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@ARTICLE{Certa:300096,
author = {F. Certa and P. A. Horn and J. Keyl and B. Mende and S.
Lueong$^*$ and T. Hilser and S. Theurer and I. Virchow and
Y. Zaun and M. Pogorzelski and M. Metzenmacher and H.
Kalkavan$^*$ and S. Kasper and M. Schuler and M. Wiesweg and
G. Zaun},
title = {{ABO}-{B}lood {G}roup {A}ssociates {W}ith {S}urvival
{O}utcomes in {P}atients {W}ith {M}etastatic {N}on-{S}mall
{C}ell {L}ung {C}ancer {T}reated {W}ith {P}embrolizumab
{M}onotherapy.},
journal = {Thoracic cancer},
volume = {16},
number = {6},
issn = {1759-7706},
address = {Hoboken, NJ [u.a.]},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-00596},
pages = {e70037},
year = {2025},
abstract = {In patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC) with high programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)
expression, there is still a lack of biomarkers to identify
patients with maximum benefit from first-line treatment with
checkpoint inhibitor therapy (CIT) alone. This work examines
the impact of different ABO blood groups (BG) on the
response to CIT monotherapy.Retrospective analysis of
patients with stage IV NSCLC and high PD-L1 expression
(tumor proportional score/TPS ≥ $50\%),$ receiving
first-line therapy with pembrolizumab alone or in
combination with chemotherapy at the West German Cancer
Center from 2017 to 2022. Study endpoints were overall
survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS).Eighty-two
patients were included in the analysis. Twenty-two patients
$(27\%)$ received first-line therapy with pembrolizumab
alone (monoimmunotherapy cohort/MIC), of which seven
patients $(32\%)$ had BGO. Sixty patients $(73\%)$ were
treated with pembrolizumab combined with platinum-based
chemotherapy (chemoimmunotherapy cohort/CIC), of which 38
$(63\%)$ had BGO. In MIC, younger age and BGO were
independent predictors of favorable OS (BGO vs. other
ABO-BG: HR 0.22, $95\%$ CI: 0.1-0.9; p = 0.037; median OS 62
versus 19 months) and PFS (BGO vs. other ABO-BG: HR 0.21,
$95\%$ CI: 0.1-0.8; p = 0.024; median PFS 39 vs. 4 months).
There was no significant impact of ABO-BG in patients
treated with CIC. In support, a historical control group
treated with chemotherapy alone also showed no prognostic
impact of the ABO-BG.BGO associates with favorable survival
in patients with NSCLC receiving pembrolizumab monotherapy,
but not in patients with chemo-immunotherapy or
chemotherapy. Further validation of this promising strategy
for personalized decision-making is warranted.},
keywords = {Humans / Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized: therapeutic use
/ Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung: drug therapy / Carcinoma,
Non-Small-Cell Lung: mortality / Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell
Lung: pathology / Lung Neoplasms: drug therapy / Lung
Neoplasms: mortality / Lung Neoplasms: pathology / Male /
Female / ABO Blood-Group System / Retrospective Studies /
Middle Aged / Aged / Adult / Aged, 80 and over / Prognosis /
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological: therapeutic use /
Survival Rate / blood group (Other) / checkpoint inhibitor
(Other) / non‐small cell lung cancer (Other) / predictive
biomarkers (Other) / pembrolizumab (NLM Chemicals) /
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized (NLM Chemicals) / ABO
Blood-Group System (NLM Chemicals) / Antineoplastic Agents,
Immunological (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {ED01},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)ED01-20160331},
pnm = {899 - ohne Topic (POF4-899)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-899},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40114329},
pmc = {pmc:PMC11925720},
doi = {10.1111/1759-7714.70037},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/300096},
}