EGFR mutation testing and treatment decisions in patients progressing on first- or second-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to investigate real-world EGFR mutation testing in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) upon progression on first-/second-generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI), and subsequent treatments received.

METHODS: Flatiron Health electronic health records-derived database was used to identify adult patients with metastatic NSCLC treated with first-/second-generation EGFR-TKI from 11/2015-09/2017, with start of first EGFR-TKI defined as the index date. Patients were stratified by receipt of EGFR-TKI as first-line (1 L) or later-line (2 L+) treatment. Mutation testing and subsequent therapies following first-/second-generation EGFR-TKI were described.

RESULTS: Overall, 782 patients (1 L = 435; 2 L+ =347) were included. Median age was 69.0 years, 63.6% were female, 56.3% were white, 87.1% were treated in community-based practices, and 30.1% of patients died during the study period; median follow-up was 309.0 days. Among the 294 (1 L = 160; 2L+ =134) patients who received subsequent therapies, treatments included chemotherapy only (1 L = 15.6%; 2L+ =21.6%), immunotherapy only (1 L = 13.8%; 2 L+ =41.0%), and targeted therapies (1 L = 70.0%; 2 L+ =36.6%). Specifically, 40 (25.0%) 1 L patients and 7 (5.2%) 2 L+ patients received osimertinib as subsequent therapy. Before the start of subsequent therapy, EGFR T790M resistance mutation testing was performed in 88 (29.9%) patients (1 L = 63 [39.4%]; 2 L+ =25 [18.7%]). Of these patients, 25 (28.4%) were T790M positive, among whom 24 (96.0%) received osimertinib.

CONCLUSIONS: A third of patients received subsequent therapies on disease progression; only 30% of these were tested for EGFR-TKI resistance mutation, prior to receiving subsequent therapies. These results highlight the importance of choosing treatments in the 1 L setting that optimize benefits for patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

BMC cancer - 20(2020), 1 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 356

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chiang, Anne C [VerfasserIn]
Fernandes, Ancilla W [VerfasserIn]
Pavilack, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jennifer W [VerfasserIn]
Laliberté, François [VerfasserIn]
Duh, Mei Sheng [VerfasserIn]
Chehab, Nabil [VerfasserIn]
Subramanian, Janakiraman [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
EC 2.7.10.1
EGFR mutation testing
EGFR protein, human
EGFR-TKI
ErbB Receptors
Journal Article
NSCLC
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Real-world
Treatment patterns

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Date Completed 02.02.2021

Date Revised 19.09.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12885-020-06826-0

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309292026