Impact of extended interval dosing of immune checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Respir Med Res
; 83: 101004, 2023 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2246052
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID 19-pandemic has led physicians to change their approach to treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to reduce hospital stays for patients.OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to assess the toxicity and efficacy of extended interval (EI) dosing of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) compared to standard dosing (SD).METHODS:
In this retrospective two-center study, we included patients with stage III/IV NSCLC who were treated with ICIs with or without maintenance pemetrexed during the month before March 2020. Adverse events and efficacy were collected until June 2021. Toxicity and survival were assessed using multivariate Cox models.RESULTS:
Among the 134 patients identified (8 stage III and 126 stage IV; 66 first line and 60 second or subsequent lines), 70.9% received EI dosing. In the EI group, 12.6% of patients developed grade 3 or 4 immune-related adverse events versus 15.4% in the SD group (P- value = 0.8). Treatment was definitively discontinued due to toxicity in 9 patients in the EI group and in 5 in the SD group (P-value =0.5). Overall survival was not associated with dosage regimen or toxicity analyzed as a time-dependent variable.CONCLUSIONS:
Our study suggests that EI dosing of ICIs did not affect toxicity and overall survival in lung cancer patients.Keywords
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
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COVID-19
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Lung Neoplasms
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Respir Med Res
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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