• Doran Ksienski, Elaine S Wai, Nicole S Croteau, Ashley T Freeman, Angela Chan, Leathia Fiorino, Zia Poonja, David Fenton, Tiffany Patterson, Sarah Irons, and Mary Lesperance.
• BC Cancer- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada. Electronic address: dksienski@bccancer.bc.ca.
• J Geriatr Oncol. 2020 Jun 1; 11 (5): 807-813.

ObjectivesTo explore the association of age with development of immune related adverse events (irAE) and survival in patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (aNSCLC) receiving programmed cell death 1 antibodies (PD-1 Ab) outside of clinical trials.MethodsA multicenter retrospective study of PD-1 Ab prescription for patients with aNSCLC between 06/2015-11/2018 at BC Cancer. Multivariable (MVA) logistic regression identified baseline variables associated with irAE manifested within 3 months of PD-1 Ab initiation. Overall survival (OS) analyzed in a propensity-score matched cohort and survival outcomes compared between age groups by stratified log-rank. Six-week landmark analysis was performed and OS compared between patients with interrupted versus continuous treatment by log-rank.ResultsOf 527 patients, 40.6% were age ≤ 64 years, 40.6% were 65-74 years, and 18.8% were ≥ 75 years. In MVA, ECOG performance status 2/3 (p = .034), squamous histology (p = .031), and nivolumab therapy (vs. pembrolizumab, p = .012) were associated with increased odds of irAE by 3 months of treatment. Across age groups no difference existed in any grade irAE (p = .98), hospitalization (p = 1.0), or corticosteroids use (p = .51). The propensity score-matched survival analysis comprised 77 patients from each age group; all covariates were balanced. OS did not differ significantly by age in the matched cohort (p = .17). Treatment interruption due to irAE at 6 weeks was more common in patient ≥75 years (vs. <75, p = .055) and correlated with lower OS (p = .002).ConclusionIn this cohort of patients with aNSCLC treated in routine clinical practice with PD-1 Ab, immune-toxicity and observed survival were similar amongst age groups.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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