporating these three proteins yielded an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.71 (95 % CI: 0.59–0.83).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>This study demonstrated<!--> <!-->favorable PFS outcomes in patients receiving durvalumab consolidation therapy. Circulating EV proteomic analysis identified RPS27A, SAA1, and S100A7, particularly RPS27A, as potential biomarkers for predicting resistance to durvalumab.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18129,"journal":{"name":"Lung Cancer","volume":"208 ","pages":"Article 108732"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Lung Cancer","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169500225006245","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ONCOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
Background
The risk factors associated with treatment resistance to consolidation durvalumab following chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have not been well established.
Methods
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) were isolated from the pretreatment serum of 73 patients treated with consolidation durvalumab. Isolation was performed using CD9/CD63 antibodies, and EV proteins were identified using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The relationship between the expression of these proteins and progression-free survival (PFS) after durvalumab initiation was analyzed.
Results
The median PFS was not reached (NR) (95 % confidence interval [CI], 17.2 months-NR), and the 24-month PFS rate was 54.7 % (95 % CI, 44.4–67.4). Proteomic analysis of circulating EVs identified RPS27A, SAA1, and S100A7 as the primary candidate biomarkers. Notably, patients with high RPS27A expression exhibited a significantly shorter PFS compared with those with low expression; hazard ratio (HR) 2.93 (95 % CI: 1.48–5.79), P = 0.002. Similarly, high SAA1 expression was associated with a shorter PFS; HR 2.94 (95 % CI: 1.37–6.30), P = 0.006. High S100A7 expression also correlated with poorer outcomes; HR 2.94 (95 % CI: 1.43–6.04), P = 0.003. In multivariate analysis, a high expression level of RPS27A was identified as an independent predictor of poor PFS; HR 2.29 (95 % CI: 1.01–5.17), P = 0.047. Multivariate receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis incorporating these three proteins yielded an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.71 (95 % CI: 0.59–0.83).
Conclusion
This study demonstrated favorable PFS outcomes in patients receiving durvalumab consolidation therapy. Circulating EV proteomic analysis identified RPS27A, SAA1, and S100A7, particularly RPS27A, as potential biomarkers for predicting resistance to durvalumab.
期刊介绍:
Lung Cancer is an international publication covering the clinical, translational and basic science of malignancies of the lung and chest region.Original research articles, early reports, review articles, editorials and correspondence covering the prevention, epidemiology and etiology, basic biology, pathology, clinical assessment, surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, combined treatment modalities, other treatment modalities and outcomes of lung cancer are welcome.