Key clinical point: Frontline therapy with anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide chemotherapy shows favorable outcomes in patients with extensive-stage (ES) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Major finding: The median progression-free survival was 8.02 (95% CI 6.90-9.66) months and the overall survival was 15.87 (95% CI 10.38-18.89) months. The objective response rate was 85.71% (95% CI 69.74%-95.19%) and the disease control rate was 94.29% (95% CI 80.84%-99.30%). The incidence of grade 3-4 adverse events was 40%.

Study details: The data come from a phase 2 single-arm trial of anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide in 35 patients with ES-SCLC at a single center in China.

Disclosures: The trial was funded by Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. The authors declared no competing interests.

Source: Deng P et al. Anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide as a first-line treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: A single-arm trial. Cancer Med. 2022 (May 8). Doi: 10.1002/cam4.4736

Key clinical point: Frontline therapy with anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide chemotherapy shows favorable outcomes in patients with extensive-stage (ES) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Major finding: The median progression-free survival was 8.02 (95% CI 6.90-9.66) months and the overall survival was 15.87 (95% CI 10.38-18.89) months. The objective response rate was 85.71% (95% CI 69.74%-95.19%) and the disease control rate was 94.29% (95% CI 80.84%-99.30%). The incidence of grade 3-4 adverse events was 40%.

Study details: The data come from a phase 2 single-arm trial of anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide in 35 patients with ES-SCLC at a single center in China.

Disclosures: The trial was funded by Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. The authors declared no competing interests.

Source: Deng P et al. Anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide as a first-line treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: A single-arm trial. Cancer Med. 2022 (May 8). Doi: 10.1002/cam4.4736

Key clinical point: Frontline therapy with anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide chemotherapy shows favorable outcomes in patients with extensive-stage (ES) small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).

Major finding: The median progression-free survival was 8.02 (95% CI 6.90-9.66) months and the overall survival was 15.87 (95% CI 10.38-18.89) months. The objective response rate was 85.71% (95% CI 69.74%-95.19%) and the disease control rate was 94.29% (95% CI 80.84%-99.30%). The incidence of grade 3-4 adverse events was 40%.

Study details: The data come from a phase 2 single-arm trial of anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide in 35 patients with ES-SCLC at a single center in China.

Disclosures: The trial was funded by Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. The authors declared no competing interests.

Source: Deng P et al. Anlotinib plus platinum-etoposide as a first-line treatment for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: A single-arm trial. Cancer Med. 2022 (May 8). Doi: 10.1002/cam4.4736

Key clinical point: Segmentectomy is noninferior to lobectomy for overall survival (OS) in patients with small-sized peripheral nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: Segmentectomy was noninferior to lobectomy for 5-year OS (94.3% vs 91.1%; hazard ratio 0.663; 95% CI 0.474-0.927; 1-sided P < .0001 for noninferiority). There were no differences between the groups in 5-year relapse-free survival.

Study details: The data come from a Japanese randomized controlled, noninferiority phase 3 trial (n = 1106) of segmentectomy vs lobectomy for stage IA NSCLC.

Disclosures: The trial was funded by the National Cancer Center Research and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan. R Nakajima, T Aoki, J Okami, H Ito, N Okumura, M Yamaguchi, K Nakamura, and S Nakamura reported no competing interests. The other authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work.

Source: Saji H et al. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): A multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2022;399(10335):1607-1617 (Apr 23). Doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02333-3

Key clinical point: Segmentectomy is noninferior to lobectomy for overall survival (OS) in patients with small-sized peripheral nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: Segmentectomy was noninferior to lobectomy for 5-year OS (94.3% vs 91.1%; hazard ratio 0.663; 95% CI 0.474-0.927; 1-sided P < .0001 for noninferiority). There were no differences between the groups in 5-year relapse-free survival.

Study details: The data come from a Japanese randomized controlled, noninferiority phase 3 trial (n = 1106) of segmentectomy vs lobectomy for stage IA NSCLC.

