Front-line treatment of ceritinib improves efficacy over crizotinib for Asian patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion NSCLC : The role of systemic progression control

© 2019 The Authors. Thoracic Cancer published by China Lung Oncology Group and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd..

BACKGROUND: Approximately 3%-5% of lung adenocarcinoma is driven by anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion oncogene, whose activity can be suppressed by multiple ALK inhibitors. Crizotinib and ceritinib have demonstrated superior efficacy to platinum-based chemotherapy as front-line treatment for patients with ALK-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the direct comparison between them in the front-line setting remains lacking.

METHODS: A total of 48 patients with ALK-positive, previously untreated advanced NSCLC, who received crizotinib and ceritinib as front-line treatment were retrospectively investigated. The efficacy and pattern of disease progression were analyzed.

RESULTS: Patients receiving ceritinib treatment were significantly younger than those receiving crizotinib treatment (52.0 vs. 63.0, P = 0.016). The median progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly longer with ceritinib than with crizotinib treatment (32.3 vs. 12.9 months; log-rank P = 0.020); the hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.27 (95% CI, 0.08-0.90; P = 0.033). An objective response was noted in all patients in the ceritinib group and in 23 patients in the crizotinib group (74.2%; 95% CI, 59.0 to 88.5). The rate of systemic progression was significantly lower over time with ceritinib treatment compared to crizotinib treatment (cause-specific hazard ratio, 0.21; 95% CI 0.06-0.73; P = 0.014). Serious adverse events were noted in one (2.9%) patient showing elevated liver function in the crizotinib group and three (23.1%) patients showing diarrhea in the ceritinib group. Dose reduction was needed in five out of 13 (38.5%) patients receiving ceritinib treatment.

CONCLUSION: Ceritinib showed higher efficacy associated with a better control of systemic progression compared to crizotinib for the front-line treatment of ALK-positive advanced NSCLCs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Thoracic cancer - 10(2019), 12 vom: 18. Dez., Seite 2274-2281

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Huang, Shih-Hao [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Allen Chung-Cheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chin-Chou [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Wen-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Chien-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Pavlidis, Stelios [VerfasserIn]
Ko, Ho-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Fu-Tsai [VerfasserIn]
Hsu, Ping-Chih [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yi-Ke [VerfasserIn]
Kuo, Chih-Hsi Scott [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Cheng-Ta [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

53AH36668S
ALK
ALK protein, human
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase
Ceritinib
Crizotinib
EC 2.7.10.1
Journal Article
K418KG2GET
NSCLC
Oncogene Proteins, Fusion
Pyrimidines
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sulfones

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Date Completed 10.08.2020

Date Revised 10.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1759-7714.13221

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302200819