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Chemotherapy ; 62(6): 374-380, 2017.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29045938

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AIMS: To evaluate the effectiveness of nivolumab as second-line treatment compared to standard therapy with docetaxel in adult patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in clinical practice. METHODS: This is an observational, retrospective cohort study of adult patients diagnosed with NSCLC, stage III-IV, treated with docetaxel or nivolumab as second-line treatment. The end points evaluated were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). PFS and OS were described using the Kaplan-Meier method. The Cox proportional hazards model was applied to identify independent prognostic and predictive factors related to disease progression or death. RESULTS: Thirty-three patients were included in this study (i.e., 14 in the nivolumab group and 19 in the docetaxel group). Nonsquamous NSCLC was the most frequent histological subtype. Cohorts were homogeneous. The follow-up time was 116 ± 87.3 days. The median PFS was 84 days (95% CI 39-300) for patients treated with nivolumab and 61 days (95% CI 48-76) for patients treated with docetaxel. The risk of progression was 60% lower for patients treated with nivolumab (HR 0.40; 95% CI 0.16-0.97; p = 0.043) compared to patients receiving docetaxel. Among the patients treated with docetaxel, the median OS was 129 days (95% CI 106-300). More than 50% of the patients treated with nivolumab were alive at the end of the follow-up period; nevertheless, the risk difference was not statistically significant (HR 0.55; 95% CI 0.20-1.51; p = 0.244). CONCLUSION: NSCLC patients treated with nivolumab as second-line therapy had a longer PFS compared to patients treated with docetaxel in a health care environment.


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Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use , Antineoplastic Agents/therapeutic use , Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/drug therapy , Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy , Taxoids/therapeutic use , Aged , Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/mortality , Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/pathology , Disease-Free Survival , Docetaxel , Female , Humans , Kaplan-Meier Estimate , Lung Neoplasms/mortality , Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Staging , Nivolumab , Proportional Hazards Models , Retrospective Studies , Treatment Outcome
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