Disclosures: The trial was funded by the National Cancer Center Research and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan. R Nakajima, T Aoki, J Okami, H Ito, N Okumura, M Yamaguchi, K Nakamura, and S Nakamura reported no competing interests. The other authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work.

Source: Saji H et al. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): A multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2022;399(10335):1607-1617 (Apr 23). Doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02333-3

Key clinical point: Segmentectomy is noninferior to lobectomy for overall survival (OS) in patients with small-sized peripheral nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: Segmentectomy was noninferior to lobectomy for 5-year OS (94.3% vs 91.1%; hazard ratio 0.663; 95% CI 0.474-0.927; 1-sided P < .0001 for noninferiority). There were no differences between the groups in 5-year relapse-free survival.

Study details: The data come from a Japanese randomized controlled, noninferiority phase 3 trial (n = 1106) of segmentectomy vs lobectomy for stage IA NSCLC.

Disclosures: The trial was funded by the National Cancer Center Research and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan. R Nakajima, T Aoki, J Okami, H Ito, N Okumura, M Yamaguchi, K Nakamura, and S Nakamura reported no competing interests. The other authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work.

Source: Saji H et al. Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): A multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial. Lancet. 2022;399(10335):1607-1617 (Apr 23). Doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02333-3

Weekly COVID-19 cases in children passed 100,000 in the United States for the first time since late February as pediatric incidence rose for the 6th consecutive week, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.

New cases were up by 14.6% over the previous week to just over 107,000 reported during May 13-16, marking the sixth straight increase since April 1-7, when the count was almost 26,000. Over that period, weekly cases rose 313%, based on data in the latest weekly COVID report from the AAP and CHA.

Rates reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the same trend. Weekly cases per 100,000 population, which were down to 34.9 in children aged 0-4 years and 43.1 for those aged 5-11 on March 26, were up to 49.5 and 52.2, respectively, by April 16. The pace picked up right after that, and as of May 14, the rates of new cases were 125.4 per 100,000 in children aged 0-4 years and 143.1 in those aged 5-11, the CDC said.

Hospital admissions continue to rise as well. The rate of new admissions in children aged 0-17 was up to 0.25 per 100,000 population on May 18, nearly double the 0.13 per 100,000 recorded as late as April 13. The latest 7-day average count for new admissions, 163 per day from May 15-21, is down from the previous week’s 175 per day, but the CDC also acknowledges potential reporting delays in the most recent 7-day period.

Both of those weekly averages, however, are far below the peak rate for the pandemic, 914 per day, which occurred Jan. 10-16, 2022, during the Omicron surge. Since the CDC began keeping count at the beginning of August 2020, more than 125,000 children aged 0-17 years have been admitted with confirmed COVID-19, which is about 2.7% of all admissions over that period, the CDC’s data show.
 

Booster gets the green light

The week brought some positive news on the prevention side, though, as the CDC officially approved a COVID vaccine booster dose for children aged 5-11 years.

Even that good news came with a caveat, however. The vote by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was 11:1 in favor, with the negative vote cast by Helen Keipp Talbot, MD, of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., who said that “boosters are great once we’ve gotten everyone their first round. That needs to be our priority in this.”

Nationally, in fact, just 35.7% of children aged 5-11 years have received at least one dose of the vaccine and only 29.0% are fully vaccinated. Those figures are nearly doubled among 12- to 17-year-olds: 69.3% have received at least one dose and 59.4% are fully vaccinated, the CDC said on its COVID Data Tracker.

Some states, meanwhile, are well below those national rates. In Wyoming, only 40% of children aged 12-17 have received an initial vaccine dose, and eight other states are below 50%. Among children aged 5-12, there are still five states below 20% in that measure, while the states on the other end of the spectrum – Vermont and Massachusetts – are above 60%, the AAP said in its separate vaccination report.

Weekly COVID-19 cases in children passed 100,000 in the United States for the first time since late February as pediatric incidence rose for the 6th consecutive week, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.

New cases were up by 14.6% over the previous week to just over 107,000 reported during May 13-16, marking the sixth straight increase since April 1-7, when the count was almost 26,000. Over that period, weekly cases rose 313%, based on data in the latest weekly COVID report from the AAP and CHA.

