Breast Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Affiliated Hospital of Qinghai University & Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Qinghai University, Xining 810000, China.
Graduate School of Qinghai University & Qinghai Provincial People's Hospital, Xining 810000, China.
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2021 Dec;168:103530. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2021.103530. Epub 2021 Nov 18.
One of the front treatment regimens used for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) is treatment with programmed death-1 (PD-1) or programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) blockade combine with chemotherapy. However, the results of such studies have been controversial.
A systematic searched of PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and the proceedings of the last 5 years of several meetings until February 18, 2021. The primary endpoint was the progression-free survival (PFS) of PD-L1-positive patients treated with PD1/PD-L1 blockade plus chemotherapy compare with chemotherapy.
Overall, 4 studies that included a total of 3007 mTNBC patients were analyzed in this meta-analysis. PFS was significantly improved in the PD1/PD-L1 blockade plus chemotherapy group compared with the chemotherapy group in PD-L1-positive mTNBC patients (hazard ratios, (HR), 0.69; 95% CI, 0.59-0.80; P < .001), also in intention-to-treat (ITT) population (HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.74-0.90; P < .001). However, no significant benefit in overall survival (OS) was observed regardless of PD-L1 status or ITT population. The immunotherapy plus chemotherapy has higher adverse events (AEs) compared with chemotherapy (all AEs, Odds ratios (ORs), 2.33; 95% CI, 1.50-3.62; P < .001; grade 3-5 AEs, OR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.04-1.55; P = .019).
This meta-analysis showed that the addition of PD1/PD-L1 blockade to chemotherapy improved PFS in PD-L1 positive mTNBC patients, also in the ITT population. However, no significant benefit in OS was observed in patients of PD-L1 positive or in the ITT population after adding PD1/PD-L1 blockade. We found a higher rate of AEs with the addition of PD1/PD-L1 blockers to chemotherapy.
转移性三阴性乳腺癌(mTNBC)的一线治疗方案之一是使用程序性死亡受体-1(PD-1)或程序性死亡配体-1(PD-L1)阻断剂联合化疗。然而,这些研究的结果存在争议。
系统检索了 PubMed、Embase、Cochrane 图书馆以及过去 5 年的几次会议记录,检索时间截至 2021 年 2 月 18 日。主要终点是 PD-L1 阳性患者接受 PD1/PD-L1 阻断剂联合化疗与单纯化疗相比的无进展生存期(PFS)。
共有 4 项研究共纳入 3007 例 mTNBC 患者,对这些研究进行了荟萃分析。在 PD-L1 阳性 mTNBC 患者中,PD1/PD-L1 阻断剂联合化疗组的 PFS 明显优于化疗组(风险比(HR)为 0.69;95%CI,0.59-0.80;P<0.001),在意向治疗(ITT)人群中也是如此(HR,0.82;95%CI,0.74-0.90;P<0.001)。然而,无论 PD-L1 状态或 ITT 人群,均未观察到总生存期(OS)的显著获益。免疫治疗联合化疗与单纯化疗相比,不良反应(AE)发生率更高(所有 AE,优势比(OR)为 2.33;95%CI,1.50-3.62;P<0.001;3-5 级 AE,OR,1.27;95%CI,1.04-1.55;P=0.019)。
本荟萃分析表明,在 PD-L1 阳性 mTNBC 患者中,PD1/PD-L1 阻断剂联合化疗可改善 PFS,在 ITT 人群中也是如此。然而,在 PD-L1 阳性患者或 ITT 人群中,加入 PD1/PD-L1 阻断剂并未观察到 OS 的显著获益。我们发现,加入 PD1/PD-L1 阻滞剂后 AE 发生率更高。