Review Article

Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Elderly Patients: Patient Features and Therapeutic Management

Table 4

Subset analysis of elderly population in clinical trials of immune checkpoint inhibitors for NSCLC.

StudyAge.HR for OS (95% CI)HR for PFS (95% CI)

Nivolumab
CheckMate017 [38]≥75291.85 (0.76–4.51)1.76 (0.77–4.05)
65–74910.56 (0.34–0.91)0.51 (0.32–0.82)
<651520.52 (0.35–0.75)0.62 (0.44–0.89)
CheckMate057 [39] ≥75430.97 (0.49–1.95)0.90 (0.43–1.87)
65–742000.94 (0.69–1.27)0.63 (0.45–0.89)
<653390.89 (0.70–1.13)0.81 (0.62–1.04)
Pembrolizumab
KEYNOTE024 [40] ≥65164NR0.90 (0.43–1.87)
<65141NR0.45 (0.29–0.70)
KEYNOTE010 [41] ≥654290.76 (0.57–1.02)NR
<656040.63 (0.50–0.79)NR

RR = response rate, OS = overall survival, PFS = progression free survival, and NR = not reported.