Rates reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the same trend. Weekly cases per 100,000 population, which were down to 34.9 in children aged 0-4 years and 43.1 for those aged 5-11 on March 26, were up to 49.5 and 52.2, respectively, by April 16. The pace picked up right after that, and as of May 14, the rates of new cases were 125.4 per 100,000 in children aged 0-4 years and 143.1 in those aged 5-11, the CDC said.

Hospital admissions continue to rise as well. The rate of new admissions in children aged 0-17 was up to 0.25 per 100,000 population on May 18, nearly double the 0.13 per 100,000 recorded as late as April 13. The latest 7-day average count for new admissions, 163 per day from May 15-21, is down from the previous week’s 175 per day, but the CDC also acknowledges potential reporting delays in the most recent 7-day period.

Both of those weekly averages, however, are far below the peak rate for the pandemic, 914 per day, which occurred Jan. 10-16, 2022, during the Omicron surge. Since the CDC began keeping count at the beginning of August 2020, more than 125,000 children aged 0-17 years have been admitted with confirmed COVID-19, which is about 2.7% of all admissions over that period, the CDC’s data show.
 

Booster gets the green light

The week brought some positive news on the prevention side, though, as the CDC officially approved a COVID vaccine booster dose for children aged 5-11 years.

Even that good news came with a caveat, however. The vote by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was 11:1 in favor, with the negative vote cast by Helen Keipp Talbot, MD, of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., who said that “boosters are great once we’ve gotten everyone their first round. That needs to be our priority in this.”

Nationally, in fact, just 35.7% of children aged 5-11 years have received at least one dose of the vaccine and only 29.0% are fully vaccinated. Those figures are nearly doubled among 12- to 17-year-olds: 69.3% have received at least one dose and 59.4% are fully vaccinated, the CDC said on its COVID Data Tracker.

Some states, meanwhile, are well below those national rates. In Wyoming, only 40% of children aged 12-17 have received an initial vaccine dose, and eight other states are below 50%. Among children aged 5-12, there are still five states below 20% in that measure, while the states on the other end of the spectrum – Vermont and Massachusetts – are above 60%, the AAP said in its separate vaccination report.

Weekly COVID-19 cases in children passed 100,000 in the United States for the first time since late February as pediatric incidence rose for the 6th consecutive week, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association.

New cases were up by 14.6% over the previous week to just over 107,000 reported during May 13-16, marking the sixth straight increase since April 1-7, when the count was almost 26,000. Over that period, weekly cases rose 313%, based on data in the latest weekly COVID report from the AAP and CHA.

Rates reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the same trend. Weekly cases per 100,000 population, which were down to 34.9 in children aged 0-4 years and 43.1 for those aged 5-11 on March 26, were up to 49.5 and 52.2, respectively, by April 16. The pace picked up right after that, and as of May 14, the rates of new cases were 125.4 per 100,000 in children aged 0-4 years and 143.1 in those aged 5-11, the CDC said.

Hospital admissions continue to rise as well. The rate of new admissions in children aged 0-17 was up to 0.25 per 100,000 population on May 18, nearly double the 0.13 per 100,000 recorded as late as April 13. The latest 7-day average count for new admissions, 163 per day from May 15-21, is down from the previous week’s 175 per day, but the CDC also acknowledges potential reporting delays in the most recent 7-day period.

Both of those weekly averages, however, are far below the peak rate for the pandemic, 914 per day, which occurred Jan. 10-16, 2022, during the Omicron surge. Since the CDC began keeping count at the beginning of August 2020, more than 125,000 children aged 0-17 years have been admitted with confirmed COVID-19, which is about 2.7% of all admissions over that period, the CDC’s data show.
 

Booster gets the green light

The week brought some positive news on the prevention side, though, as the CDC officially approved a COVID vaccine booster dose for children aged 5-11 years.

Even that good news came with a caveat, however. The vote by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was 11:1 in favor, with the negative vote cast by Helen Keipp Talbot, MD, of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., who said that “boosters are great once we’ve gotten everyone their first round. That needs to be our priority in this.”

