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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 634-640Publisher
SPRINGER JAPAN KK
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-018-1250-2
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR); Nivolumab; Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC); Progression-free survival (PFS); Immune-related adverse event (irAE)
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There is an unmet need to identify markers that predict the response to nivolumab in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) was recently recognized as an indicator of a poor prognosis in patients with various cancers. In the present study, we quantified the predictive impact of NLR in patients with NSCLC treated with nivolumab. We retrospectively analyzed 101 patients with advanced NSCLC treated with nivolumab at Kansai Medical University Hospital from December 2015 to December 2016. Patients were administered nivolumab at a dose of 3 mg/kg every 2 weeks. The predictive value of NLR for disease progression before treatment and 2 and 4 weeks after nivolumab treatment was assessed. The median progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with an NLR of < 3 before treatment was 3.4 months, whereas that of patients with an NLR of >= 3 was 2.9 months (p = 0.484). The median PFS of patients with an NLR of < 3 at 2 weeks after treatment was 5.3 months, whereas that of patients with an NLR of >= 3 was 2.1 months (p = 0.00528). The median PFS of patients with an NLR of < 3 at 4 weeks after treatment was 5.3 months, whereas that of patients with an NLR of >= 3 was 2.0 months (p = 0.00515). The NLR at 2 and 4 weeks after treatment might be a useful marker for the prediction of the treatment response or disease progression in patients with advanced NSCLC receiving nivolumab.
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