Yanwei Zhang, Bo Jin, Yuqing Lou, Rong Li, Xueyan Zhang, Song Hu, Baohui Han
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic China.
J Cancer Res Ther. 2016 Jan-Mar;12(1):254-8. doi: 10.4103/0973-1482.153666.
Not all the patients harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations have a clinical response after the treatment of EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). The purpose of the present study was to find whether the baseline carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels were associated with the efficacy of EGFR-TKI in patients harboring EGFR mutations.
Clinical features, serum tumor marker levels, and survival time were analyzed, retrospectively, in 200 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harboring EGFR mutations treated with EGFR-TKI.
The total objective response rate (ORR) is 44.0% and disease control rate is 84.5%. The disease control rate in the patients with high CEA levels was significantly higher than that with low CEA levels (88.3 vs 74.5%, P = 0.029). There was no significant difference in progression-free survival (PFS) between high (≥5 ng/ml) and normal CEA groups (< ng/ml; 12.0 vs 8.3m, and P = 0.055). The PFS in patients with higher CEA levels (≥ 20 ng/ml) was longer than in patients with lower CEA levels (< ng/ml; 12.8 vs 8.7m, P = 0.016). Multivariate analysis shows that high CEA level (> ng/ml) were independent predictive factors for PFS (HR = 1.412, 93% CI: 1.042-1.913, P = 0.026).
Baseline serum CEA levels can serve as predictive factors for the treatment of EGFR-TKI in NSCLC patients harboring EGFR mutations.
并非所有携带表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)突变的患者在接受EGFR酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKI)治疗后都有临床反应。本研究的目的是探讨基线癌胚抗原(CEA)水平是否与携带EGFR突变患者的EGFR-TKI疗效相关。
回顾性分析200例接受EGFR-TKI治疗的携带EGFR突变的非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者的临床特征、血清肿瘤标志物水平和生存时间。
总客观缓解率(ORR)为44.0%,疾病控制率为84.5%。CEA水平高的患者疾病控制率显著高于CEA水平低的患者(88.3%对74.5%,P = 0.029)。高CEA水平(≥5 ng/ml)组与正常CEA水平组(< ng/ml)的无进展生存期(PFS)无显著差异(12.0对8.3个月,P = 0.055)。CEA水平较高(≥20 ng/ml)的患者的PFS长于CEA水平较低(< ng/ml)的患者(12.8对8.7个月,P = 0.016)。多因素分析显示,高CEA水平(> ng/ml)是PFS的独立预测因素(HR = 1.412,93%CI:1.042 - 1.913,P = 0.026)。
基线血清CEA水平可作为携带EGFR突变的NSCLC患者EGFR-TKI治疗的预测因素。