Immune-related Liver Injury is a Poor Prognostic Factor in Patients with Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Takafumi Yamamoto, Takanori Ito, Tetsunari Hase, Masatoshi Ishigami, Kazuyuki Mizuno, Kenta Yamamoto, Norihiro Imai, Yoji Ishizu, Takashi Honda, Hirofumi Shibata, Takahiro Hatta, Naoyuki Yogo, Satoshi Yasuda, Hidenori Toyoda, Takashi Abe, Hiroki Kawashima, Naozumi Hashimoto, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

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Abstract

It remains unclear whether severe liver immune-related adverse events (liver-irAEs) can affect the prognosis in nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients. Of the 365 NSCLC patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), 19 suffered from severe liver-irAEs (grade ≥3). The median time-to-onset of liver-irAEs was 53 days postinjection of the first ICI. The progression-free survival and overall survival of the liver-irAEs group (median 69 and 262 days, respectively) were significantly worse than the nonliver-irAEs group (128 and 722 days; P = 0.010 and P = 0.007; respectively). In conclusion, liver-irAEs were associated with poor prognosis in NSCLC patients.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)189-198
Number of pages10
JournalCancer Investigation
Volume40
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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