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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

Development of a novel prognostic score for 1-year survival in immunotherapy-treated patients with unresectable HCC: the ALIVE-IO score.

Spyridon Pantzios, Orestis Sidiropoulos, Antonia Syriha, Nikolaos Ptohis, Ioannis Skouras, Evgenia Mainta, Dimitris P Korkolis, Nikolaos Machairas, Georgios C Sotiropoulos, Ioannis Elefsiniotis

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Spyridon PantziosAcademic Department of Internal Medicine-Hepatogastroenterology Unit, General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia "Agioi Anargyroi", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Orestis SidiropoulosAcademic Department of Internal Medicine-Hepatogastroenterology Unit, General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia "Agioi Anargyroi", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Antonia SyrihaAcademic Department of Internal Medicine-Hepatogastroenterology Unit, General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia "Agioi Anargyroi", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos PtohisDepartment of Interventional Radiology, "G. Gennimatas" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis SkourasDepartment of Radiology, General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia "Agioi Anargyroi", Athens, Greece.
Evgenia MaintaDepartment of Radiology, General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia "Agioi Anargyroi", Athens, Greece.
Dimitris P KorkolisDepartment of Surgery, "Saint Savvas" Hellenic Anticancer Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos MachairasDepartment of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Georgios C SotiropoulosDepartment of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis ElefsiniotisAcademic Department of Internal Medicine-Hepatogastroenterology Unit, General Oncology Hospital of Kifisia "Agioi Anargyroi", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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Background: There is a lack in reliable and widely used prognostic scores to predict survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) receiving immunotherapy. The aim of our study was to develop a prognostic score that could predict 1-year OS in patients with unresectable HCC receiving immunotherapy. Methods: We studied 100 patients who received 1 Results: In univariate analysis, significant correlation with OS was found for ALBI grade (p<0.001, HR=2.725), BCLC stage (p=0.031, HR=1.809), macrovascular invasion (p<0.001, HR=2.587), up-to-7 criteria (p<0.001, HR=0.218) and lymphocyte infiltration (p=0.005, HR=0.485). In the multivariate analysis, three factors were significantly correlated with OS; ALBI grade (grade II vs. I, p=0.025, HR=1.946), up-to-7 criteria (beyond vs. within, p=0.001, HR=3.506) and lymphocyte infiltration (no vs. yes, p=0.016, HR=1.889). The ALIVE-IO score was calculated with the contribution of 1 point for ALBI grade II, 2 points for exceeding up-to-7 criteria and 1 point for absence of lymphocyte infiltration. The score had an AUROC of 0.755 for 1-year OS, with 75% sensitivity and 65.4% specificity. We established three risk groups; low (ALIVE-IO: 0-1), intermediate (ALIVE-IO: 2-3) and high (ALIVE-IO: 4). Objective response was reported in 34.8% of patients in the low risk group, compared to 18.5% in intermediate and 4.3% in high risk patients (p=0.031). The median OS of the three groups was 41, 12 and 3 months, respectively (p<0.001). The 1-year OS was 80%, 41% and 16, respectively. Conclusion: The ALIVE-IO score is a promising tool for predicting 1-year OS in HCC patients undergoing immunotherapy using common laboratory, imaging and histological data frequently used in everyday clinical practice.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularImmunotherapyLiver NeoplasmsAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeALBIALIVE-IO scoreHCCimmunotherapylymphocyte infiltrationprognostic scoreup-to-7 criteria

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