| Literature DB >> 31456143 |
Ariane Steindl1,2, Franziska Schlieter1,2, Thomas Klikovits2,3, Elena Leber1,2, Brigitte Gatterbauer2,4, Josa M Frischer2,4, Karin Dieckmann2,5, Georg Widhalm2,4, Sabine Zöchbauer-Müller1,2, Mir Ali Reza Hoda2,3, Matthias Preusser1,2, Anna S Berghoff6,7.
Abstract
PURPOSES: Brain metastases (BM) are a frequent complication in small cell lung cancer (SCLC), resulting in a reduced survival prognosis. Precise prognostic assessment is an important foundation for treatment decisions and clinical trial planning.Entities:
Keywords: Neurological symptom; Prognostic factors; Prognostic scores; SCLC brain metastases; Synchronous diagnosis of BM and primary tumor
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31456143 PMCID: PMC6775039 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-019-03269-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurooncol ISSN: 0167-594X Impact factor: 4.130
Clinical and patient’s characteristics
| Characteristics at BM diagnosis | Entire population (n = 489) | |
|---|---|---|
| n | % | |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 304 | 62.2 |
| Female | 185 | 37.8 |
| Median age at BM diagnosis | 61(38–89) | |
| Median time from diagnosis of SCLC to BM development (range) | 5 (0–102) | |
| Status of SCLC at BM diagnosis | ||
| Synchronous diagnosis of extracranial metastases and BM | 198 | 40.5% |
| Stable disease | 112 | 22.9% |
| Progressive disease | 102 | 20.9% |
| Complete response | 3 | 0.6% |
| Partial response | 61 | 12.5% |
| No evidence of extracranial disease after surgical resection of SCLC | 13 | 2.7% |
| Synchronous diagnosis of extracranial metastases and BM | ||
| Yes | 156 | 31.9% |
| No | 333 | 68.1% |
| Median Karnofsky Performance Score | 80 (10–100) | |
| Neurological symptoms | ||
| Present | 340 | 69.5% |
| Absent (diagnosis during screening) | 149 | 30.5% |
| Neurological deficits | ||
| Present | 297 | 60.7% |
| Absent | 192 | 39.3% |
| Signs of increased intracranial pressure | ||
| Present | 122 | 24.9% |
| Absent | 367 | 75.1% |
| Seizures | ||
| Present | 66 | 13.5% |
| Absent | 423 | 86.5% |
| Number of neurological signs at BM diagnosis | ||
| 1 | 201 | 41.1% |
| ≥ 2 | 139 | 28.4% |
| Characteristics after BM diagnosis | ||
| First line treatment of BM | ||
| SRS | 212 | 43.4% |
| Chemotherapy | 8 | 1.6% |
| Surgery | 75 | 15.3% |
| WBRT | 176 | 36.0% |
| Best supportive Care | 18 | 3.7% |
| Systemic progression after first line BM treatment | ||
| Yes | 248 | 50.7% |
| No | 241 | 49.3% |
| Median time from first BM treatment to systemic progression in months (range) | 3 (0–91) | |
| Intracranial progression after first line BM treatment | ||
| Yes | 204 | 41.7% |
| No | 285 | 58.3% |
| Median time from first BM treatment to intracranial progression in months (range) | 7 (0–77) | |
| Status at last follow-up | ||
| Deceased | 444 | 90.8% |
| Alive | 45 | 9.2% |
| Median overall survival from diagnosis of BM (range) | 6 (0–264) | |
BM brain metastasis, SCLC small cell lung cancer, PCI Prophylactic cranial irradiation, SRS Stereotactic radiosurgery, WBRT Whole brain radiation therapy
Fig. 1Clinical characteristics during the course of SCLC disease including (a) brain metastatic free survival in extended compared to limited disease SCLC according disease status at SCLC diagnosis (b) patient’s characteristics at BM diagnosis (c) first line treatment at diagnosis of BM (d) end of life disease status (e) overall survival according to synchronous compared to subsequent diagnosis of BM
Clinical characteristics associated with OS
| Characteristics | Entire population (n = 489) | |
|---|---|---|
| OS (median) in months | p-value | |
| Year of diagnosis | ||
| > 2000 | 7 | 0.056 |
| ≤ 2000 | 6 | |
| Synchronous diagnosis of SCLC and BM | 0.008 | |
| Yes | 9 | |
| No | 5 | |
| Neurological symptoms | 0.022 | |
| Yes | 5 | |
| No | 7 | |
| Neurological deficits | 0.001 | |
| Yes | 5 | |
| No | 8 | |
| Signs of increased intracranial pressure | 0.692 | |
| Yes | 6 | |
| No | 6 | |
| Seizures | 0.828 | |
| Yes | 5 | |
| No | 7 | |
| Symptomatic burden | 0.373 | |
| High | 5 | |
| Low | 6 | |
| First line treatment approach | < 0.001 | |
| WBRT | 5 | |
| SRS | 7 | |
| Neurosurgical resection | 11 | |
BM brain metastasis, OS overall survival, SCLC small cell lung cancer, SRS Stereotactic radiosurgery, WBRT Whole brain radiation therapy
Fig. 2Overall survival according to (a) age at BM diagnosis (b) KPS at BM diagnosis (c) presence of extracranial disease at BM diagnosis (d) number of BM at diagnosis (e) year of BM diagnosis (f) first-line BM treatment approaches
Fig. 3Overall survival according to (a) presence of neurological symptoms at BM diagnosis (b) presence of neurological deficits at BM diagnosis (c) RPA classes (d) GPA-classes (e) DS-GPA-classes (f) LabBM score groups
Survival analysis according to prognostic scores
| Prognostic scores | n | Entire population (n = 489) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | OS (median) in months | p-value | HR | 95% CI | |||
| RPA | < 0.001 | 1.66 | 1.44 | 1.91 | |||
| Class I | 115 | 23.5 | 12 | ||||
| Class II | 268 | 54.8 | 7 | ||||
| Class III | 106 | 21.7 | 3 | ||||
| DS-GPA | < 0.001 | 1.60 | 1.43 | 1.80 | |||
| Class I | 23 | 4.7 | 13 | ||||
| Class II | 146 | 29.9 | 10 | ||||
| Class III | 188 | 38.4 | 6 | ||||
| Class IV | 132 | 27.0 | 3 | ||||
| GPA | < 0.001 | 1.65 | 1.44 | 1.89 | |||
| Class I | 23 | 4.7 | 13 | ||||
| Class II | 54 | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Class III | 278 | 56.9 | 7 | ||||
| Class IV | 134 | 27 | 3 | ||||
| Lab-BM | < 0.001 | 1.69 | 1.37 | 2.09 | |||
| Low | 82 | 49.7 | 11 | ||||
| Medium | 54 | 32.7 | 4 | ||||
| High | 29 | 17.6 | 3 | ||||
CI Confidence interval, RPA recursive partitioning analysis, GPA graded prognostic assessments, DS-GPA diagnostic-specific graded prognostic assessments, HR hazard ratio, OS overall survival