Clinical outcomes of immune checkpoint inhibitor based therapy in NRG1 fusion positive non small cell lung cancer a retrospective study
摘要
Although immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have contributed to significant advances in the treatment of lung cancer, there is a lack of research investigating their efficacy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer harboring NRG1 fusion genes.
MethodsThis retrospective study included data from patients diagnosed with NRG1 fusion-positive NSCLC, who underwent ICI treatment at the Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital and Shanghai Changzheng Hospital (Shanghai, China) between 2016 and 2025, in accordance with the Response Evaluation Criteria for Solid Tumors, version 1.1.
ResultsData from 20 patients were analyzed. The total objective response rate was 15.0%, the disease control rate reached 65.1%, and the median progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.8 months. Most patients (11/20 [61.5%]) underwent an immunological-chemotherapy combination regimen, with a PFS of 5.5 months. Among the 8 patients who received ICIs as first-line treatment, 2 exhibited partial response, 5 had stable disease, and the median PFS was 4.8 months. In the entire cohort, among the 5 patients who received ICIs before targeted drug therapy, the median PFS was 6.75 months.
ConclusionsResults of this retrospective study provide clinical evidence supporting the merits of first-line ICI-based treatment(s) in patients diagnosed with NRG1 fusion gene-positive NSCLC.