P2.03b-060 Baseline Skeletal Muscle Index (SMI) Values Are Associated with Biomarkers of Insulin Resistance in Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Topic: Biomarkers

Abstract

The aim of this project was to correlate pretreatment levels of circulating biomarkers of insulin resistance with computed tomography measured evidence of sarcopenia in stage IV NSCLC patients receiving platinum doublet chemotherapy. Pretreatment serum from 93 patients with frontline stage IV NSCLC was evaluated for 13 metabolism biomarkers with the Bio-Plex Pro Human Diabetes Assay Panel and 20 inflammation-related biomarkers using the Milliplex Human High Sensitivity T Cell Panel. All patients were treated with standard platinum doublet based chemotherapy. All patients had skeletal muscle index (SMI) calculated from baseline CT images using the Slice-O-Matic software package (Tomovision); where SMI = (muscle cross sectional area in cm2) / height in m2. Associations of biomarkers with SMI were assessed using a Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient. The Log-Rank test was performed to evaluate the association of individual biomarkers with overall survival (OS). High levels of adiponectin (with low levels of adiponectin being correlating with obesity in the literature) were associated with good OS (p=0.036) and low baseline SMI value specifically for males (p=0.00029). High levels adipsin was associated with favorable OS (p=0.015) and a higher baseline SMI specifically for females (p=0.66 x10-5). Low levels of ghrelin were associated with favorable OS (p=0.005) and were inversely associated with SMI values for both genders (p=0.021). Altered values of several biomarkers of insulin resistance were associated with inferior survival and a greater degree of sarcopenia in frontline NSCLC patients receiving platinum double therapy. These findings suggest a certain subset of patients that may have improvements in cancer cachexia by targeting insulin resistance.