Predictive impact of clinical factors on chemosensitivity in advanced high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma according to chemotherapy response score

Abstract

The use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) as a first-line therapy for advanced high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) has increased. However, several studies have reported NAC-induced platinum resistance. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive impact of clinical factors on chemotherapy response score (CRS) and to select patients who would respond well to NAC. This multicenter retrospective (study included patients treated between January 2016 and December 2021). International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage IIIC and IV HGSOC patients were eligible. Institutionally strict complete resectability criteria were used in the present study. Pathological slides were scored according to the CRS criteria. Among 172 patients with HGSOC, 87 (50.6%) had stage IIIC disease and 85 (49.4%) had stage IV disease. And 35 (20.4%) had CRS1, 103 patients were CRS2 (59.9%), and 34 patients were CRS3 (19.7%). Compared with CRS1, simultaneous metastases to distant lymph nodes and solid organs confirmed by imaging were associated with a 75% reduction in CRS2 (odds ratio = 0.25; 95% confidence interval: 0.09–0.70; P = .008). And breast cancer susceptibility gene 1/2 mutation was positively (odds ratio = 8.41; 95% confidence interval: 2.25–31.52; P = .002) associated with CRS3 compared to CRS1. Patients with CRS3 had significantly longer progression-free survival (PFS), with median PFS of 9.8, 14.8, and 27.0 months for CRS of 1, 2, and 3, respectively (P < .001). Overall survival was also prolonged in patients with CRS3 (P < .001). Germline breast cancer susceptibility gene 1/2 mutation was a predictor of CRS3 and a good prognostic factor for the survival rate. Simultaneous metastasis to distant lymph nodes and solid organs is a predictor of CRS1. CRS inversely correlated with PFS and overall survival.