Nationally, in fact, just 35.7% of children aged 5-11 years have received at least one dose of the vaccine and only 29.0% are fully vaccinated. Those figures are nearly doubled among 12- to 17-year-olds: 69.3% have received at least one dose and 59.4% are fully vaccinated, the CDC said on its COVID Data Tracker.

Some states, meanwhile, are well below those national rates. In Wyoming, only 40% of children aged 12-17 have received an initial vaccine dose, and eight other states are below 50%. Among children aged 5-12, there are still five states below 20% in that measure, while the states on the other end of the spectrum – Vermont and Massachusetts – are above 60%, the AAP said in its separate vaccination report.

Key clinical point: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) plus radiotherapy (RT) conferred an overall survival (OS) benefit over chemotherapy plus RT after resection of brain metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: The chemotherapy plus RT group had a shorter median OS than the ICI plus RT group after neurosurgery (11.8 months; 95% CI 9.1-15.2 vs 23.0 months; 95% CI 20.3-53.8; P < .001).

Study details: The data come from a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study involving 62 NSCLC patients treated with ICI plus RT and 62 treated with chemotherapy plus RT after neurosurgery for brain metastasis, from 2010 to 2021.

Disclosures: No funding information was available. N Frost reported receiving personal fees and nonfinancial support from pharmaceutical companies outside this work. The other authors declared no competing interests.

Source: Wasilewski D et al. Effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibition vs chemotherapy in combination with radiation therapy among patients with non–small cell lung cancer and brain metastasis undergoing neurosurgical resection. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(4):e229553 (Apr 29). Doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9553

Key clinical point: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) plus radiotherapy (RT) conferred an overall survival (OS) benefit over chemotherapy plus RT after resection of brain metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: The chemotherapy plus RT group had a shorter median OS than the ICI plus RT group after neurosurgery (11.8 months; 95% CI 9.1-15.2 vs 23.0 months; 95% CI 20.3-53.8; P < .001).

Study details: The data come from a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study involving 62 NSCLC patients treated with ICI plus RT and 62 treated with chemotherapy plus RT after neurosurgery for brain metastasis, from 2010 to 2021.

Disclosures: No funding information was available. N Frost reported receiving personal fees and nonfinancial support from pharmaceutical companies outside this work. The other authors declared no competing interests.

Source: Wasilewski D et al. Effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibition vs chemotherapy in combination with radiation therapy among patients with non–small cell lung cancer and brain metastasis undergoing neurosurgical resection. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(4):e229553 (Apr 29). Doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9553

Key clinical point: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) plus radiotherapy (RT) conferred an overall survival (OS) benefit over chemotherapy plus RT after resection of brain metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: The chemotherapy plus RT group had a shorter median OS than the ICI plus RT group after neurosurgery (11.8 months; 95% CI 9.1-15.2 vs 23.0 months; 95% CI 20.3-53.8; P < .001).

Study details: The data come from a retrospective propensity score-matched cohort study involving 62 NSCLC patients treated with ICI plus RT and 62 treated with chemotherapy plus RT after neurosurgery for brain metastasis, from 2010 to 2021.

Disclosures: No funding information was available. N Frost reported receiving personal fees and nonfinancial support from pharmaceutical companies outside this work. The other authors declared no competing interests.

Source: Wasilewski D et al. Effectiveness of immune checkpoint inhibition vs chemotherapy in combination with radiation therapy among patients with non–small cell lung cancer and brain metastasis undergoing neurosurgical resection. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(4):e229553 (Apr 29). Doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.9553

Key clinical point: In a real-world cohort of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monotherapy, the 4-year overall survival (OS) was nearly 18%.

Major finding: The mean progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.4 months and OS was 13.0 months. The 4-year OS rate was 17.9%. The predictors of favorable OS and PFS included age >70 years, a good Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status score, programmed cell death-ligand 1 tumor proportion score of ≥50%, absence of bone metastasis, and presence of immune-related skin toxicity.

