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  • Early fatigue in cancer pat...
    Cortellini, Alessio; Vitale, Maria G; De Galitiis, Federica; Di Pietro, Francesca R; Berardi, Rossana; Torniai, Mariangela; De Tursi, Michele; Grassadonia, Antonino; Di Marino, Pietro; Santini, Daniele; Zeppola, Tea; Anesi, Cecilia; Gelibter, Alain; Occhipinti, Mario Alberto; Botticelli, Andrea; Marchetti, Paolo; Rastelli, Francesca; Pergolesi, Federica; Tudini, Marianna; Silva, Rosa Rita; Mallardo, Domenico; Vanella, Vito; Ficorella, Corrado; Porzio, Giampiero; Ascierto, Paolo A

    Journal of translational medicine, 11/2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    Fatigue was reported as the most common any-grade adverse event (18.3%), and the most common grade 3 or higher immune-related adverse event (irAE) (0.89%) in patients receiving PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitors in clinical trial. The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to evaluate the correlations between "early ir-fatigue", "delayed ir-fatigue", and clinical outcomes in cancer patients receiving PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in clinical practice. 517 patients were evaluated. After the 12-weeks landmark selection, 386 (74.7%) patients were eligible for the clinical outcomes analysis. 40.4% were NSCLC, 42.2% were melanoma, 15.3% renal cell carcinoma and 2.1% other malignancies. 76 patients (19.7%) experienced early ir-fatigue (within 1 month from treatment commencement), while 150 patients (38.9%) experienced delayed ir-fatigue. Early ir-fatigue was significantly related to shortened PFS (HR = 2.29 95% CI 1.62-3.22, p < 0.0001) and OS (HR = 2.32 95% CI 1.59-3.38, p < 0.0001) at the multivariate analysis. On the other hand, we found a significant association between the occurrence of early ir-fatigue, ECOG-PS ≥ 2 (p < 0.0001), and disease burden (p = 0.0003). Delayed ir-fatigue was not significantly related to PFS nor OS. Early ir-fatigue seems to be negative prognostic parameter, but to proper weight its role we must to consider the predominant role of performance status, which was related to early ir-fatigue in the study population.