Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor with Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy or in Combination with Ipilimumab in Younger versus Older Adults with Advanced Melanoma
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Population and Design
2.2. Outcomes of Interest
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Patient Demographics
3.2. Treatments
3.3. Survival
3.4. Efficacy
3.5. Analysis of Clinical Factors Associated with Survival
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | N | Overall, N = 497 | Age at Treatment Initiation, Years | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
<65, N = 260 | ≥65, N = 237 | ||||
Sex | 497 | 0.11 | |||
Female | 173 (34.8%) | 99 (38.1%) | 74 (31.2%) | ||
Male | 324 (65.2%) | 161 (61.9%) | 163 (68.8%) | ||
ECOG status | 496 | 0.11 | |||
<2 | 429 (86.5%) | 231 (88.8%) | 198 (83.9%) | ||
≥2 | 67 (13.5%) | 29 (11.2%) | 38 (16.1%) | ||
Melanoma type | 497 | 0.74 | |||
Cutaneous | 418 (84.1%) | 220 (84.6%) | 198 (83.5%) | ||
Non-cutaneous | 79 (15.9%) | 40 (15.4%) | 39 (16.5%) | ||
BRAF mutation | 415 | 0.001 | |||
No | 264 (63.6%) | 123 (56.2%) | 141 (71.9%) | ||
Yes | 151 (36.4%) | 96 (43.8%) | 55 (28.1%) | ||
LDH | 404 | 0.99 | |||
Normal | 273 (67.6%) | 144 (67.6%) | 129 (67.5%) | ||
Elevated >ULN | 131 (32.4%) | 69 (32.4%) | 62 (32.5%) | ||
dNLR | 477 | 0.09 | |||
≤3 | 385 (80.7%) | 210 (83.7%) | 175 (77.4%) | ||
>3 | 92 (19.3%) | 41 (16.3%) | 51 (22.6%) | ||
Number of organ sites with metastasis | 497 | 0.98 | |||
<3 | 331 (66.6%) | 173 (66.5%) | 158 (66.7%) | ||
≥3 | 166 (33.4%) | 87 (33.5%) | 79 (33.3%) | ||
M stage | 497 | 0.71 | |||
1a/1b | 241 (48.5%) | 124 (47.7%) | 117 (49.4%) | ||
1c/1d | 256 (51.5%) | 136 (52.3%) | 120 (50.6%) | ||
Autoimmune condition | 496 | 0.13 | |||
No | 438 (88.3%) | 235 (90.4%) | 203 (86.0%) | ||
Yes | 58 (11.7%) | 25 (9.6%) | 33 (14.0%) | ||
IO drug | 492 | <0.001 | |||
Anti-PD-1 * | 368 (74.8%) | 156 (60.9%) | 212 (89.8%) | ||
Ipilimumab + nivolumab | 124 (25.2%) | 100 (39.1%) | 24 (10.2%) | ||
Treatment line | 497 | 0.007 | |||
First | 351 (70.6%) | 170 (65.4%) | 181 (76.4%) | ||
Other | 146 (29.4%) | 90 (34.6%) | 56 (23.6%) |
Characteristic | Univariate Cox Regression Model | Multivariate Cox Regression Model | ||||||
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Age < 65 Years | Age ≥ 65 Years | Age < 65 Years | Age ≥ 65 Years | |||||
OS HR (95% CI) | p-Value | OS HR (95% CI) | p-Value | OS HR (95% CI) | p-Value | OS HR (95% CI) | p-Value | |
Sex | ||||||||
Female (reference) vs. Male | 1.18 (0.82–1.70) | 0.38 | 0.96 (0.64–1.42) | 0.83 | 1.36 (0.90–2.07) | 0.15 | 0.93 (0.59–1.48) | 0.77 |
dNLR | ||||||||
≤3 (reference) vs. >3 | 2.50 (1.61–3.87) | <0.001 | 1.80 (1.20–2.70) | 0.005 | 1.88 (1.12–3.18) | 0.02 | 1.35 (0.83–2.18) | 0.23 |
LDH | ||||||||
Normal (reference) vs. Elevated | 2.22 (1.49–3.30) | <0.001 | 2.38 (1.59–3.55) | <0.001 | 2.00 (1.31–3.06) | 0.001 | 2.09 (1.37–3.18) | <0.001 |
ECOG status | ||||||||
<2 (reference) vs. ≥2 | 2.30 (1.39–3.80) | 0.001 | 3.05 (1.95–4.75) | <0.001 | 1.30 (0.69–2.44) | 0.42 | 2.86 (1.61–5.08) | <0.001 |
M stage | ||||||||
1a/1b (reference) vs. 1c/1d | 2.31 (1.61–3.32) | <0.001 | 1.51 (1.06–2.15) | 0.02 | 1.53 (1.00–2.36) | 0.05 | 1.24 (0.80–1.92) | 0.34 |
BRAF mutation | ||||||||
No (reference) vs. Yes | 1.35 (0.93–1.96) | 0.12 | 1.10 (0.73–1.65) | 0.66 | ||||
IO drug | ||||||||
Anti-PD-1 (reference) vs. Ipilimumab + nivolumab | 0.47 (0.32–0.71) | <0.001 | 0.68 (0.36–1.31) | 0.25 | 0.51 (0.30–0.87) | 0.01 | 1.35 (0.66–2.75) | 0.41 |
Treatment line | ||||||||
First (reference) vs. Other | 2.49 (1.74–3.56) | <0.001 | 1.68 (1.15–2.45) | 0.007 | 1.73 (1.08–2.78) | 0.02 | 1.84 (1.14–2.99) | 0.01 |
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Woo, T.E.; Stukalin, I.; Ding, P.Q.; Goutam, S.; Sander, M.; Ewanchuk, B.; Cheung, W.Y.; Heng, D.Y.C.; Cheng, T. Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor with Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy or in Combination with Ipilimumab in Younger versus Older Adults with Advanced Melanoma. Curr. Oncol. 2023, 30, 8936-8947. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30100646
Woo TE, Stukalin I, Ding PQ, Goutam S, Sander M, Ewanchuk B, Cheung WY, Heng DYC, Cheng T. Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor with Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy or in Combination with Ipilimumab in Younger versus Older Adults with Advanced Melanoma. Current Oncology. 2023; 30(10):8936-8947. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30100646
Chicago/Turabian StyleWoo, Taylor E., Igor Stukalin, Philip Q. Ding, Siddhartha Goutam, Michael Sander, Benjamin Ewanchuk, Winson Y. Cheung, Daniel Y. C. Heng, and Tina Cheng. 2023. "Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor with Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy or in Combination with Ipilimumab in Younger versus Older Adults with Advanced Melanoma" Current Oncology 30, no. 10: 8936-8947. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30100646
APA StyleWoo, T. E., Stukalin, I., Ding, P. Q., Goutam, S., Sander, M., Ewanchuk, B., Cheung, W. Y., Heng, D. Y. C., & Cheng, T. (2023). Effectiveness of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor with Anti-PD-1 Monotherapy or in Combination with Ipilimumab in Younger versus Older Adults with Advanced Melanoma. Current Oncology, 30(10), 8936-8947. https://doi.org/10.3390/curroncol30100646