Study details: The data come from a real-world retrospective cohort study of 435 patients diagnosed with advanced, metastatic, or recurrent NSCLC and treated with ICI monotherapy across seven Japanese centers (2015-2018).

Disclosures: No information on funding and disclosures was available.

Source: Yoneda T et al. Long-term survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy in real-world settings. Clin Lung Cancer. 2022 (May 1). Doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2022.03.008

Key clinical point: In a real-world cohort of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monotherapy, the 4-year overall survival (OS) was nearly 18%.

Major finding: The mean progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.4 months and OS was 13.0 months. The 4-year OS rate was 17.9%. The predictors of favorable OS and PFS included age >70 years, a good Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status score, programmed cell death-ligand 1 tumor proportion score of ≥50%, absence of bone metastasis, and presence of immune-related skin toxicity.

Study details: The data come from a real-world retrospective cohort study of 435 patients diagnosed with advanced, metastatic, or recurrent NSCLC and treated with ICI monotherapy across seven Japanese centers (2015-2018).

Disclosures: No information on funding and disclosures was available.

Source: Yoneda T et al. Long-term survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy in real-world settings. Clin Lung Cancer. 2022 (May 1). Doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2022.03.008

Key clinical point: In a real-world cohort of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monotherapy, the 4-year overall survival (OS) was nearly 18%.

Major finding: The mean progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.4 months and OS was 13.0 months. The 4-year OS rate was 17.9%. The predictors of favorable OS and PFS included age >70 years, a good Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status score, programmed cell death-ligand 1 tumor proportion score of ≥50%, absence of bone metastasis, and presence of immune-related skin toxicity.

Study details: The data come from a real-world retrospective cohort study of 435 patients diagnosed with advanced, metastatic, or recurrent NSCLC and treated with ICI monotherapy across seven Japanese centers (2015-2018).

Disclosures: No information on funding and disclosures was available.

Source: Yoneda T et al. Long-term survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy in real-world settings. Clin Lung Cancer. 2022 (May 1). Doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2022.03.008

Key clinical point: Anticoagulant use is linked to worse progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR) in patients with ALK- and ROS1-rearranged advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with crizotinib.

Major finding: In the ROS1-rearranged group, anticoagulant use vs no use was associated with a shorter median PFS (5.1 vs 29 months) and poorer ORR (41.7% vs 80.5%). Similarly, in the ALK-rearranged group, anticoagulant use vs no use was associated with a shorter median PFS (7.1 vs 12 months) and poorer ORR (41% vs 74.3%).

Study details: The data come from a retrospective analysis of patients with ROS1- and ALK-rearranged advanced NSCLC (n = 206) who received crizotinib in the phase 1 PROFILE 1001 trial.

Disclosures: The study was funded by Pfizer. The authors reported receiving grants or personal fees from one or more pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, outside this work.

Source: Ng TL, Tsui DCC, et al. Association of anticoagulant use with clinical outcomes from crizotinib in ALK- and ROS1-rearranged advanced non-small cell lung cancers: A retrospective analysis of PROFILE 1001. Cancer Med. 2022 (May 5). Doi: 10.1002/cam4.4789

Key clinical point: Anticoagulant use is linked to worse progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR) in patients with ALK- and ROS1-rearranged advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with crizotinib.

Major finding: In the ROS1-rearranged group, anticoagulant use vs no use was associated with a shorter median PFS (5.1 vs 29 months) and poorer ORR (41.7% vs 80.5%). Similarly, in the ALK-rearranged group, anticoagulant use vs no use was associated with a shorter median PFS (7.1 vs 12 months) and poorer ORR (41% vs 74.3%).

Study details: The data come from a retrospective analysis of patients with ROS1- and ALK-rearranged advanced NSCLC (n = 206) who received crizotinib in the phase 1 PROFILE 1001 trial.

Disclosures: The study was funded by Pfizer. The authors reported receiving grants or personal fees from one or more pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, outside this work.

