Clinical significance of programmed death‐1 and programmed death‐ligand 1 expression in the tumor microenvironment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Recently, immunotherapy based on blocking immune checkpoints with programmed death‐1 (PD‐1) or PD‐ligand 1 (PD‐L1) Abs has been introduced for the treatment of advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), especially tumors resistant to vascular endothelial growth factor‐tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGF‐TKIs), but the significance of their expression in the tumor microenvironment is unclear. We investigated these immune checkpoint markers in tumor cells and tumor‐infiltrating immune cells (TIIC) in the tumor microenvironment of 100 untreated and 25 VEGF‐TKI‐treated primary ccRCC tissues. Upregulated expression of PD‐1 and PD‐L1 by TIIC, and PD‐L1 by tumor cells was associated with the histological grade and unfavorable prognosis of RCC patients. High PD‐1 and PD‐L1 expression by TIIC was associated with a poorer response to VEGF‐TKI, whereas PD‐L1 expression by tumor cells did not affect the efficacy of the treatment. Furthermore, increased PD‐1‐positive TIIC and PD‐L1‐positive TIIC were observed in tumors treated with VEGF‐TKIs compared with those in untreated tumors. Our data suggest that PD‐1 and PD‐L1 expression by TIIC in the tumor microenvironment is involved in treatment resistance, and that sequential therapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors could be a promising therapeutic strategy for ccRCC resistant to VEGF‐TKI treatment.     

Analysis of Progression Patterns and Failure Sites of Patients With Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma With EGFR Mutations Receiving First-line Treatment of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

BackgroundReliable prediction of progression patterns and failure sites for patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma is valuable for physicians to deliver personalized tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) treatment.Patients and MethodsWe retrospectively enrolled 266 patients who had stage IV lung adenocarcinoma and received first-line TKI treatment from 2013 to 2017 in Shanghai Chest Hospital. The clinical characteristics at initial diagnosis, progression patterns, and failure sites were analyzed with the attempt to identify some predictive factors for progression patterns and failure sites.ResultsAmong all patients, 62.4% developed systemic progression, and 37.6% developed oligoprogression. Both cohorts had a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 9 months. The percentage of patients who developed original and distant failure was 39.1% and 60.9%, respectively. Patients with oligometastasis at initial diagnosis were more prone to develop oligoprogression (odds ratio [OR], 4.370; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.881-10.151; P = .001), whereas pulmonary metastasis was negatively correlated with oligoprogression (OR, 0.567; 95% CI, 0.330-0.974; P = .04). Both oligometastasis diagnosis (OR, 2.959; 95% CI, 1.347-6.500; P = .007) and the maximum diameter of the primary lung lesion (threshold 3.25 cm: OR, 3.646; 95% CI, 2.041-6.515; P = .0001) were strong predictive factors for original failures. Osseous metastasis at initial diagnosis might be an indication for distant failure (OR, 0.536; 95% CI, 0.316-0.909; P = .021).ConclusionOver one-half of patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma receiving first-line TKI treatment developed systemic progression and distant failure. Metastasis patterns at initial diagnosis was the most important predictive factor for progression patterns and failure sites. The maximum diameter of the primary lung lesion and evidence of osseous metastasis were also found to be significant indicative factors for failure sites.     

安罗替尼治疗四肢韧带样纤维瘤有效性和安全性的回顾性研究

目的:评估安罗替尼在四肢韧带样纤维瘤(desmoid-type fibromatosis,DF)患者治疗中的有效性和安全性.方法:回顾性分析2019年1月至2020年4月于四川大学华西医院接受安罗替尼治疗的26例四肢DF患者的临床及随访资料.结果:26例患者均定期随访,中位随访时间为14(11.75～16)个月.随访期...     

盐酸埃克替尼治疗EGFR突变晚期肺腺癌的预后因素分析

目的 探讨晚期肺腺癌表皮生长因子受体（EGFR）突变患者应用表皮生长因子受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂（EGFR-TKI）盐酸埃克替尼片治疗与预后的关系。方法 入组河北省胸科医院基因检测提示EGFR19、21基因突变且接受盐酸埃克替尼片治疗的晚期肺腺癌患者,分析其临床特征、EGFR基因突变亚型及不同位点与预后的关系。结果 全组共纳入101例晚期肺腺癌患者,EGFR基因19外显子缺失突变（EGFR Del19）58例,21外显子点突变（EGFR L858R）43例。全组患者客观缓解率达63.4%,中位无疾病进展时间（mPFS）和中位生存时间（mOS）分别为13个月和27个月。EGFR Del19对比EGFRL858R及EGFR19突变746~750位点对比其他突变位点的患者mPFS和mOS均增高。多因素分析显示,转移部位数和有无胸膜转移为OS的独立影响因素（P=0.027, P=0.041）,转移部位数≤3和无胸膜转移组患者的mOS分别为29个月和27个月。结论 盐酸埃克替尼片治疗晚期肺腺癌患者EGFR不同突变亚型和位点总生存差异不显著,转移部位数≤3和无胸膜转移的患者总生存期更长。     

Severe clinical toxicities are correlated with survival in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma treated with sunitinib and sorafenib

Background:

In advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), sunitinib and sorafenib tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) are associated with several clinical side effects, with no definitive established data concerning their clinical impact.

Methods:

From June 2006 to June 2008, main clinical TKI-induced toxicities, including digestive, cardiac, dermatologic and asthenia were retrospectively collected using the NCI-CTC version 3.0 in patients treated with TKI for an RCC.

Results:

The median overall survival was significantly improved in patients with grade 3–4 clinical toxicities (36 vs 12 months, P=0.009). In multivariate analysis, the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center risk groups (good vs intermediate or poor) and clinical toxicities (grade 3–4 vs 1–2) were identified as independent prognostic factors of better survival (P=0.002 and P=0.02, respectively). The Charlson comorbidity index score (>7 vs <7) was identified as independent predictive factor of severe clinical TKI-induced toxicities (P=0.02).

Conclusion:

In this unselected patients of RCC, clinical TKI-related severe toxicities were more frequent in patients with comorbidities and were associated with better survival.     

Hsp90抑制剂NVP-AUY922单药及联合用药在肿瘤治疗中的研究进展

热休克蛋白(Hsp90)是一类高度保守的蛋白质。近年的研究表明,Hsp90与肿瘤的发生及转移有高度的相关性,因此一些小分子Hsp90抑制剂被发现具有广泛的抗肿瘤增殖及转移的作用。NVP-AUY922是其中一种具有吡咯骨架的人工合成制剂,由于它具有毒副作用小和结构稳定等优点,被人们广泛考虑作为新一类的抗肿瘤药物使用。本篇综述主要就AUY922单药及与其他药物联合使用治疗肿瘤的研究进展做一综述。