| Literature DB >> 31874675 |
Guoqiang Pan1, Yun Fan2.
Abstract
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), including programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1)/ligand (PD-L1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) monoclonal antibody, have been approved for the treatment of multiple advanced malignant tumors, on account of its ideal antitumor activity. For patients receiving ICIs treatment, glucocorticoid intervention and treatment are often applied because of some complications associated with tumor, immunotherapy-related adverse reactions, and pretreatment before immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy. However, excessive physiological dose of glucocorticoid has a certain immunosuppressive effect, which may even affect the curative efficacy of ICIs. Thus, there are controversies about the use of steroids in patients receiving ICIs treatment. In this article, we reviewed the progress of steroids effect on the efficacy of ICIs.Entities:
Keywords: Checkpoint inhibitors; Immunotherapy; Steroids
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31874675 PMCID: PMC6935042 DOI: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2019.12.09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi ISSN: 1009-3419
GC用于irAEs管理对ICIs的疗效影响分析
Analysis of the steroid effect on ICIs efficacy for the management of irAEs
| Author | Study design | Tumors | ICIs | With/no steroids given | Steroid effect on ICIs efficacy | Detailed description |
| NSCLC: non-small cell lung cancer; OS: overall survival; PFS: progression-free survival; HR: hazard ratio; ORR: overall response rate; TTF: time to treatment failure; DoR: duration of response; irAEs: immune-related adverse events. | ||||||
| Horvat | Retrospective | Melanoma | Ipilimumab | 80/182 | No | No difference in OS ( |
| Johnson | Retrospective | Melanoma | Ipilimumab | 12 /21 | No | No difference in OS ( |
| Weber | Retrospective | Melanoma | Nivolumab | 114/462 | No | No difference in ORR ( |
| Downey | Joint analysis of 2 prospective trials | Melanoma | Ipilimumab ±peptide vaccines | Responders: 12/11 | No | No DoR difference in responders who did and did not receive steroids ( |
| Shafqat | Retrospective | NSCLC (49) Melanoma (49) Renal cell carcinoma (30) Head and neck cancer (19) Other (16) | Nivolumab Pembrolizumab Atezolizumab | 21/136 | Improved PFS in all patients and no effect in responders | Patients who received corticosteroid treatment for their irAEs have improved PFS (HR=0.38, |
| Faje | Retrospective | Melanoma | Ipilimumab | 64/217 | Improved OS | Patients who developed hypophysitis (receive steroids) had improved OS (median OS: 28.2 months versus 9.5 months; HR=0.53, |