Source: Ng TL, Tsui DCC, et al. Association of anticoagulant use with clinical outcomes from crizotinib in ALK- and ROS1-rearranged advanced non-small cell lung cancers: A retrospective analysis of PROFILE 1001. Cancer Med. 2022 (May 5). Doi: 10.1002/cam4.4789

Key clinical point: Anticoagulant use is linked to worse progression-free survival (PFS) and objective response rate (ORR) in patients with ALK- and ROS1-rearranged advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with crizotinib.

Major finding: In the ROS1-rearranged group, anticoagulant use vs no use was associated with a shorter median PFS (5.1 vs 29 months) and poorer ORR (41.7% vs 80.5%). Similarly, in the ALK-rearranged group, anticoagulant use vs no use was associated with a shorter median PFS (7.1 vs 12 months) and poorer ORR (41% vs 74.3%).

Study details: The data come from a retrospective analysis of patients with ROS1- and ALK-rearranged advanced NSCLC (n = 206) who received crizotinib in the phase 1 PROFILE 1001 trial.

Disclosures: The study was funded by Pfizer. The authors reported receiving grants or personal fees from one or more pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, outside this work.

Source: Ng TL, Tsui DCC, et al. Association of anticoagulant use with clinical outcomes from crizotinib in ALK- and ROS1-rearranged advanced non-small cell lung cancers: A retrospective analysis of PROFILE 1001. Cancer Med. 2022 (May 5). Doi: 10.1002/cam4.4789

Key clinical point: Noncachexic patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and adipose tissue loss may respond more favorably to immunotherapy.

Major finding: Cachexic patients with loss and maintenance of adipose tissue showed no significant differences in the objective response rate (ORR) and progression-free survival (PFS). Noncachexic patients with loss vs maintenance of adipose tissue demonstrated a higher ORR (64.7% vs 23.5%; P < .05) and longer PFS (18.5 vs 2.86 months; P = .037) in response to immunotherapy.

Study details: The data come from a single-center retrospective cohort study involving patients with advanced NSCLC (40 with cachexia and 34 without cachexia) who received programmed cell death-1/programmed cell death-ligand 1 inhibitors (pembrolizumab, nivolumab, or atezolizumab).

Disclosures: The study was funded by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development. The authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work.

Source: Nishioka N et al. Impact of losing adipose tissue on outcomes from PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor monotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Thorac Cancer. 2022;13(10):1496-1504 (Apr 14). Doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.14421

Key clinical point: Noncachexic patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and adipose tissue loss may respond more favorably to immunotherapy.

Major finding: Cachexic patients with loss and maintenance of adipose tissue showed no significant differences in the objective response rate (ORR) and progression-free survival (PFS). Noncachexic patients with loss vs maintenance of adipose tissue demonstrated a higher ORR (64.7% vs 23.5%; P < .05) and longer PFS (18.5 vs 2.86 months; P = .037) in response to immunotherapy.

Study details: The data come from a single-center retrospective cohort study involving patients with advanced NSCLC (40 with cachexia and 34 without cachexia) who received programmed cell death-1/programmed cell death-ligand 1 inhibitors (pembrolizumab, nivolumab, or atezolizumab).

Disclosures: The study was funded by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development. The authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work.

Source: Nishioka N et al. Impact of losing adipose tissue on outcomes from PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor monotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Thorac Cancer. 2022;13(10):1496-1504 (Apr 14). Doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.14421

Key clinical point: Noncachexic patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and adipose tissue loss may respond more favorably to immunotherapy.

Major finding: Cachexic patients with loss and maintenance of adipose tissue showed no significant differences in the objective response rate (ORR) and progression-free survival (PFS). Noncachexic patients with loss vs maintenance of adipose tissue demonstrated a higher ORR (64.7% vs 23.5%; P < .05) and longer PFS (18.5 vs 2.86 months; P = .037) in response to immunotherapy.

Study details: The data come from a single-center retrospective cohort study involving patients with advanced NSCLC (40 with cachexia and 34 without cachexia) who received programmed cell death-1/programmed cell death-ligand 1 inhibitors (pembrolizumab, nivolumab, or atezolizumab).

Disclosures: The study was funded by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development. The authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work.

