Treatment rationale and design of the PROLONG study: safety and efficacy of pembrolizumab as first-line therapy for elderly patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Pembrolizumab elderly patient non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Journal

Journal of thoracic disease
ISSN: 2072-1439
Titre abrégé: J Thorac Dis
Pays: China
ID NLM: 101533916

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2020
Historique:
entrez: 11 4 2020
pubmed: 11 4 2020
medline: 11 4 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Pembrolizumab is recommended as first-line therapy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and a Programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) tumor proportion score (TPS) of ≥50% without driver mutations. However, the safety and efficacy were not investigated among patients who were ≥75 years old. This open-label single-arm phase II study is designed to evaluate pembrolizumab as first-line therapy for patients who are ≥75 years old with advanced NSCLC and a PD-L1 TPS of ≥50% without driver mutations. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival, and the secondary endpoints are overall survival, objective response rate, safety, and quality of life. Recruitment started in October 2017 and is expected to continue for approximately 3 years. Given the currently poor prognosis of elderly patients with advanced NSCLC, we hope that the findings of this study will facilitate more effective treatment in this setting.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Pembrolizumab is recommended as first-line therapy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and a Programmed cell death ligand-1 (PD-L1) tumor proportion score (TPS) of ≥50% without driver mutations. However, the safety and efficacy were not investigated among patients who were ≥75 years old.
METHODS METHODS
This open-label single-arm phase II study is designed to evaluate pembrolizumab as first-line therapy for patients who are ≥75 years old with advanced NSCLC and a PD-L1 TPS of ≥50% without driver mutations. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival, and the secondary endpoints are overall survival, objective response rate, safety, and quality of life. Recruitment started in October 2017 and is expected to continue for approximately 3 years.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Given the currently poor prognosis of elderly patients with advanced NSCLC, we hope that the findings of this study will facilitate more effective treatment in this setting.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32274176
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.12.46
pii: jtd-12-03-1079
pmc: PMC7139059
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1079-1084

Informations de copyright

2020 Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Auteurs

Takeshi Masuda (T)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Kazunori Fujitaka (K)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Nobuhisa Ishikawa (N)

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital, 1-5-54 Ujinakanda, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8530, Japan.

Kikuo Nakano (K)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Kure Medical Center, 3-1 Aoyama, Kure, 737-0023, Japan.

Masahiro Yamasaki (M)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital & Atomic-bomb Survivors Hospital, 1-9-6 Sendamachi Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-8619, Japan.

Souichi Kitaguchi (S)

Department of Medical Oncology, Hiroshima City Asa Citizens' Hospital, 2-1-1 Kabeminami, Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, 731-0293, Japan.

Ken Masuda (K)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, 7-33 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-8518, Japan.

Kakuhiro Yamaguchi (K)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Shinjiro Sakamoto (S)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Yasushi Horimasu (Y)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Shigeo Kawase (S)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Kure Kyosai Hospital, 2-3-28 Nishichuo, Kure, 737-8505, Japan.

Shintaro Miyamoto (S)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Taku Nakashima (T)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Hiroshi Iwamoto (H)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Naoki Shiota (N)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Chugoku Rosai Hospital, 1-5-1 Hirotakaya, Kure, 737-0193, Japan.

Tadashi Senoo (T)

Department of Clinical Oncology, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Yoshikazu Awaya (Y)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Miyoshi Central Hospital, 10531 Higashisakaya, Miyoshi, 728-8502, Japan.

Tomohiro Kondo (T)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, JA Hiroshima General Hospital, 1-3-3 jigozen, Hatsukaichi, 738-8503, Japan.

Takashi Yoshida (T)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, JA Onomichi General Hospital, 1-10-23, Hirahara, Onomichi, 722-8508, Japan.

Hironobu Hamada (H)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

Isao Murakami (I)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Higashihiroshima Medical Center, 513, Jike, Higashihiroshima, 739-0041, Japan.

Noboru Hattori (N)

Department of Respiratory Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.

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