Weighing the role of skeletal muscle mass and muscle density in cancer patients receiving PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors: a multicenter real-life study.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
29 01 2020
Historique:
received: 25 09 2019
accepted: 13 01 2020
entrez: 31 1 2020
pubmed: 31 1 2020
medline: 14 7 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Sarcopenia represents one of the hallmarks of all chronic diseases, including cancer, and was already investigated as a prognostic marker in the pre-immunotherapy era. Sarcopenia can be evaluated using cross-sectional image analysis of CT-scans, at the level of the third lumbar vertebra (L3), to estimate the skeletal muscle index (SMI), a surrogate of skeletal muscle mass, and to evaluate the skeletal muscle density (SMD). We performed a retrospective analysis of consecutive advanced cancer patient treated with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors. Baseline SMI and SMD were evaluated and optimal cut-offs for survival, according to sex and BMI (+/-25) were computed. The evaluated clinical outcomes were: objective response rate (ORR), immune-related adverse events (irAEs), progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). From April 2015 to April 2019, 100 consecutive advanced cancer patients were evaluated. 50 (50%) patients had a baseline low SMI, while 51 (51%) had a baseline low SMD according to the established cut offs. We found a significant association between SMI and ECOG-PS (p = 0.0324), while no correlations were found regarding SMD and baseline clinical factors. The median follow-up was 20.3 months. Patients with low SMI had a significantly shorter PFS (HR = 1.66 [95% CI: 1.05-2.61]; p = 0.0291) at univariate analysis, but not at the multivariate analysis. They also had a significantly shorter OS (HR = 2.19 [95% CI: 1.31-3.64]; p = 0.0026). The multivariate analysis confirmed baseline SMI as an independent predictor for OS (HR = 2.19 [1.31-3.67]; p = 0.0027). We did not find significant relationships between baseline SMD and clinical outcomes, nor between ORR, irAEs and baseline SMI (data not shown). Low SMI is associated with shortened survival in advanced cancer patients treated with PD1/PDL1 checkpoint inhibitors. However, the lack of an association between SMI and clinical response suggests that sarcopenia may be generally prognostic in this setting rather than specifically predictive of response to immunotherapy.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31996766
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-58498-2
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-58498-2
pmc: PMC6989679
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological 0
B7-H1 Antigen 0
CD274 protein, human 0
PDCD1 protein, human 0
Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Multicenter Study

Langues

eng

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Auteurs

Alessio Cortellini (A)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. alessiocortellini@gmail.com.
Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. alessiocortellini@gmail.com.

Federico Bozzetti (F)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

Pierpaolo Palumbo (P)

Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Radiology Department, St. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy.

Davide Brocco (D)

Clinical Oncology Unit, S.S. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy.

Pietro Di Marino (P)

Clinical Oncology Unit, S.S. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy.

Nicola Tinari (N)

Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.

Michele De Tursi (M)

Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.

Veronica Agostinelli (V)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Leonardo Patruno (L)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Cristina Valdesi (C)

Department of neuroscience, Imaging and clinical Science, University G.D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy.

Manuela Mereu (M)

Section of Integrated Imaging and Radiological Therapies, Department of Neuroscience, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.

Lucilla Verna (L)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Paola Lanfiuti Baldi (P)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Olga Venditti (O)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Katia Cannita (K)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Carlo Masciocchi (C)

Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Radiology Department, St. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy.

Antonio Barile (A)

Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Radiology Department, St. Salvatore Hospital, L'Aquila, Italy.

Jennifer Leigh McQuade (JL)

Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Corrado Ficorella (C)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

Giampiero Porzio (G)

Medical Oncology, San Salvatore Hospital, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.

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