iScience (Nov 2023)

Using peripheral immune-inflammatory blood markers in tumors treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: An INVIDIa-2 study sub-analysis

  • Shobana Anpalakhan,
  • Alessio Signori,
  • Alessio Cortellini,
  • Elena Verzoni,
  • Raffaele Giusti,
  • Giuseppe Aprile,
  • Paola Ermacora,
  • Annamaria Catino,
  • Stefania Pipitone,
  • Marilena Di Napoli,
  • Vieri Scotti,
  • Francesca Mazzoni,
  • Pamela F. Guglielmini,
  • Antonello Veccia,
  • Marco Maruzzo,
  • Giovanni Schinzari,
  • Chiara Casadei,
  • Francesco Grossi,
  • Mimma Rizzo,
  • Vincenzo Montesarchio,
  • Francesco Verderame,
  • Manlio Mencoboni,
  • Fable Zustovich,
  • Lucia Fratino,
  • Caterina Accettura,
  • Saverio Cinieri,
  • Carlo Alberto Tondini,
  • Andrea Camerini,
  • Maria Chiara Banzi,
  • Mariella Sorarù,
  • Paolo Andrea Zucali,
  • Francesca Vignani,
  • Serena Ricciardi,
  • Antonio Russo,
  • Agnese Cosenza,
  • Massimo Di Maio,
  • Ugo De Giorgi,
  • Sandro Pignata,
  • Diana Giannarelli,
  • Carmine Pinto,
  • Sebastiano Buti,
  • Giuseppe Fornarini,
  • Sara Elena Rebuzzi,
  • Pasquale Rescigno,
  • Alfredo Addeo,
  • Giuseppe L. Banna,
  • Melissa Bersanelli

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 11
p. 107970

Abstract

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Summary: The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII) have been reported as prognosticators in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), renal cell carcinoma (RCC), and melanoma. This analysis of the INVIDIa-2 study on influenza vaccination in patients with cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) assessed NLR and SII on overall survival (OS) by literature-reported (LR), receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC)-derived (ROC) cutoffs or as continuous variable (CV). NLR and SII with ROC cutoffs of <3.4 (p < 0.001) and <831 (p < 0.001) were independent factors for OS in multivariate analysis. SII with LR, ROC, or CV significantly predicted OS in NSCLC (p = 0.002, p = 0.003, p = 0.003), RCC (p = 0.034, p = 0.014, p = 0.014), and melanoma (p = 0.038, p = 0.022, p = 0.019). NLR with LR and ROC cutoffs predicted OS in first line (p < 0.001 for both) and second line or beyond (p = 0.006 for both); likewise SII (p < 0.001; p = 0.002 and p < 0.001). NLR and SII are prognosticators in NSCLC, RCC, and melanoma treated with ICIs.

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