Unraveling the potential biomarkers of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced ovarian cancer: a comprehensive review

Invest New Drugs. 2024 Oct 21. doi: 10.1007/s10637-024-01478-4. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

The ongoing research on the role of immunotherapy in advanced ovarian cancer (OC) and current clinical trials indicate that patients shown limited response to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) monotherapy. When combined with other treatments or drugs, the efficacy of immunotherapy will be significantly improved. Biomarkers can be used to identify patients with better responses, thereby improving the precision and efficacy of immunotherapy. Key biomarkers for advanced OC include homologous repair deficiency, programmed death-ligand (PD-L) 1 expression, chemokines, and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes. These biomarkers could be applied in the future to select the most suitable patient populations. This review comprehensively examines the research and development of biomarkers in OC immunotherapy from three omics perspectives: genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics, which may provide guidance for the effectiveness of OC immunotherapy strategies.

Keywords: Biomarkers; Genomics; Immunotherapy; Ovarian cancer; Proteomics; Transcriptomics.

Publication types

  • Review