Source: Nishioka N et al. Impact of losing adipose tissue on outcomes from PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor monotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Thorac Cancer. 2022;13(10):1496-1504 (Apr 14). Doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.14421

Key clinical point: The addition of nivolumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is more efficacious than and comparably safe compared to chemotherapy alone in patients with stage IB-IIIA resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: The nivolumab plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy-alone group demonstrated longer event-free survival (31.6 vs 20.8 months; hazard ratio 0.63; P = .005) and had a higher proportion of patients achieving pathological complete response (24.0% vs 2.2%; odds ratio 13.94; P < .001). The rates of grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events were comparable between the groups (33.5% vs 36.9%).

Study details: The data come from an open-label phase 3 CheckMate 816 trial which included patients with resectable NSCLC who were randomly assigned to receive neoadjuvant nivolumab plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy (n = 179) or platinum-doublet chemotherapy alone (n = 179).

Disclosures: The trial was funded by Bristol Myers Squibb. The authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work, including Bristol Myers Squibb.

Source: Forde PM et al. Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy in resectable lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022 (Apr 11). Doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202170

Key clinical point: The addition of nivolumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is more efficacious than and comparably safe compared to chemotherapy alone in patients with stage IB-IIIA resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: The nivolumab plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy-alone group demonstrated longer event-free survival (31.6 vs 20.8 months; hazard ratio 0.63; P = .005) and had a higher proportion of patients achieving pathological complete response (24.0% vs 2.2%; odds ratio 13.94; P < .001). The rates of grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events were comparable between the groups (33.5% vs 36.9%).

Study details: The data come from an open-label phase 3 CheckMate 816 trial which included patients with resectable NSCLC who were randomly assigned to receive neoadjuvant nivolumab plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy (n = 179) or platinum-doublet chemotherapy alone (n = 179).

Disclosures: The trial was funded by Bristol Myers Squibb. The authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work, including Bristol Myers Squibb.

Source: Forde PM et al. Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy in resectable lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022 (Apr 11). Doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202170

Key clinical point: The addition of nivolumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy is more efficacious than and comparably safe compared to chemotherapy alone in patients with stage IB-IIIA resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Major finding: The nivolumab plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy-alone group demonstrated longer event-free survival (31.6 vs 20.8 months; hazard ratio 0.63; P = .005) and had a higher proportion of patients achieving pathological complete response (24.0% vs 2.2%; odds ratio 13.94; P < .001). The rates of grade 3/4 treatment-related adverse events were comparable between the groups (33.5% vs 36.9%).

Study details: The data come from an open-label phase 3 CheckMate 816 trial which included patients with resectable NSCLC who were randomly assigned to receive neoadjuvant nivolumab plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy (n = 179) or platinum-doublet chemotherapy alone (n = 179).

Disclosures: The trial was funded by Bristol Myers Squibb. The authors reported ties with one or more pharmaceutical companies outside this work, including Bristol Myers Squibb.

Source: Forde PM et al. Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy in resectable lung cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022 (Apr 11). Doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202170

Key clinical point: A higher serum level of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is an independent risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is positively associated with RA disease activity.

Major finding: Circulating FSH levels were significantly higher in women with RA vs age-matched healthy women (57.58 ± 15.94 vs 43.11 ± 19.46 mIU/mL; P = .025), with women with RA in the highest vs lowest quartiles of FSH levels having a significantly higher disease activity score of 28 joints with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (P < .001).

Study details: Findings are from a prospective analysis including 79 women with RA and 50 age-matched healthy women.

Disclosures: This study was supported by the Youth Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Shanxi Province and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Zhang X et al. High follicle-stimulating hormone level associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis and disease activity. Front Endocrinol. 2022;13:862849 (Apr 22). Doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.862849

Key clinical point: A higher serum level of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is an independent risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is positively associated with RA disease activity.

Major finding: Circulating FSH levels were significantly higher in women with RA vs age-matched healthy women (57.58 ± 15.94 vs 43.11 ± 19.46 mIU/mL; P = .025), with women with RA in the highest vs lowest quartiles of FSH levels having a significantly higher disease activity score of 28 joints with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (P < .001).

