Programmed Death-Ligand 1 and Programmed Death-Ligand 2 mRNAs Measured Using Closed-System Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Are Associated With Outcome and High Negative Predictive Value in Immunotherapy-Treated NSCLC
Fernandez AI, Gavrielatou N, McCann L, Shafi S, Moutafi MK, Martinez-Morilla S, Vathiotis IA, Aung TN, Yaghoobi V, Bai Y, Chan YG, Weidler J, Herbst R, Bates M, Rimm DL. Programmed Death-Ligand 1 and Programmed Death-Ligand 2 mRNAs Measured Using Closed-System Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Are Associated With Outcome and High Negative Predictive Value in Immunotherapy-Treated NSCLC. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2022, 17: 1078-1085. PMID: 35764237, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsHigh negative predictive valueLow stage patientsICI therapyPD-L1Negative predictive valueAdjuvant settingLong-term benefitsPredictive valueProgrammed Death Ligand 1PD-L1 mRNA levelsCurrent predictive biomarkersHigh PD-L1Death ligand 1Lung cancer managementPD-L1 mRNAUseful objective methodReal-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionMRNA levelsStandard of careReverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionQuantitative real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reactionTranscription-polymerase chain reactionMRNA expression levelsAdvanced NSCLC