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Successful Response to Osimertinib Rechallenge after Intervening Chemotherapy in an EGFR T790M-Positive Lung Cancer Patient.

Giulio MetroSara BaglivoAnnamaria SiggillinoVienna LudoviniRita ChiariAlberto RebonatoGuido Bellezza
Published in: Clinical drug investigation (2018)
Osimertinib is the best treatment choice for patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease progresses on a first- or second-generation EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor due to acquired T790M mutation. On the other hand, there is a lack of therapeutic strategies with proven efficacy at the time of progression on osimertinib. If not administered previously, platinum-based chemotherapy can provide some clinical benefit, while immunotherapy does not seem to work in this setting. Here, we report on a unique case of response to osimertinib rechallenge after intervening chemotherapy in an EGFR T790M-positive NSCLC patient pretreated with the sequence erlotinib-osimertinib.
Keyphrases
  • epidermal growth factor receptor
  • advanced non small cell lung cancer
  • tyrosine kinase
  • locally advanced
  • case report
  • small cell lung cancer
  • rectal cancer
  • radiation therapy