Safety and efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small-cell lung cancer: focus on challenging populations.
Immunotherapy
; 13(6): 509-525, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1102464
ABSTRACT
In recent years, immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have represented one of the major breakthroughs in advanced non-small cell lung cancer treatment scenario. However, enrollment in registering clinical trials is usually restricted, since frail patients (i.e., elderly, individuals with poor performance status and/or active brain metastases), as well as patients with chronic infections or who take concurrent medications, such as steroids, are routinely excluded. Thus, safety and efficacy of ICIs for these subgroups have not been adequately assessed in clinical trials, although these populations often occur in clinical practice. We reviewed the available data regarding the use of ICIs in these 'special' populations, including a focus on the issues raised by the administration of immunotherapy in lung cancer patients infected with Sars-Cov-2.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
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Vulnerable Populations
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Immunotherapy
Journal subject:
Allergy and Immunology
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Therapeutics
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Imt-2020-0226
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