P2.01-98 Neutrophil-Platelet Score (NPS), a Predictive Systemic Inflammation Score for Pembrolizumab in First Line of Advanced NSCLC Patients

Abstract

Systemic inflammation response can be characterized by changes of peripheral blood cell amounts. Several blood cell-based scores have been found to have prognostic value in some tumors treated with ICI. Neutrophil-platelet score (NPS) is a systemic inflammation-based score characterizing 3 prognostic groups: good (0), neutrophils ≤7500 and platelets ≤400000; intermediate (1), neutrophils >7500 or platelets >400000; poor (2), neutrophils >7500 and platelets >400000). It has never been evaluated as prognostic biomarker in first line treatment setting of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with pembrolizumab. This is a multicenter retrospective study with the aim to evaluate prognostic value of NPS in patients with advanced NSCLC and high PD-L1 expression treated with pembrolizumab monotherapy between September 2016 and March 2019. Clinical data were contributed by 12 medical centers in Spain. Primary endpoint was association of NPS with overall survival (OS). 121 patients were evaluated. Median age was 68 years (38-88). 90 (74,4%) were male and 90 (74,4%) had PS1. Predominant histologies were adenocarcinoma (68,6%) and squamous-cell carcinoma (23,1%). Median number of cycles was 7 (1-33). Median follow-up: 6,5 months. Most were current or former smokers (95,9%). Only 1 patient had driver mutation (ALK rearrangement). 66,9% had 2 or more metastatic locations, 18,2% had central nervous system (CNS) disease, 17,4% liver metastasis, and 41,3% bone metastasis. Response rate was 40,4% according to RECISTv1.1 criteria. 11% had hyperprogression and 7,2% pseudoprogression. Estimated 12-month-OS was 62% (95%CI: 49.1%-72.5%) and estimated 12-month-PFS was 44.2% (95%CI: 31.1%-56.5%). Higher NPS was associated with poor PFS: NPS1 HR 1,23 (95%CI, 0,61-2,46), p=0,56; NPS2 HR 3,56 (95%CI, 1,61-7,86), p=0,002. NPS was not associated with disease control rate (DCR) or overall response rate (ORR). NPS predicted OS and PFS in advanced NSCLC patients with high PD-L1 expression treated with first line pembrolizumab monotherapy. NPS2 subgroup has an especially bad prognosis in spite of high PD-L1 expression and frontline treatment with pembrolizumab. These results need to be validated in prospective studies.