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Prognostic value of baseline and early treatment response of neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, C-reactive protein, and lactate dehydrogenase in non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy

Authors
 MinDong Sung  ;  Won Seok Jang  ;  Hae Reong Kim  ;  Ji Ae Park  ;  Sun Min Lim  ;  Hye Ryun Kim  ;  Byoung Chul Cho  ;  Yu Rang Park  ;  Min Hee Hong 
Citation
 TRANSLATIONAL LUNG CANCER RESEARCH, Vol.12(7) : 1506-1516, 2023-07 
Journal Title
TRANSLATIONAL LUNG CANCER RESEARCH
ISSN
 2218-6751 
Issue Date
2023-07
Keywords
C-reactive protein (CRP) ; Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ; immunotherapy ; lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) ; neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR)
Abstract
Background: Not all non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients will benefit from immune checkpoint therapy and use of these medications carry serious autoimmune adverse effects. Therefore, biomarkers are needed to better identify patients who will benefit from its use. Here, the correlation of overall survival (OS) with baseline and early treatment period serum biomarker responses was evaluated in patients with NSCLC undergoing immunotherapy.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with NSCLC undergoing immunotherapy (n=597) at a tertiary academic medical center in South Korea were identified between January 2010 and November 2021. The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), C-reactive protein (CRP), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels in the survival and non-survival groups were examined at baseline and early treatment periods. Additionally, aberrant laboratory parameters at each period were used to stratify survival curves and examine their correlation with one-year OS.

Results: In the non-survival group, the NLR, CRP, and LDH levels at the early treatment period were higher than those at the baseline (P<0.001). The survival curves stratified based on aberrant laboratory findings in each period varied (log-rank test P<0.001). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that having prescribed more than 3rd line of chemotherapy [hazard ratio (HR) =3.19, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04-9.82; P=0.043] and early treatment period CRP (HR =3.88; 95% CI: 1.55-9.72; P=0.004) and LDH (HR =4.04; 95% CI: 2.01-8.12; P<0.001) levels were significant predictors of one-year OS.

Conclusions: Early treatment period CRP and LDH levels were significant predictors of OS in patients with NSCLC undergoing immunotherapy.
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DOI
10.21037/tlcr-23-7
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Biomedical Systems Informatics (의생명시스템정보학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Hye Ryun(김혜련) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1842-9070
Park, Yu Rang(박유랑) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4210-2094
Sung, MinDong(성민동) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5217-8877
Lim, Sun Min(임선민)
Cho, Byoung Chul(조병철) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5562-270X
Hong, Min Hee(홍민희) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3490-2195
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/196400
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