Prognostic significance of circulating tumor cells in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with docetaxel and gemcitabine

• Autores: Juan Oscar Fernández Díaz, José Antonio Carceller Vidal, S. Maciá Escalante, José Gómez Codina
• Localización: Clinical & translational oncology, ISSN 1699-048X, Vol. 16, Nº. 7, 2014, págs. 637-643
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Purpose To evaluate the association in the change of circulating tumor cell (CTC) levels and clinical outcomes (PFS and OS) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated homogenously with docetaxel and gemcitabine administered every 2 weeks.

    Methods We prospectively evaluated 37 patients for CTC levels at baseline and after 2 months of chemotherapy (before third cycle). Detection was carried out with the CellSearch system.

    Results Nine of the 37 patients (24 %) had ?2 CTCs at the baseline determination. Median progression-free survival (PFS) was 4.3 months (95 % CI 2.5�8.3) for patients with CTC 0�1 as compared to 9.4 months (95 % CI 1.2�12.2) for those with CTC ?2 (p = 0.3506). Median overall survival (OS) was 8.1 (95 % CI 2.8�16.3) and 12.2 (95 % CI 1.4�12.2) months for patients with 0�1 CTCs and ?2 CTCs, respectively (p = 0.7639). Patients with a second CTC quantification were classified as: group 1, CTC = 0�1 at baseline and CTC = 0�1 after second chemotherapy cycle (18 patients); group 2, CTC ?2 at baseline and CTC = 0�1 after second determination (5 patients). Median PFS was 7.7 and 9.9 months for group 1 and group 2, respectively (p = 0.4467).

    Conclusions CTCs ?2 at baseline were detected only in 24 % of this group of patients with advanced NSCLC and poor performance status. No significant differences in PFS and OS between patients with or without CTCs at baseline were observed.