Pembrolizumab plus pemetrexed-carboplatin combination in first-line treatment of advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter real-life study (CAP29).

Background: Pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy is now first-line standard of care in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. This real-life study aimed to assess efficacy and safety of carboplatin-pemetrexed plus pembrolizumab in advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer.

Methods: CAP29 is a retrospective, observational, multicenter real-life study conducted in 6 French centers.

Brief Report on the Efficacy of Nivolumab in Patients With Previously Treated Advanced Large-Cell Neuroendocrine Cancer of the Lung.

Introduction: The optimal management of large cell neuroendocrine cancer of the lung (LCNEC) is unclear, and data regarding anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) antibodies are scarce. This study reports the clinical efficacy of a PD-1 inhibitor in patients with advanced LCNEC.

Methods: All patients with stage III to IV LCNEC treated with at least one previous cycle of chemotherapy between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2018 were reviewed retrospectively.

Duration of nivolumab for pretreated, advanced non-small-cell lung cancer.

Background: A standard of care for pretreated, advanced non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), nivolumab has demonstrated long-term benefit when administered for 2 years. We aimed to better discern an optimized administration duration by retrospectively analyzing real-life long-term efficacy in a prospective cohort.

Methods: All nivolumab-treated adults with advanced NSCLCs (01/09/2015 to 30/09/2016) from nine French centers were eligible.

First-line pembrolizumab for non-small cell lung cancer patients with PD-L1 ≥50% in a multicenter real-life cohort: The PEMBREIZH study.

Background: The KEYNOTE-024 trial demonstrated that pembrolizumab, a PD-1 inhibitor, significantly improves progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in selected patients with previously untreated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) ≥50% and without EGFR/ALK aberrations. The main aim of this study was to report the efficacy and safety profile of pembrolizumab in real-life conditions.

Method: This was a French retrospective multicenter longitudinal study of 108 consecutive patients with advanced NSCLC, a PD-L1 TPS ≥50% and without EGFR/ALK aberrations who were treated by pembrolizumab, in first line.

[Hypersensitivity pneumonitis presenting as acute respiratory distress syndrome].

Introduction: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) are typically subacute in their presentation and the diagnosis may be difficult.

Method: We report a case of a hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a 27-years-old woman, caused by exposure to mould in an insalubrious mobile home. The initial presentation was with acute respiratory distress syndrome complicating RSV pneumonia, treated with ribavirin and corticosteroids in winter 2013-2014.