Biomarker subset analysis of a phase IIIb, open-label study of afatinib in EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor-naive patients with EGFR m+ non-small-cell lung cancer.
Jun ZhaoHua BaiXin WangYuyan WangJianchun DuanHanxiao ChenZhiyi XueYahui TianAgnieszka CsehDennis Chin-Lun HuangYi-Long WuJie WangPublished in: Future oncology (London, England) (2022)
Aim: To explore the relationship between mutations in cfDNA and response to afatinib. Patients & methods: In total, 64 patients from one Chinese site with locally advanced/metastatic EGFR m+ non-small-cell lung cancer, who received afatinib 40 mg once daily, were included. Results: Overall, 33 (82.5%) patients became EGFR m- by visit 3; median progression-free survival was longer in these patients vs those who did not (11.0 vs 5.5 months). Progression-free survival was shorter in 42 (45.2%) patients with non- EGFR co-mutations at baseline vs those without (8.1 vs 12.5 months). Neither difference was significant. Conclusion: Afatinib provided clinical benefit for patients with EGFR m+ non-small-cell lung cancer across all subgroups. EGFR m status assessment in plasma cfDNA is a useful method of monitoring treatment.
Keyphrases
- small cell lung cancer
- epidermal growth factor receptor
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- tyrosine kinase
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- open label
- squamous cell carcinoma
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- advanced non small cell lung cancer
- physical activity
- hiv infected
- rectal cancer
- smoking cessation
- phase ii
- phase ii study
- placebo controlled