Abstract:Objective To investigate the association of the polymorphism of Cytokeratin 19 fragment (KRT19 ) gene with the effect of chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods Totally 146 patients with advanced NSCLC were treated by chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy and the clinical efficacy was evaluated. Using PCR-RFLF, KRT19 (-99G>C) gene was analyzed, the relationships between different genotypes of KRT19 and the efficacy of chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy were analyzed. Results The effective rate of chemotherapy with targeted therapy was significantly different between the patients with GG genotype and those with GC+CC genotype of KRT19 (-99G>C) (P < 0.05). The chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy was 1.897 times more sensitive in the patients carrying C genotype than that in the patients carrying T genotype [Ol ^ R = 1.897 (95% CI: 1 103, 3.647), P = 0.001]. MST of the KRT19 (-99G>C) C allele carriers (GC+CC) was shorter than that of the GG genotype carriers (P < 0.05). Cox model analysis showed that the variant allele C of KRT19 (-99G>C) was the independent risk factor for the prognosis of advanced NSCLC, OR of the variant allele carriers (GC +CC) was 2.014 times that of the GG genotype carriers (P = 0.003). Conclusions KRT19 gene (-99G>C) polymorphism is the independent risk factor for the prognosis of the patients with advanced NSCLC receiving chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy, and is significantly associated with the sensitivity of chemotherapy combined with targeted therapy.