Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, United States; Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, 243 Charles St, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Oral Oncol. 2020 Dec;111:105024. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.105024. Epub 2020 Oct 13.
To examine the impact of treatment sequences of Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) and cetuximab on clinical outcomes in patients with recurrent or metastatic (R/M) head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC).
Clinicopathologic data were retrospectively collected on patients with R/M HNSCC who received ICI treatment. Association between treatment sequence and clinical outcomes were assessed.
A total of 113 patients with R/M HNSCC were analyzed. Patients who had cetuximab prior to ICI had worse overall (HR, 1.83) and progression-free survival (HR, 1.76) compare to those without prior cetuximab. Among patients who had subsequent therapy after ICI, cetuximab-based therapy was associated with a trend toward higher response rate and longer survival than non-cetuximab regimen.
Our single institution analysis showed that treatment sequence of cetuximab and ICI in R/M HNSCC may affect clinical outcomes. Cetuximab prior to ICI was associated with worse outcomes while the efficacy of cetuximab may be enhanced after ICI therapy.
研究免疫检查点抑制剂(ICI)和西妥昔单抗治疗顺序对复发性或转移性(R/M)头颈部鳞状细胞癌(HNSCC)患者临床结局的影响。
回顾性收集接受 ICI 治疗的 R/M HNSCC 患者的临床病理数据。评估治疗顺序与临床结局之间的关系。
共分析了 113 例 R/M HNSCC 患者。与未接受西妥昔单抗治疗的患者相比,先接受西妥昔单抗治疗后再接受 ICI 治疗的患者总生存期(HR,1.83)和无进展生存期(HR,1.76)更差。在接受 ICI 治疗后接受后续治疗的患者中,基于西妥昔单抗的治疗方案与更高的缓解率和更长的生存时间相关。
本单中心分析表明,R/M HNSCC 中西妥昔单抗和 ICI 的治疗顺序可能会影响临床结局。ICI 前使用西妥昔单抗与结局较差相关,而 ICI 治疗后西妥昔单抗的疗效可能增强。