Table 2.
The association between CS use for irAEs and cancer prognosis.
Authors | Year | Original Disease | No. of Cases (CS-Naïve: Needed CS) |
Impact of CS on Response Rate or Survival |
---|---|---|---|---|
Horvat et al. [75] | 2015 | melanoma | 195:103 | Systemic CS was not associated with OS or TTF |
Weber et al. [76] | 2017 | melanoma | 462:114 | ORR was 31.8% in CS-naïve group and 29.8% in CS-needed group (p = 0.736); median duration of response was 22.0 months in CS-naïve group and not reached in CS-needed group |
Skribek et al. [77] | 2020 | lung cancer | 104:31 | OS was 14.43 months in CS-naïve group and not reached in CS-needed group (p = 0.38) |
CS, corticosteroid; OS, overall survival; TTF, time to treatment failure; ORR, overall response rate.