Pre-Treatment Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) as a Predictive Marker of Pazopanib Treatment for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma

Abstract

Pazopanib with trabectedin and eribulin is widely used to treat soft-tissue sarcoma (STS). We have shown that baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) may predict the efficacy and patient prognosis of eribulin. Changes in NLR, but not baseline NLR, can predict patient prognosis of trabectedin. However, prognostic factors of pazopanib for STS have not been identified. We present a retrospective analysis of 141 patients treated with pazopanib for recurrent or metastatic non-round cell STS. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine the predictive factors of durable clinical benefit (DCB), overall survival (OS), and progression-free survival. L-sarcoma histology (odds ratio [OR] = 0.31, 95% CI = 0.12–0.79; p = 0.014) and pre-treatment NLR p = 0.045) were independent predictive factors of DCB. Pre-treatment NLR p = 0.0057), liposarcoma histology (HR = 1.78, 95% CI = 1.09–2.91; p = 0.022), primary extremity site (HR = 0.48, 95% CI = 0.31–0.75; p = 0.0010), ECOG PS ≥ 1 (HR = 1.62, 95% CI = 1.08–2.42; p = 0.019), and CRP p = 0.0050) were independent predictive factors of OS. These findings indicate that baseline NLR predicts the efficacy and patient prognosis of pazopanib for STS.

Keywords

• neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
• NLR
• pazopanib
• soft-tissue sarcoma
• STS