Study details: Findings are from a prospective analysis including 79 women with RA and 50 age-matched healthy women.

Disclosures: This study was supported by the Youth Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Shanxi Province and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Zhang X et al. High follicle-stimulating hormone level associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis and disease activity. Front Endocrinol. 2022;13:862849 (Apr 22). Doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.862849

Key clinical point: A higher serum level of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is an independent risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is positively associated with RA disease activity.

Major finding: Circulating FSH levels were significantly higher in women with RA vs age-matched healthy women (57.58 ± 15.94 vs 43.11 ± 19.46 mIU/mL; P = .025), with women with RA in the highest vs lowest quartiles of FSH levels having a significantly higher disease activity score of 28 joints with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (P < .001).

Study details: Findings are from a prospective analysis including 79 women with RA and 50 age-matched healthy women.

Disclosures: This study was supported by the Youth Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Shanxi Province and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Zhang X et al. High follicle-stimulating hormone level associated with risk of rheumatoid arthritis and disease activity. Front Endocrinol. 2022;13:862849 (Apr 22). Doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.862849

Key clinical point: Acupuncture relieves pain and improves the health index in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can be considered an adjunctive nonpharmacological treatment in rehabilitation programs.

Major finding: Invasive acupuncture vs control interventions significantly reduced pain (mean difference [MD] −1.00; P ­= .04), Health Assessment Questionnaire score (MD −0.20; P < .001), Physician Global Assessment score (MD ­−0.98; P < .001), tender joint count (MD ­−1.24; P ­= .005), C-reactive protein level (MD, −1.81; P =­ .019), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (MD, −3.03; P =­ .032). Similar benefits were observed with laser acupuncture. No adverse events were reported.

Study details: This was a meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials including 796 patients with RA, of which 402 received acupuncture therapy and 394 received control interventions.

Disclosures: The study was supported by Beijing Jishuitan Hospital Elite Young Scholar Programme, Beijing, China. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Li H et al. Clinical efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2022;5264977 (Apr 30). Doi: 10.1155/2022/5264977

Key clinical point: Acupuncture relieves pain and improves the health index in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can be considered an adjunctive nonpharmacological treatment in rehabilitation programs.

Major finding: Invasive acupuncture vs control interventions significantly reduced pain (mean difference [MD] −1.00; P ­= .04), Health Assessment Questionnaire score (MD −0.20; P < .001), Physician Global Assessment score (MD ­−0.98; P < .001), tender joint count (MD ­−1.24; P ­= .005), C-reactive protein level (MD, −1.81; P =­ .019), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (MD, −3.03; P =­ .032). Similar benefits were observed with laser acupuncture. No adverse events were reported.

Study details: This was a meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials including 796 patients with RA, of which 402 received acupuncture therapy and 394 received control interventions.

Disclosures: The study was supported by Beijing Jishuitan Hospital Elite Young Scholar Programme, Beijing, China. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Li H et al. Clinical efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2022;5264977 (Apr 30). Doi: 10.1155/2022/5264977

Key clinical point: Acupuncture relieves pain and improves the health index in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can be considered an adjunctive nonpharmacological treatment in rehabilitation programs.

Major finding: Invasive acupuncture vs control interventions significantly reduced pain (mean difference [MD] −1.00; P ­= .04), Health Assessment Questionnaire score (MD −0.20; P < .001), Physician Global Assessment score (MD ­−0.98; P < .001), tender joint count (MD ­−1.24; P ­= .005), C-reactive protein level (MD, −1.81; P =­ .019), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (MD, −3.03; P =­ .032). Similar benefits were observed with laser acupuncture. No adverse events were reported.

Study details: This was a meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials including 796 patients with RA, of which 402 received acupuncture therapy and 394 received control interventions.

Disclosures: The study was supported by Beijing Jishuitan Hospital Elite Young Scholar Programme, Beijing, China. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

Source: Li H et al. Clinical efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2022;5264977 (Apr 30). Doi: 10.1155/2022/5264977