Trial reportAnti-cancer drugs2020
Prognostic value of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in enteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Trial report in Anti-cancer drugs, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00353496 (Phase III, Randomised, Double-blind, Stratified Comparative, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Multi-centre Study to Assess the Effect of Deep Subcutaneous Injections of Lanreotide Autogel 120mg Administered Every 28 Days on Tumour Progression Free Survival in Patients With Non-functioning Entero-pancreatic Endocrine Tumour), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Phase III, Randomised, Double-blind, Stratified Comparative, Placebo Controlled, Parallel Group, Multi-centre Study to Assess the Effect of Deep Subcutaneous Injections of Lanreotide Autogel 120mg Administered Every 28 Days on Tumour Progression Free Survival in Patients With Non-functioning Entero-pancreatic Endocrine Tumour
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient characteristics and prognostic factors in advanced treatment lines in metastatic neuroendocrine tumors.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between the Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio, The Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio, and Cardiac Syndrome X.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2022Article
- The Neutrophil-to-Monocyte Ratio and Lymphocyte-to-Neutrophil Ratio at Admission Predict In-Hospital Mortality in Mexican Patients with Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection (Covid-19).Microorganisms · 2020Article
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15 authors at 13 institutions in 9 countries.
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Abstract
Accessible prognostic tools are needed to individualize treatment of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). Data suggest neutrophil/lymphocyte ratios (NLRs) have prognostic value in some solid tumors, including NETs. In the randomized double-blind CLARINET study (NCT00353496; EudraCT 2005-004904-35), the somatostatin analog lanreotide autogel/depot increased progression-free survival (PFS) compared with placebo in patients with inoperable or metastatic intestinal and pancreatic NETs (grades 1-2, Ki-67 < 10%). The exploratory post-hoc analyses presented here evaluated the prognostic value of NLR in the CLARINET study cohort, in the context of and independently from treatment. Kaplan-Meier PFS plots were generated for patients with available NLR data, in subgroups based on NLR values, and 24-month survival rates were calculated. P values and hazard ratios for prognostic effects were generated using Cox models. 31216222 Baseline characteristics were balanced between lanreotide autogel/depot 120 mg (n = 100) and placebo (n = 101) arms. Irrespective of treatment, raw 24-month PFS rates were comparable across subgroups based on NLR tertiles [37.3% (low), 38.8% (middle), 38.8% (high); n = 67 per group] and NLR cutoff of 4 [38.1% (NLR ≤ 4; n = 176), 40.0% (NLR > 4; n = 25)]. Furthermore, NLRs were not prognostic in Cox models, irrespective of subgroups used. The therapeutic effect of lanreotide autogel/depot 120 mg was independent of NLRs (P > 0.1). These exploratory post-hoc analyses in patients with advanced intestinal and pancreatic NETs contrast with previous data suggesting NLR has prognostic potential in NETs. This may reflect the inclusion of patients with lower-grade tumors or use of higher NLR cutoff values in the current analysis.
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