Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38647978›Full record

ArticleGastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association2024

Discordant PD-L1 results between 28-8 and 22C3 assays are associated with outcomes of gastric cancer patients treated with nivolumab plus chemotherapy.

Hyung-Don Kim, Jinho Shin, In Hye Song, Jaewon Hyung, Hyungeun Lee, Min-Hee Ryu, Young Soo Park

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Predictive value of homologous recombination-related gene mutations in survival outcomes of first-line nivolumab plus chemotherapy for gastric cancer.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025
    Article
  8. Predictive value of EBV-positivity in patients with gastric cancer treated with first-line nivolumab plus chemotherapy.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025
    Article
  9. Review
  10. Article
  11. Survival outcomes of patients with gastric cancer treated with first-line nivolumab plus chemotherapy based on claudin 18.2 expression.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025
    Article
  12. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hyung-Don Kim *Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-Ro 43-Gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.
Jinho Shin *Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
In Hye SongDepartment of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jaewon HyungDepartment of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-Ro 43-Gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.
Hyungeun LeeDepartment of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-Ro 43-Gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.
Min-Hee Ryu *Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88, Olympic-Ro 43-Gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea. miniryu@amc.seoul.kr.
Young Soo Park *Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Ulsan College · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe evaluated the concordance/discordance of PD-L1 staining results between the 28-8 and 22C3 assays and its impact on the efficacy outcomes of advanced gastric cancer patients treated with nivolumab plus chemotherapy.

methodsThis retrospective study involved 143 gastric cancer patients treated with first-line nivolumab plus chemotherapy whose PD-L1 results with both 28-8 and 22C3 assays were available. The concordance/discordance between these assays and the inter-observer variability were evaluated for PD-L1 combined positive score (CPS) positivity. Discordant PD-L1 results were analyzed regarding survival outcomes.

resultsThe agreement rates and Cohen's kappa values between the 28-8 and 22C3 assays were 78.3% and 0.56 (for CPS ≥ 1), 81.8% and 0.60 (for CPS ≥ 5), and 88.8% and 0.66 (for CPS ≥ 10), respectively. Inter-observer variability, as represented by the intra-class correlation coefficient, was 0.89 and 0.88 for the 28-8 and 22C3 assays, respectively. With PD-L1 CPS ≥ 5 defined as positive, 35 (24.5%) and 82 (57.3%) had concordantly positive and negative results, respectively, between the 28-8 and 22C3 assays, whereas 26 (18.2%) had discordant results. Progression-free survival was shorter for those who exhibited negatively concordant PD-L1 results and discordant PD-L1 positivity between the 28-8 and 22C3 assays relative to those with positively concordant PD-L1 results (P = 0.013).

conclusionPD-L1 assays by 28-8 and 22C3 showed suboptimal concordance, while inter-observer variability was not critical in advanced gastric cancer. Discordant PD-L1 results between 28-8 and 22C3 assays may be associated with unfavorable efficacy outcomes in patients treated with nivolumab plus chemotherapy.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsB7-H1 AntigenNivolumabStomach NeoplasmsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObserver VariationPrognosisRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeB7-H1 AntigenBiomarkers, TumorCD274 protein, humanNivolumabAdvanced gastric cancerDiscordant PD-L1 resultsNivolumab plus chemotherapyPD-L1 combined positive score

Identifiers

PMID38647978
OpenAlexW4395006614

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.