ABSTRACT Objective:To assess the efficacy and safety of PD 1/PD L1 inhibitor combined with standard chemotherapy in the first line treatment of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods:PubMed, The Cochrane Library, Scopus and ScienceDirect were electronically searched to collect randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of PD 1/PD L1 inhibitor combined with chemotherapy versus chemotherapy as first line treatment for advanced NSCLC from inception to January 2019. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies, then, Meta analysis was performed using RevMan 5.3 software. Results: In all, 3 722 patients with advanced NSCLC were enrolled in 7 RCTs. The results of Meta analysis showed that PFS (HR=0.62, 95%CI 0.57 to 0.67, P<0.000 01), OS (HR=0.71, 95%CI 0.58 to 0.87, P=0.000 7) and ORR (RR=1.56, 95%CI 1.35 to 1.79, P<0.000 01) of patients in PD 1/PD L1 inhibitor combination group achieved a better survival benefit than those in chemotherapy group. Subgroup analysis showed that patients with age < 65 years (HR=0.47, 95%CI 0.36 to 0.61, P<0.000 01), non squamous cell carcinoma (HR=0.66, 95%CI 0.51 to 0.85, P=0.001), female (HR=0.32, 95%CI 0.23 to 0.46, P<0.000 01) and using PD 1 drugs (HR=0.56, 95%CI 0.47 to 0.67, P<0.000 01) achieved better OS; Patients with PD L1 expression level ≥ 50% (HR=0.39, 95%CI 0.32 to 0.48, P<0.000 01) significantly prolonged PFS. The rate of grade ≥ 3 ADE (RR=1.17, 95%CI 1.06 to 1.30, P=0.002), any grade of IRAE (RR=2.32, 95%CI 1.92 to 2.81, P<0.000 01) in combination group was significantly higher than chemotherapy group. Conclusion:Available evidence shows that, PD 1/PD L1 inhibitor combined with chemotherapy as first line treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC is more effective than chemotherapy alone, but ADE with grade 3 or IRAE should be alerted. Due to limited quantity and quality of the included studies, more high quality studies are needed to verify the above conclusions. |