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接受程序性细胞死亡-1 抑制剂治疗的癌症患者中的肺炎和肺炎相关死亡:一项系统综述和荟萃分析

 

Authors Cui P, Ma J, Wang F, Zhang J, Tao H, Hu Y

Received 14 June 2017

Accepted for publication 31 July 2017

Published 25 September 2017 Volume 2017:13 Pages 1259—1271

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S143939

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Review by Single-blind

Peer reviewers approved by Dr Hoa Le

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Editor who approved publication: Professor Deyun Wang

Purpose: We conducted a meta-analysis of published clinical trials to determine the relationship between the risks of pneumonitis and pneumonitis-related death and programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor treatment in patients with cancer.
Materials and methods: We examined clinical trials from the Medline and Google Scholar databases. Data from original studies and review articles were also cross-referenced and evaluated. Randomized Phase II and Phase III trials of pembrolizumab and nivolumab treatment in patients with cancer were eligible for the analysis. Information about the participants, all-grade and high-grade pneumonitis, and pneumonitis-related death was extracted from each study and analyzed.
Results: After the exclusion of ineligible studies, 12 clinical trials were included in the analysis. The odds ratio (OR) for all-grade pneumonitis after PD-1 inhibitor treatment was 4.59 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.51–8.37; P <0.00001), and the OR for high-grade pneumonitis after PD-1 inhibitor treatment was 3.83 (95% CI: 1.54–9.48; =0.004). The OR for pneumonitis-related death after PD-1 inhibitor treatment was 2.47 (95% CI: 0.41–14.81; =0.32). Moreover, the OR for all-grade pneumonitis after nivolumab/ipilimumab combination therapy versus nivolumab monotherapy was 3.54 (95% CI: 1.52–8.23; =0.003), and that for high-grade pneumonitis after nivolumab/ipilimumab combination therapy versus nivolumab monotherapy was 2.35 (95% CI: 0.45–12.13; =0.31). Treated cancer appeared to have no effect on the risk of pneumonitis.
Conclusion: Our data showed that PD-1 inhibitors were associated with increased risks of all-grade and high-grade pneumonitis compared with chemotherapy or placebo controls in patients with cancer. However, we noted no significant difference between patients treated with a PD-1 inhibitor and patients treated with control regimens with respect to the risk of pneumonitis-related death.
Keywords: nivolumab, pembrolizumab, PD-1 inhibitors, immune mediated pneumonitis