Biomarkers Associated with Beneficial PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Identified Using High-Plex Digital Spatial Profiling
Zugazagoitia J, Gupta S, Liu Y, Fuhrman K, Gettinger S, Herbst RS, Schalper KA, Rimm DL. Biomarkers Associated with Beneficial PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Identified Using High-Plex Digital Spatial Profiling. Clinical Cancer Research 2020, 26: 4360-4368. PMID: 32253229, PMCID: PMC7442721, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-20-0175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-small cell lung cancerPD-1 checkpoint blockadeCell lung cancerCheckpoint blockadeLung cancerAdvanced non-small cell lung cancerUnivariate unadjusted analysisProgression-free survivalImmune cell countsMinority of patientsRobust predictive biomarkersBiomarkers of responseLarge independent cohortsSpatial profiling technologyDigital spatial profilingDigital spatial profiling (DSP) technologyOverall survivalClinical outcomesImmune predictorsHigher CD56NSCLC casesPredictive biomarkersUnadjusted analysesImmune parametersTissue microarray