Metabolic Complete Response of Metastatic Oncogene-Negative, PDL1-Negative Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer After Chemo-Immunotherapy and Radiotherapy: A Case Report

Curr Oncol. 2024 Dec 23;31(12):8118-8126. doi: 10.3390/curroncol31120598.

Abstract

A 71-year-old male ex-smoker presented in October 2021 to our department with a brain and bone metastatic adenocarcinoma NSCLC. PDL1, ROS, EGFR, and ALK were negative. He underwent stereotactic radiotherapy for brain metastases. In November 2021, he started a chemotherapy (CHT) regimen with cisplatin (75 mg/m2 every 21 days) and pemetrexed (500 mg/m2 every 21 days), and ICI with Atezolizumab (1200 mg every 21 days). In July 2022, RT to the lung tumor and mediastinal nodal was performed with a total dose of 45 Gy in 15 fractions. He continued with immunotherapy until December 2022, when a grade 3-4 toxicity from immunotherapy was observed (hypothyroidism, psoriasis, and cystitis). He achieved a complete clinical response to the therapy. To date, the patient is alive, with a complete metabolic response, without treatment at 37 months from diagnosis.

Keywords: NSCLC; brain metastases; case report; complete response; immunotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • B7-H1 Antigen
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* / drug therapy
  • Chemoradiotherapy / methods
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods
  • Lung Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Male

Substances

  • atezolizumab
  • B7-H1 Antigen
  • CD274 protein, human
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.