Abstract

The 5-year survival is poor for stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Recently, cell immunotherapy has emerged as a new treatment strategy. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Immune killer cells (IKC) in patients with stage IV NSCLC after the failure of prior chemotherapy. This study enrolled 26 patients with stage IV NSCLC who failed at least two lines of chemotherapy with or without targeted therapy. The IKC was given alone weekly for 24 weeks. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary outcomes included overall survival (OS), pain intensity, quality of life (QOL), and safety. The median PFS for the intent-to-treat (ITT) population (i.e., all enrolled patients) was 3.8 month. In the per-protocol (PP) population (i.e., patients receiving > 12 IKC infusions), the median PFS was 5.6 months. Moreover, the ITT population showed a 1-year survival rate of 60.0%, while that for the PP population was 85.7%. Only 7 out of 200 AEs (3.5%) were related to the IKC infusion, and they were all rated as grade 1 in severity. The IKC infusion was well tolerated. This novel immunotherapy prolonged the PFS and improved the survival compared with historical data. It might be a potential treatment strategy for stage IV NSCLC patient who failed prior chemotherapy.

ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03499834.

Details

Title
Immune killer cells treatment for previously treated stage IV NSCLC patients
Author
Tseng, Yen-Han 1 ; Ho, Ching-Liang 2 ; Chian, Chih-Feng 3 ; Chiang, Chi-Lu 1 ; Chao, Heng-Sheng 1 ; Tsai, Chen-Liang 3 ; Perng, Wann-Cherng 3 ; Hsiao, Chin-Fu 4 ; Chuang, Mei-Hsing 4 ; Ko, Kai-Hsiung 5 ; Cheng, Yun-Ching 6 ; Chen, Shin-Jung 6 ; Wang, Chia-Jen 6 ; Chen, Yuh-Min 1 

 Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (GRID:grid.278247.c) (ISNI:0000 0004 0604 5314); National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (GRID:grid.260539.b) (ISNI:0000 0001 2059 7017) 
 National Defense Medical Center, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (GRID:grid.260565.2) (ISNI:0000 0004 0634 0356) 
 National Defense Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (GRID:grid.260565.2) (ISNI:0000 0004 0634 0356) 
 National Health Research Institutes, Institute of Population Health Sciences, Zhunan, Taiwan (GRID:grid.59784.37) (ISNI:0000 0004 0622 9172) 
 National Defense Medical Center, Department of Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (GRID:grid.260565.2) (ISNI:0000 0004 0634 0356) 
 Ivy Life Sciences Co., Ltd., Taoyuan, Taiwan (GRID:grid.260565.2) 
Pages
19374
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3095332057
Copyright
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