Unexpected favorable outcome to sintilimab plus bevacizumab in an EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer patient: A case report.
Yiruo ZhangMei ZhaoShuliang CaoXu Chao ZhangYingying DuPublished in: Thoracic cancer (2020)
A 53-year-old man diagnosed with disease stage IIIB pulmonary adenocarcinoma underwent chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the first-line setting. After disease progression, he received targeted therapy because of subsequent detection of EGFR exon 19 del mutation. Following an increase in his adrenal metastases, a combination of immunotherapy and antiangiogenic therapy (sintilimab plus bevacizumab) was commenced. After one month, imaging showed that the adrenal metastases had shrunk and a progression-free survival (PFS) of 6.0 months was achieved. In this case, we showed that the PD1 inhibitor sintilimab plus bevacizumab was effective in a refactory advanced EGFR-mutant NSCLC with positive PD-L1 expression. KEY POINTS: Our case report provides clinical evidence of the durable response of a patient with advanced EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma to a combination of immunotherapy and anti-angiogenic agent, sintilimab and bevacizumab, as subsequent-line therapy. Sintilimab and bevacizumab combination therapy was well-tolerated and effective, resulting in dramatic tumor reduction and improvement in clinical symptoms.
Keyphrases
- small cell lung cancer
- case report
- epidermal growth factor receptor
- metastatic colorectal cancer
- tyrosine kinase
- combination therapy
- free survival
- locally advanced
- advanced non small cell lung cancer
- high resolution
- squamous cell carcinoma
- brain metastases
- pulmonary hypertension
- early stage
- wild type
- stem cells
- depressive symptoms
- bone marrow
- photodynamic therapy
- label free
- smoking cessation
- radiation induced
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- sensitive detection