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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