ArticleThoracic cancer2024
An increased relative eosinophil count as a predictive dynamic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Article in Thoracic cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Tumor Necrosis on Routine Pretreatment CT as a Potential Prognostic Marker in Advanced NSCLC Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Monotherapy: A Two-Center Retrospective Study.Thoracic cancer · 2026Article
- Association of baseline eosinophil counts with clinical prognosis in cancer patients undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.iScience · 2026Article
- Eosinophils in solid cancers: sentinels, predictors, and therapeutic allies.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2026Review
- Predictive value of peripheral blood eosinophil levels and dynamics for efficacy and safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world study.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Elevated proportion of eosinophils predicts immune-related adverse events and improved survival in patients with gastric cancer treated with nivolumab.International journal of clinical oncology · 2025Article
- Eosinophil Dynamics as Prognostic Indicators in Immunotherapy for Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-Like Carcinoma.Cureus · 2025Article
- The Role of Eosinophils, Eosinophil-Related Cytokines and AI in Predicting Immunotherapy Efficacy in NSCLCBiomolecules · 2025Review
- Prognostic Potential of Baseline Eosinophils at the Initiation of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment of Metastatic Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of skin cancer · 2025Review
- Article
- [Research Progress on Predictive Biomarkers of Immunotherapy Efficacy in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2024Review
- Eosinophils in Oral Disease: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Eosinophil is a predictor of severe immune-related adverse events induced by ipilimumab plus nivolumab therapy in patients with renal cell carcinoma: a retrospective multicenter cohort study.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- An increased relative eosinophil count as a predictive dynamic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.Thoracic cancer · 2024Article
- The causal nexus between diverse smoking statuses, potential therapeutic targets, and NSCLC: insights from Mendelian randomization and mediation analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
13 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAn increased relative eosinophil count (REC) has potential as a predictive biomarker for a beneficial clinical response and outcome to cancer immunotherapies. Therefore, the present study investigated the impact of an increased posttreatment REC on the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs).
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed all 151 patients diagnosed with NSCLC and treated with ICI monotherapy and blood test data between March 2016 and August 2021 at National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital and Tokushima University.
resultsA total of 151 patients with a mean age of 69 years were included. REC after 4 weeks of initial ICI monotherapy was higher than pretreatment REC in 87 patients but not in 64. REC after 4 weeks of the ICI treatment with and without an increased REC were 4.4 and 1.8%, respectively (p < 0.001). Disease control rates (DCR) were significantly higher in patients with than in those without an increased REC (84% vs. 47%, p < 0.001). The median overall survival (OS) of lung cancer patients with or without an increased REC were 674 and 234 days, respectively. A Kaplan-Meier univariate analysis revealed a significant difference in OS between the two groups (p < 0.001). A Cox proportional regression analysis identified an increased REC as an independent predictor of OS (p = 0.003).
conclusionICI-treated NSCLC patients with an increased REC after 4 weeks of treatment had a better DCR and prognosis than the other patients examined.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.