Clinical Outcomes and Toxic Effects of Single-Agent Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Among Patients Aged 80 Years or Older With Cancer
Nebhan CA, Cortellini A, Ma W, Ganta T, Song H, Ye F, Irlmeier R, Debnath N, Saeed A, Radford M, Alahmadi A, Diamond A, Hoimes C, Ramaiya N, Presley CJ, Owen DH, Alaiwi S, Nassar A, Ricciuti B, Lamberti G, Bersanelli M, Casartelli C, Buti S, Marchetti P, Giusti R, Filetti M, Vanella V, Mallardo D, Macherla S, Sussman TA, Botticelli A, Galetta D, Catino A, Pizzutilo P, Genova C, Dal Bello MG, Kalofonou F, Daniels E, Ascierto PA, Pinato DJ, Choueiri TK, Johnson DB, Marron TU, Wang Y, Naqash AR. Clinical Outcomes and Toxic Effects of Single-Agent Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Among Patients Aged 80 Years or Older With Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2021, 7: 1856-1861. PMID: 34734989, PMCID: PMC8569601, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.4960.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune-related adverse eventsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsSingle-agent immune checkpoint inhibitorsGeriatric patientsClinical outcomesICI initiationCheckpoint inhibitorsAdverse eventsAnti-programmed cell death-1 therapySafety of ICIsNon-small cell lung cancerPatients Aged 80 YearsInternational retrospective studyCommon Terminology CriteriaInternational cohort studyObjective response rateDiscontinuation of treatmentCell lung cancerCancer clinical trialsGU tumorsICI discontinuationIrAE onsetMedian PFSTerminology CriteriaCohort studyGene Expression Signature Correlates with Outcomes in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Everolimus Alone or with a Vascular Disrupting Agent
Yang ES, Nassar AH, Adib E, Jegede OA, Alaiwi SA, Manna DLD, Braun DA, Zarei M, Du H, Pal SK, Naik G, Sonpavde GP. Gene Expression Signature Correlates with Outcomes in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Everolimus Alone or with a Vascular Disrupting Agent. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2021, 20: 1454-1461. PMID: 34108261, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-20-1091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBenzofuransBiomarkers, TumorCarcinoma, Renal CellClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicEverolimusFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKidney NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedOrganophosphatesPrognosisSurvival RateTranscriptomeValidation Studies as TopicConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaMedian PFSClinical benefitDiscovery cohortMetastatic renal cell carcinoma patientsPhase I/II trialRenal cell carcinoma patientsPhase III trialsCell carcinoma patientsLonger median PFSRenal cell carcinomaFour-gene signaturePropensity score covariate adjustmentVascular Disrupting AgentsCheckMate 025Monotherapy useStable diseaseII trialGene expression signaturesIII trialsAppropriate patientsCarcinoma patientsImmune checkpointsCell carcinomaVEGF inhibitors