Systemic Immune-inflammation Index is the Best Prognostic Factor in Patients with Advanced Stage Adenocarcinoma of the Lung Treated with Pemetrexed

Objective: To evaluate the prognostic role of systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in patients who received platin-pemetrexed combination therapy and/or maintenance pemetrexed therapy. Study Design: Observational study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Medical Oncology, HSU Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology, Training and Research Hospital, Turkey, between January 2010 and March 2020. Methodology: Data of patients with metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung, who underwent platin-pemetrexed combination therapy and/or maintenance pemetrexed therapy retrospectively, were evaluated. Patient characteristics and disease parameters were recorded. Moreover, NLR, PLR, and SII were calculated. Survival analysis with the Kaplan-Meier and Log-rank test was performed. Cox regression analysis was used to determine independent prognostic factors of overall survivall (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Results: In the univariate analyses, NLR-low group and SII-low group had significantly longer PFS compared to NLR-high and SII-high groups (10 months vs. 8 months, p=0.018, and 13 months vs. 8 months, p