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Change in neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in response to immune checkpoint blockade for metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Overview of attention for article published in Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, January 2018
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Title
Change in neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in response to immune checkpoint blockade for metastatic renal cell carcinoma
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Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, January 2018
DOI 10.1186/s40425-018-0315-0
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Aly-Khan A. Lalani, Wanling Xie, Dylan J. Martini, John A. Steinharter, Craig K. Norton, Katherine M. Krajewski, Audrey Duquette, Dominick Bossé, Joaquim Bellmunt, Eliezer M. Van Allen, Bradley A. McGregor, Chad J. Creighton, Lauren C. Harshman, Toni K. Choueiri

Abstract

An elevated Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is associated with worse outcomes in several malignancies. However, its role with contemporary immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is unknown. We investigated the utility of NLR in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients treated with PD-1/PD-L1 ICB. We examined NLR at baseline and 6 (±2) weeks later in 142 patients treated between 2009 and 2017 at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, USA). Landmark analysis at 6 weeks was conducted to explore the prognostic value of relative NLR change on overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and objective response rate (ORR). Cox and logistic regression models allowed for adjustment of line of therapy, number of IMDC risk factors, histology and baseline NLR. Median follow up was 16.6 months (range: 0.7-67.8). Median duration on therapy was 5.1 months (<1-61.4). IMDC risk groups were: 18% favorable, 60% intermediate, 23% poor-risk. Forty-four percent were on first-line ICB and 56% on 2nd line or more. Median NLR was 3.9 (1.3-42.4) at baseline and 4.1 (1.1-96.4) at week 6. Patients with a higher baseline NLR showed a trend toward lower ORR, shorter PFS, and shorter OS. Higher NLR at 6 weeks was a significantly stronger predictor of all three outcomes than baseline NLR. Relative NLR change by ≥25% from baseline to 6 weeks after ICB therapy was associated with reduced ORR and an independent prognostic factor for PFS (p < 0.001) and OS (p = 0.004), whereas a decrease in NLR by ≥25% was associated with improved outcomes. Early decline and NLR at 6 weeks are associated with significantly improved outcomes in mRCC patients treated with ICB. The prognostic value of the readily-available NLR warrants larger, prospective validation.

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Unknown 104 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 18 17%
Other 14 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 13%
Student > Postgraduate 9 9%
Student > Bachelor 6 6%
Other 14 13%
Unknown 30 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 38 37%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 11 11%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 2%
Other 9 9%
Unknown 36 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 November 2022.
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#1,235,169
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#292
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#6
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