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ArticleJournal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997)

First-line Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Versus Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor With Chemotherapy for Cisplatin-ineligible Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: Evidence From a Real-world, Multicenter Analysis.

Chang-Ting Lin, Po-Jung Su, Shih-Yu Huang, Chia-Che Wu, Hung-Jen Wang, Yuan-Tso Cheng, Hao-Lun Luo, Chien-Hsu Chen, Ting-Ting Liu, Chun-Chieh Huang and 1 more

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Article in Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chang-Ting LinDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung.
Po-Jung SuDivision of Hematology Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Taoyuan.
Shih-Yu HuangDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung.
Chia-Che WuDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung.
Hung-Jen WangDepartments of Urology.
Yuan-Tso ChengDepartments of Urology.
Hao-Lun LuoDepartments of Urology.
Chien-Hsu ChenDepartments of Urology.
Ting-Ting LiuPathology.
Chun-Chieh HuangRadiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine.
Yu-Li SuDivision of Hematology Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung.
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are widely used for first-line cisplatin-ineligible patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC). However, whether to use ICIs as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy is still uncertain. We retrospectively analyzed cisplatin-ineligible patients with mUC who underwent first-line ICI monotherapy or ICI plus chemotherapy at 2 medical centers in Taiwan from 2016 to 2021. We calculated the objective response rate, progression-free survival, and overall survival (OS) using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox regression model for multivariable analysis. In total, 130 patients were enrolled and categorized into 2 groups: an ICI monotherapy group [immunotherapy (IO), n=101] and an ICI plus noncisplatin chemotherapy group [immunotherapy and chemotherapy (IC), n=29]. The median OS of patients in the IO and IC groups was 19.5 and 9.7 months ( P =0.33). Among patients with high programmed cell death ligand-1-expressing tumors, the median OS was significantly prolonged in the IO group compared with the IC group (not reached vs. 6.3 mo, P =0.02). First-line ICI monotherapy demonstrated robust antitumor activity in cisplatin-ineligible patients with mUC. Combining noncisplatin chemotherapy with ICI did not improve clinical outcomes.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Transitional CellUrinary Bladder NeoplasmsUrologic NeoplasmsCisplatinHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunologic FactorsLigandsRetrospective StudiesCisplatinImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunologic FactorsLigands

Identifiers

PMID36121316
PMCPMC9528941
OpenAlexW4296330869

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