Lucian Alecu

Lucian Alecu


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Academic Career Length

24Years (2003-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 December 2020 in Metabolites
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CNCornelia Nitipir
Cornelia Nitipir
COCristina Orlov-Slavu
Cristina Orlov-Slavu
LALucian Alecu
Lucian Alecu
ISIulian Slavu
Iulian Slavu
Anca StoianAnca Stoian
Anca Stoian
DSDana Lucia Stanculeanu
Dana Lucia Stanculeanu
Literature suggests that high body mass index can be correlated with better response to immune checkpoint inhibitors. On the other hand, sarcopenia seems to be a negative predictive marker. The present analysis is a retrospective, multicenter trial that included patients with metastatic melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and renal cell carcinoma treated with nivolumab between 2018 and 2020. Patients were stratified by creatinine levels both at treatment initiation and at first follow-up (at three months) and by BMI for the same intervals, as recorded in the patients’ charts. Creatinine was considered a surrogate marker for sarcopenia. IBM SPSS version 20 was used for statistical analysis. A total of 57 (n = 57) patients were included in the trial. Overall response rate (ORR) for the entire population was 38.59% (p = 0.02). Patients with BMI lower than 25 had an ORR of 28.5% (p = 0.003), whereas patients with BMI higher than 25 had an ORR of 42.3% (p = 0.002). Patients who gained weight during treatment had a lower probability of having progressive disease (OR = 0.4 [95% CI; 0.4–1.2]), as did patients with creatinine higher than 0.9 (OR = 0.39 [95% CI: 0.13–1.14]). No superiority was found in progression-free survival (PFS) when patients were dichotomized for BMI = 25 or BMI = 18.5. Mean PFS in the BMI under 18.5 group was 10.2 months [95% CI: 5.8–23.1], versus 11.2 for BMI over 18.5 [95% CI: 5.3–25.3], p < 0.03. Mean PFS for the BMI under 25 was 11.2 months [95% CI: 7.2–20.1], vs. 13.3 months [95% CI: 6.4–22] for the BMI over 25, p < 0.001. There were also differences in PFS in the patients with baseline creatinine over 0.9 when compared with under 0.9 values. Mean PFS in the first group was 19.78 months [95% CI: 16.23–22.9] vs. 16.1 [95% CI: 12.2–20.3], p < 0.001. Patients treated with nivolumab who have weight gain during treatment have a better PFS than the ones who do not. Creatinine levels of over 0.9 at treatment initiation also have positive predictive value.

30 December 2015
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LALucian Alecu
Lucian Alecu
ATA Tulin
A Tulin
OEO Enciu
O Enciu
MBM Bărbulescu
M Bărbulescu
BUB Ursuţ
B Ursuţ
FOF Obrocea
F Obrocea

25 March 2015
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LALucian Alecu
Lucian Alecu
MBM Bărbulescu
M Bărbulescu
BUB Ursuţ
B Ursuţ
VBV Braga
V Braga
ISI Slavu
I Slavu

20 April 2014
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LALucian Alecu
Lucian Alecu
MBM Bărbulescu
M Bărbulescu
BUB Ursuţ
B Ursuţ
OEO Enciu
O Enciu
ISI Slavu
I Slavu
VBV Braga
V Braga

12 February 2004
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LALucian Alecu
Lucian Alecu
CLC Lungu
C Lungu
APA Pascu
A Pascu
ICI Costan
I Costan
GCG Corodeanu
G Corodeanu
AMA Marin
A Marin

8 May 2003
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LALucian Alecu
Lucian Alecu
ICI Costan
I Costan
AVA Vitalariu
A Vitalariu
FOF Obrocea
F Obrocea
LGL Gulinescu
L Gulinescu