The failure mode after immunotherapy and clinical prognosis of combined radiotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
10.3760/cma.j.cn113030-20231108-00159
- VernacularTitle:晚期非小细胞肺癌免疫治疗的失败模式及联合放疗的预后
- Author:
Meng ZHOU
1
;
Jing WANG
;
Chunliu MENG
;
Kai REN
;
Xue LI
;
Lujun ZHAO
Author Information
1. 天津医科大学肿瘤医院放疗科，国家肿瘤临床医学研究中心，天津市肿瘤防治重点实验室，天津市恶性肿瘤临床医学研究中心，天津 300060
- Keywords:
Carcinoma, non-small cell lung;
Radiotherapy;
Immunotherapy;
Failure mode
- From:
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology
2024;33(9):804-809
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To analyze the failure mode after immunotherapy and the prognostic significance of combined radiotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Methods:Clinical data of 220 advanced NSCLC patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) as the first-line therapy in Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital from January 2017 to December 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. The baseline characteristics, the first-line treatment regimen, modes and locations of failure, radiotherapy purpose, location and prescription dose of all patients were collected. The main parameter was the overall survival (OS). Survival analysis was conducted by Kaplan-Meier method. Survival comparison was performed by log-rank test.Results:A total of 220 patients were enrolled in the study in which 65 cases (29.5%) exhibited a state of oligometastasis. Among 72 patients who received radiotherapy, 29 cases (40%) received chest radiotherapy and 53 cases (74%) received metastatic radiotherapy. The median follow-up time was 25.6 months. Up to the last follow-up, disease progression had been observed in 140 patients, with 84 patients (38.2%) of them demonstrating a state of oligometastasis. Among 120 patients with disease progression and confirmed location of progression, 62 patients (51.7%) failed in first-line immunotherapy because of the primary lesion progression (mainly in the chest cavity), 34 patients (28.3%) due to the appearance of new metastases, and the remaining 24 patients(20.0%) due to primary lesion progression and new distant metastases. Among 72 patients treated with the first-line immunotherapy combined with local radiotherapy, 17 patients (24%) received planned radiotherapy, another 17 patients (24%) received salvage radiotherapy, and the remaining 38 patients (53%) received radiotherapy to relieve symptoms. The prognosis of patients significantly differed according to the purpose of radiotherapy ( P=0.030). The median OS of patients who did not receive radiotherapy was 29.1 months, those who received planned radiotherapy did not reach the median OS, and the median OS of those who received salvage radiotherapy was 28.7 months, and the median OS of those who received local radiotherapy to relieve symptoms was only 19.0 months. Conclusions:The progression of primary lesions is the main failure mode of the first-line immunotherapy. Chest cavity is the main location of tumor progression. Local radiotherapy for intrathoracic lesions may improve the survival benefit further for advanced NSCLC patients after the first-line immunotherapy.
