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. 2024 Feb;15(5):419-426.
doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.15209. Epub 2024 Jan 14.

Rechallenge of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Gen Lin  1 Zhijie Wang  2 Qian Chu  3 Yi Hu  4 Dingzhi Huang  5 Jun Wang  6 Fan Yang  7 Wenzhao Zhong  8 Chengzhi Zhou  9 Bo Zhu  10 Xinghao Ai  11 Baoshan Cao  12 Yabing Cao  13 Mingqiu Chen  14 Xiaohui Chen  15 Tianqing Chu  16 Jianchun Duan  2 Yun Fan  17 Yong Fang  18 Shuitu Feng  19 Weineng Feng  20 Hui Guo  21 Chengbo Han  22 Yong He  23 Shaodong Hong  24 Jie Hu  25 Meijuan Huang  26 Yan Huang  24 Da Jiang  27 Kan Jiang  1 Richeng Jiang  5 Bo Jin  28 Shi Jin  29 Jisheng Li  30 Min Li  31 Ziming Li  11 Chao Li  32 Jie Lin  33 Anwen Liu  34 Si-Yang Maggie Liu  35 Liu Yutao  2 Zhefeng Liu  4 Zhe Liu  36 Zhenhua Liu  37 Zhentian Liu  38 Zhigang Liu  39 Yuping Lu  40 Tangfeng Lv  41 Zhiyong Ma  42 Qian Miao  1 Min Peng  43 Xingxiang Pu  44 Xiu Bao Ren  45 Jianzhen Shan  46 Jinlu Shan  47 Peng Shen  48 Bo Shen  49 Meiqi Shi  49 Yong Song  41 Zhengbo Song  50 ChunXia Su  51 Jianguo Sun  10 Panwen Tian  52 Jinliang Wang  4 Feng Wang  15 Huijuan Wang  42 Jialei Wang  53 Qian Wang  54 Wenxian Wang  17 Yan Wang  2 Lin Wu  44 Fang Wu  55 Yang Xia  56 Congying Xie  57 Conghua Xie  58 Tao Xin  59 Jianping Xiong  60 Haipeng Xu  1 Song Xu  61 Yiquan Xu  1 Bin Xu  43 Chunwei Xu  41 Xiaolong Yan  62 Zhenzhou Yang  63 Wenxiu Yao  64 Yao Yu  21 Ye Feng  65 Zongyang Yu  66 Yongfeng Yu  11 Dongsheng Yue  67 Haibo Zhang  68 HongMei Zhang  69 Li Zhang  3 Longfeng Zhang  1 Qiuyu Zhang  70 Tongmei Zhang  36 Bicheng Zhang  43 Jun Zhao  71 Mingfang Zhao  28 Xiaobin Zheng  1 Qiaofeng Zhong  1 Jin Zhou  64 Penghui Zhou  24 Zhengfei Zhu  72 Juntao Zou  73 Zihua Zou  1
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Rechallenge of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Gen Lin et al. Thorac Cancer. 2024 Feb.

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) rechallenge in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a promising therapeutic strategy. The situation for ICI rechallenge can be divided into three categories: adverse events (AEs); resistance to ICIs, and rechallenge becomes compulsive because of tumor relapse while the patients had completed a 2 year course of immunotherapy. However, these categories are still controversial and should be explored further. Through voting at the 6th Straits Summit Forum on Lung Cancer, in this study we summarize the consensus of 147 experts in ICI rechallenges. A total of 97.74% experts agreed to rechallenge; 48.87% experts rechallenge with the original drug, and the others rechallenge with a different drug; 40.3% agreed to rechallenge directly after progression; 88.06% experts agreed to ICI rechallenge with a combination regimen; and factors such as previous performance status score, PD-1 expression, and age should also be considered. Understanding the the clinical studies in ICI rechallenge could bring us one step closer to understanding the consensus. In patients with advanced NSCLC who have suffered recurrent or distant metastasis after immunotherapy, the option of rechallenge with ICIs is a promising treatment option.

Keywords: ICI; NSCLC; re-challenge.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Optimal response to initial treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs).
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Optimal response to rechallenge with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs).
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Progression‐free survival (PFS) of patients in the primary treatment and immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) rechallenge settings.
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Effects of other antitumor regimens on immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) rechallenge efficacy between ICI treatments.

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