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SynthesisFrontiers in oncology2023

Systematic review of the perioperative immunotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: evidence mapping and synthesis.

Yunfeng Ni, Jie Lei, Wan Huang, Jian Wang, Haihua Guo, Feng Lv, Shuhong Kang, Ke Lan, Tao Jiang

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Yunfeng NiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jie LeiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Wan HuangDepartment of Cell Biology, National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Jian WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Haihua GuoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Feng LvDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Shuhong KangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Ke LanDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Tao JiangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to use evidence mapping to provide an overview of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) as perioperative treatments for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and to identify areas of this field where future research is most urgently needed. Methods: Multiple databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science) were searched to identify clinical trials published up to November 2021 that examined the effect of perioperative ICIs for perioperative treatment of NSCLC. Study design, sample size, patient characteristics, therapeutic regimens, clinical stages, short-term and long-term therapeutic outcomes, surgery associated parameters, and therapeutic safety were examined. Results: We included 66 trials (3564 patients) and used evidence mapping to characterize the available data. For surgery associated outcomes, sixty-two studies (2480 patients) provided complete information regarding the use of surgery after neoadjuvant immunotherapy and data on R0 resection were available in 42 studies (1680 patients); for short-term clinical outcomes, 57 studies (1842 patients) evaluated pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant immunotherapy and most of included studies achieved pCR in the range of 30 to 40%; for long-term clinical outcomes, 15 studies (1932 patients) reported DFS, with a median range of 17.9-53.6 months; and only a few studies reported the safety profiles of perioperative immunotherapies. Conclusion: Our evidence mapping systematically summarized the results of all clinical trials and studies that examined ICIs as perioperative treatments for NSCLC. The results indicated more studies that evaluate long-term patient outcomes are needed to provide a stronger foundation for the use of these treatments.

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adjuvant therapyevidence mappingneoadjuvant therapynon-small cell lung cancerperioperative immunotherapy for NSCLC immunotherapyscoping review

Identifiers

PMID37182179
PMCPMC10172597

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