ワカバヤシ ムネヒロ   Wakabayashi Munehiro
  若林 宗弘
   所属   東邦大学  医学部 医学科(大森病院)
   職種   助教
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Impact of nivolumab monotherapy infusion time-of-day on short- and long-term outcomes in patients with metastatic gastric cancer
掲載誌名 正式名:Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
ISSNコード:1758-8359
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 28(17)
著者・共著者 Yasunobu Ishizuka, Yukiya Narita, Tomoki Sakakida, Munehiro Wakabayashi†, Hiroyuki Kodama, Kazunori Honda, Toshiki Masuishi, Hiroya Taniguchi, Shigenori Kadowaki, Masashi Ando, Masahiro Tajika, Kei Muro
発行年月 2025/05/28
概要 Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors are used either as monotherapy or in combination with cytotoxic agents in metastatic gastric cancer (mGC). Studies show that circadian rhythms are essential for immune system functions, including anticancer immunity.

Objectives: This study evaluated whether the time of day of nivolumab infusion altered the efficacy of mGC treatment.

Design: This was a retrospective cohort study.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the data of 296 consecutive patients with mGC who received nivolumab monotherapy between December 2014 and December 2022. Patients were divided into early (EA)- and late (LA)-nivolumab infusion groups: the EA and LA groups received ⩾70% and <70% of their infusions before 14:00, respectively. Treatment efficacy was compared between the groups.

Results: A total of 248 patients were eligible: 140 and 108 in the EA and LA groups, respectively. Most baseline characteristics were similar between the groups, except for differences in the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio. The progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly better in the EA than in the LA group (median PFS, 2.3 vs 1.6 months; hazard ratio (HR), 0.65; p < 0.01; median OS, 7.6 vs 3.9 months; HR, 0.64; p < 0.01). In multivariate analyses, EA was an independent prognostic factor for PFS (adjusted HR, 0.70; p < 0.01) and OS (adjusted HR, 0.67; p < 0.01). Immune-related adverse events were more frequent in the EA than in the LA group (40.7% vs 29.6%, p = 0.07).

Conclusion: Our data suggest that scheduling nivolumab infusions before mid-afternoon should be considered in daily practice for the treatment of mGC.

Keywords: circadian rhythm; gastric cancer; immunotherapy; nivolumab; pro