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    P2.01 - Poster Session/ Treatment of Advanced Diseases – NSCLC (ID 207)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Poster
    • Track: Treatment of Advanced Diseases - NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P2.01-019 - Effect of EGFR Mutation Status on Graded Prognostic Assessment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases (ID 1055)

      09:30 - 17:00  |  Author(s): B. Pang

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      Background:
      The aim of this study is to refine the existing lung cancer graded prognostic assessment (GPA) index by analysing a cohort of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tested for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status and newly diagnosed brain metastases.

      Methods:
      We used the pathology registries of two institutions to identify 259 eligible patients diagnosed with brain metastases secondary to NSCLC between 2006 and 2014. We linked the electronic medical records of these patients to the National Death Registry. Survival is defined as from date of first treatment for brain metastases or date of brain metastases diagnosis for patients on best supportive care till death. We analysed the prognostic factors significant for survival by multivariate Cox regression and recursive partitioning analysis (RPA).

      Results:
      Significant prognostic factors identified by multivariate Cox regression and RPA were age, Karnofsky performance status (KPS), presence of extra-cranial metastases (ECM), number of brain metastases (BM) and presence of sensitizing EGFR mutations. Patients who were age 70 years old and above (Hazard ratio (HR) 1.47, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.07-2.01, reference (ref) age < 70 years old); with KPS score 70-80 (HR 2.37, 95%CI 1.69-3.34, ref KPS 90-100); with KPS score < 70 (HR 4.34, 95%CI 2.90-6.51, ref KPS 90-100); ECM present (HR 1.82, 95%CI 1.27-2.62, ref no ECM); having two or more BM (HR 1.40, 95%CI 1.01-1.95, ref less than two BM) and absence of sensitizing EGFR mutations (HR 1.97, 95%CI 1.49-2.61, ref sensitizing EGFR mutations present) were poor prognostic factors. There was a robust separation of survival curves between GPA score 0-1.0 (median survival (MS) 2.1 months), GPA score 1.5-2.0 (MS 6.3 months) and GPA score 2.5-3.0 (MS 14.1 months). The proposed modified GPA index is shown in below table.

      Proposed modified GPA index
      Prognostic factors / score 0 0.5 1.0
      Age Group ≥70 years old <70 years old -
      KPS <70 70-80 90-100
      ECM Present - Absent
      No. of BM ≥2 0-1
      Sensitising EGFR mutations Absent - Present


      Conclusion:
      EGFR mutation status is a significant prognostic factor and should be considered in the design of lung-cancer GPA index. The proposed modified GPA index need to be validated with an independent dataset.

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