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Table 2 Tumor Mutation Burden as Predictor of Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Outcome: OS and PFS Data

From: Targeted literature review on use of tumor mutational burden status and programmed cell death ligand 1 expression to predict outcomes of checkpoint inhibitor treatment

Trial/Author (Year)

Subpopulation or Population

Treatment

No. of Patients

OS

PFS

Median (95% CI), Months

HR(95% CI)

Median (95% CI), Months

HR(95% CI)

CheckMate 026

Carbone et al. (2017) [17]

Socinski et al. (2016) [18]

High TMB

NIVO 3 mg/kg Q2W

47

18.3 (11.4-NE)

1.1 (0.64–1.88)

9.7 (5.1-NE)

0.62 (0.38–1.0)

Platinum-based chemotherapy Q3W

60

18.8 (11.3-NE)

5.8 (4.2–8.5)

Low or medium TML

NIVO 3 mg/kg Q2W

111

12.7 (9.9–16.1)

0.99 (0.71–1.4)

4.1 (2.8–5.4)

1.82 (1.3–2.55)

Platinum-based chemotherapy Q3W

94

13.2 (9.5–15.2)

6.9 (5.5–8.6)

CheckMate 227

Hellmann et al. (2018) [4]

TMB ≥ 10 mutations per mb

NIVO + IPI

139

NR

NR

7.2 (5.5–13.2)

0.58 (97.5% CI, 0.41–0.81)

Chemotherapy

160

NR

NR

5.5 (4.4–5.8)

TMB < 10 mutations per mb

NIVO + IPI

191

NR

NR

3.2 (2.7–4.3)

1.07 (0.84–1.35)

Chemotherapy

189

NR

NR

5.5 (4.3–5.6)

OAKa

Rittmeyer et al. (2017) [6]

Gadgeel et al. (2017) [19]

Barlesi et al. (2016) [20]

Hida et al. (2018) [21]

Gandara et al. (2017) [22]

TMB ≥ 10

ATEZO vs. DTX

251

NR

0.69 (NR)

NR

0.73 (NR)

TMB ≥ 16

 

158

NR

0.64 (NR)

NR

0.65 (NR)

TMB ≥ 20

105

NR

0.65 (NR)

NR

0.61 (NR)

POPLARa

Fehrenbacher et al. (2016) [23]

Smith et al. (2016) [24]

Mazieres et al. (2016) [25]

Vansteenkiste et al. (2015) [26]

Spira et al. (2015) [27]

Gandara et al. (2017) [22]

TMB ≥ 10

ATEZO vs. DTX

96

NR

0.59 (NR)

NR

0.68 (NR)

TMB ≥ 16

63

NR

0.56 (NR)

NR

0.57 (NR)

TMB ≥ 20

42

NR

0.51 (NR)

NR

0.58 (NR)

Yaghmour (2016)

[28]

TML: top quintile

≥ First line, NIVO or IPI

50 (overall patients)

NR

3.29 (0.75–25.53)

NR

NR

TML: other quintiles

NR

NR

NR

B-F1RST

Velcheti (2018) [29]

Blood-based TMB ≥ 12

ATEZO

22

NR

NR

3

0.95 (90% CI, 0.55–1.63)

Blood-based TMB < 12

36

NR

NR

3.2

Blood-based TMB ≥ 14

14

NR

NR

3.4

0.73 (90% CI, 0.39–1.39)

Blood-based TMB < 14

44

NR

NR

3.2

Blood-based TMB ≥ 16

11

NR

NR

9.5

0.49 (90% CI, 0.23–1.04)

Blood-based TMB < 16

47

NR

NR

2.8

Blood-based TMB ≥ 20

8

NR

NR

9.5

0.23 (90% CI, 0.08–0.62)

Blood-based TMB < 20

50

NR

NR

2.7

  1. ATEZO atezolizumab; CI confidence interval; DTX docetaxel; HR hazard ratio; IPI ipilimumab; mb megabase; NE could not be estimated/not reached; NIVO nivolumab; NR not reported; OS overall survival; PFS progression-free survival; Q2W every 2 weeks; Q3W every 3 weeks; TMB tumor mutational burden; TML tumor mutational load
  2. aBlood based TMB