Shun Lu, Jie Wang, Yan Yu, Xinmin Yu, Yanping Hu, Liao Wangjun, Xingya Li, Yuepeng Liu, Weidong Li, Xiaofei Qu, Yuanyuan Bao, Mengzhao Wang
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摘要
导论:RATIONALE-304比较了一线tislelizumab(一种程序性细胞死亡蛋白1抑制剂)加化疗与化疗治疗晚期非鳞状非小细胞肺癌(nsq-NSCLC)的疗效。本探索性分析的重点是肿瘤细胞程序性死亡配体1 (PD-L1)表达≥50%的患者。方法:IIIB/IV期nsq-NSCLC患者每3周随机(2:1)接受替利利单抗+铂基化疗+培美曲塞,随后进行维持性替利利单抗+培美曲塞,或铂基化疗+培美曲塞,随后进行维持性培美曲塞。主要终点是独立审查委员会(IRC)评估的无进展生存期(PFS);次要终点包括总生存期(OS)、irc评估的客观缓解率和安全性。结果:PD-L1≥50%的人群包括110例患者(替利单抗加化疗,n = 74;化疗,n = 36);男性占71.8% (n = 79),女性占28.2% (n = 31)。与最终分析(中位随访16.5个月)一致,4年随访数据(中位随访23.4个月)继续显示,接受tislelizumab联合化疗的患者与接受化疗的患者相比,中位PFS (17.2 vs 4.6个月;分层HR 0.29, 95% CI 0.17-0.50)和中位OS (41.9 vs 13.1个月;分层HR 0.38, 95% CI 0.23-0.62)有所改善。另一项事后分析显示,在替利单抗加化疗组中,PD-L1 50-89%和≥90%亚组的PFS或OS无显著差异。tislelizumab联合化疗的安全性是可控的,与之前的分析一致。结论:在晚期nsq-NSCLC和PD-L1肿瘤细胞表达≥50%的患者中,一线tislelizumab加化疗与化疗相比,PFS和OS有临床意义的改善。在PD-L1肿瘤细胞高表达水平(50-89%和≥90%)的患者亚组中,疗效一致。试验注册:Clinical Trials.gov NCT03663205。
First-Line Tislelizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Advanced Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: PD-L1 ≥ 50% Subgroup Analysis from the RATIONALE-304 Trial.
Introduction: RATIONALE-304 compared first-line tislelizumab (a programmed cell death protein 1 inhibitor) plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (nsq-NSCLC). This exploratory analysis focused on patients with tumor cell programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression ≥ 50%.
Methods: Patients with stage IIIB/IV nsq-NSCLC were randomized (2:1) to tislelizumab plus platinum-based chemotherapy and pemetrexed every 3 weeks, followed by maintenance tislelizumab and pemetrexed, or platinum-based chemotherapy and pemetrexed followed by maintenance pemetrexed. The primary endpoint was independent review committee (IRC)-assessed progression-free survival (PFS); secondary endpoints included overall survival (OS), IRC-assessed objective response rates, and safety.
Results: The PD-L1 ≥ 50% population included 110 patients (tislelizumab plus chemotherapy, n = 74; chemotherapy, n = 36); 71.8% (n = 79) were male and 28.2% (n = 31) were female. Consistent with the final analysis (median follow-up 16.5 months), the 4-year follow-up data (median follow-up 23.4 months) continued to show an improvement in median PFS (17.2 vs. 4.6 months; stratified HR 0.29, 95% CI 0.17-0.50) and median OS (41.9 vs. 13.1 months; stratified HR 0.38, 95% CI 0.23-0.62) for patients who received tislelizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy. An additional post hoc analysis showed no significant differences in PFS or OS between PD-L1 50-89% and ≥ 90% subgroups in the tislelizumab plus chemotherapy arm. The safety profile of tislelizumab plus chemotherapy was manageable and consistent with previous analyses.
Conclusions: In patients with advanced nsq-NSCLC and PD-L1 tumor cell expression ≥ 50%, first-line tislelizumab plus chemotherapy demonstrated clinically meaningful improvement in PFS and OS versus chemotherapy. Efficacy was consistent across subgroups of patients with high PD-L1 tumor cell expression levels (50-89% and ≥ 90%).
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Oncology and Therapy is an international, peer reviewed, rapid-publication (peer review in 2 weeks, published 3–4 weeks from acceptance) journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality pre-clinical, clinical (all phases), observational, real-world, and health outcomes research around the discovery, development, and use of therapeutics and interventions (including devices) across all therapeutic areas. Studies relating to diagnostics and diagnosis, pharmacoeconomics, public health, epidemiology, quality of life, and patient care, management, and education are also encouraged.
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