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SynthesisCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2023

Complete remissions following immunotherapy or immuno-oncology combinations in cancer patients: the MOUSEION-03 meta-analysis.

Matteo Santoni, Alessandro Rizzo, Jakub Kucharz, Veronica Mollica, Matteo Rosellini, Andrea Marchetti, Elisa Tassinari, Fernando Sabino Marques Monteiro, Andrey Soares, Javier Molina-Cerrillo and 3 more

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Synthesis in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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95citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
35.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

95 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 154 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

13 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Matteo SantoniOncology Unit, Macerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
Alessandro RizzoStruttura Semplice Dipartimentale Di Oncologia Medica Per La Presa in Carico Globale del Paziente Oncologico ″Don Tonino Bello″, Istituto Di Ricerca E Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Istituto Tumori Giovanni Paolo II-Bari, Viale Orazio Flacco 65, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Jakub KucharzDepartment of Uro-Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland.
Veronica MollicaMedical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Via Albertoni-15, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Matteo RoselliniMedical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Via Albertoni-15, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Andrea MarchettiMedical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Via Albertoni-15, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Elisa TassinariMedical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Via Albertoni-15, 40138, Bologna, Italy.
Fernando Sabino Marques MonteiroLatin American Cooperative Oncology Group - LACOG, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Andrey SoaresLatin American Cooperative Oncology Group - LACOG, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Javier Molina-CerrilloCentro Paulista de Oncologia/Oncoclínicas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Enrique GrandeDepartment of Medical Oncology, Hospital Ramón Y Cajal, 28034, Madrid, Spain.
Nicola BattelliDepartment of Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid, 28033, Madrid, Spain.
Francesco MassariMedical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna, Via Albertoni-15, 40138, Bologna, Italy. francesco.massari@aosp.bo.it.
Azienda USL di Bologna · ITHospital Israelita Albert Einstein · BRHospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal · ESIstituto Tumori Bari · ITMD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid · ESOspedale di MacerataThe Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology · PLUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImmunotherapy has determined unprecedented long-term responses in several hematological and solid tumors. In the MOUSEION-03 study, we conducted a meta-analysis to determine the possibility of achieving complete remissions (CR) with immunotherapy or immuno-oncology combinations in cancer patients.

methodsThe primary endpoint was to assess the incidence of CR in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) alone or in combination with other agents versus control treatments. The pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for CR rate were extracted.

resultsA total of 12,130 potentially relevant trials were identified; 5 phase II and 80 phase III randomized studies (37 monotherapies and 48 combinations) and 49,425 cancer patients were included. The most frequent types of malignancies were non-small cell lung cancer (n = 14,249; 29%), urothelial cancer (n = 6536; 13%), renal cell carcinoma (n = 5743; 12%), and melanoma (n = 2904; 6%). In patients treated with immunotherapy (as monotherapy or in combination with other anticancer agents), the pooled OR was 1.67 (1.52-1.84). The highest OR was registered by immune-based combinations with two ICIs (3.56, 95% CI 1.28-9.90).

conclusionsTo the best of the authors' knowledge, no comprehensive meta-analysis on the use of ICIs and ICI-based combinations in solid tumors to systematically investigate the probability to achieve CR has been published so far. Although CR is not a common event in several cancer patients receiving immunotherapy, the MOUSEION-03 suggests that the use of ICIs may significantly increase the chance of achieving CR in comparison with control treatments.

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Antineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungKidney NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsHumansImmunotherapyRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAntineoplastic AgentsCancerComplete responseImmuno-oncology combinationsImmunotherapyMeta-analysisPembrolizumab

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PMID36633661
PMCPMC10992808
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