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ArticleTherapeutic advances in medical oncology2022

Adjunctive PD-1 inhibitor

Edgar Theodore Polintan, Stephanie Krystel Canicula, Jesus Alfonso Catahay, Kevin Bryan Lo, Miguel Villalona-Calero, Herbert Ho-Fung Loong

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Article in Therapeutic advances in medical oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 51% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Edgar Theodore PolintanFaculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Blk 15, Lot 13, Brgy. Dagatan, Mt. Malarayat Golf and Residential Estate, Lipa, Batangas, 4217, Philippines.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0568-3472
Stephanie Krystel CaniculaFaculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines.
Jesus Alfonso CatahayDepartment of Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Kevin Bryan LoDepartment of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Sidney Kimmel College of Medicine Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Miguel Villalona-CaleroDepartment of Medical Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA.
Herbert Ho-Fung LoongDepartment of Clinical Oncology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
University of Santo Tomas · PHChinese University of Hong Kong · HKCity Of Hope National Medical Center · USSaint Peter's University Hospital · USThomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To investigate whether Adjunctive PD-1 inhibitors have improved clinical outcomes compared to chemotherapy alone in platinum-pretreated and platinum-naive recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma (R/M NPCA). Methods: The study involved a literature search from PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Google Scholar for randomized clinical trials (RCTs) on the use of PD-1 inhibitors Results: Four RCTs were included in the meta-analysis and systematic review. OS for the monotherapy subgroup was a HR of 0.87 [0.67, 1.13] ( Conclusion: Combination PD-1 inhibitor + chemotherapy followed by maintenance PD-1 inhibitor therapy is superior to chemotherapy alone in the first-line treatment of R/M NPCA, implying a potential benefit with the use of PD-1 inhibitors + chemotherapy with maintenance PD-1 inhibitors as first-line in R/M NPCA compared to standard chemotherapy alone.

Indexed as

anti-PD-1checkpoint inhibitorchemotherapymetastasisnasopharyngeal carcinoma

Identifiers

PMID36407786
PMCPMC9666866
OpenAlexW4309660132

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