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ArticleRadiology and oncology2021

Clinical outcomes in stage III non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with durvalumab after sequential or concurrent platinum-based chemoradiotherapy - single institute experience.

Martina Vrankar, Karmen Stanic, Stasa Jelercic, Eva Ciric, Ana Lina Vodusek, Jasna But-Hadzic

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Article in Radiology and oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Martina VrankarInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Department of Radiotherapy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Karmen StanicInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Department of Radiotherapy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Stasa JelercicInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Department of Radiotherapy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Eva CiricInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Department of Radiotherapy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Ana Lina VodusekInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Department of Radiotherapy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jasna But-HadzicInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana, Department of Radiotherapy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Institute of Oncology Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChemoradiotherapy (ChT-RT) followed by 12-month durvalumab is the new standard treatment for unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer. Survival data for patients from everyday routine clinical practice is scarce, as well as potential impact on treatment efficacy of sequential or concomitant chemotherapy and the usage of gemcitabine. PATIENTS AND

methodsWe retrospectively analysed unresectable stage III NSCLC patients who were treated with durvalumab after radical concurrent or sequential chemotherapy (ChT) from December 2017 and completed treatment until December 2020. We assessed progression free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and toxicity regarding baseline characteristic of patients.

resultsEighty-five patients with median age of 63 years of which 70.6% were male, 56.5% in stage IIIB and 58.8% with squamous cell carcinoma, were included in the analysis. Thirty-one patients received sequential ChT only, 51 patients received induction and concurrent ChT and 3 patients received concurrent ChT only. Seventy-nine patients (92.9%) received gemcitabine and cisplatin as induction chemotherapy and switched to etoposide and cisplatin during concurrent treatment with radiotherapy (RT). Patients started durvalumab after a median of 57 days (range 12-99 days) from the end of the RT and were treated with the median of 10.8 (range 0.5-12 months) months. Forty-one patients (48.2%) completed treatment with planned 12-month therapy, 25 patients (29.4%) completed treatment early due to the toxicity and 16 patients (18.8%) due to the disease progression. Median PFS was 22.0 months, 12- and estimated 24-month PFS were 71% (95% CI: 61.2-80.8%) and 45.8% (95% CI: 32.7-58.9%). With the median follow-up time of 23 months (range 2-35 months), median OS has not been reached. Twelve- and estimated 24-month OS were 86.7% (95% CI: 79.5-93.9%) and 68.6% (95% CI: 57.2-79.9%).

conclusionsOur survival data are comparable with published research as well as with recently published real-world reports. Additionally, the regimen with gemcitabine and platinum-based chemotherapy as induction treatment was efficient and well tolerated.

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Antibodies, MonoclonalCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung NeoplasmsChemoradiotherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPlatinumRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, MonoclonaldurvalumabPlatinumchemoradiotherapydurvalumabnon-small cell lung cancerstage III

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