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  P2.14 - Targeted Therapy (ID 183)

  • Event: WCLC 2019
  • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
  • Track: Targeted Therapy
  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 10:15 - 18:15, Exhibit Hall

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    P2.14-11 - Retreatment with EGFR-TKI for 541 NSCLC Patients with EGFR Mutation (ID 2633)

    10:15 - 18:15  |  Author(s): Eiji Kunii
    • Abstract

    Background
    

    Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) is remarkably effective against non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR activating mutation. However, tumors almost inevitably develop resistance approximately after one year of EGFR-TKI treatment. In addition, some patients can not tolerate an EGFR-TKI treatment because of adverse events and result in discontinuation of the treatment. In such cases, the same or other EGFR-TKI may be re-administered. However, its efficacy is not fully evaluated.

    Method
    

    We retrospectively investigated patients who received EGFR-TKI between January 2008 and August 2017. Among these patients, the response rate and time to treatment failure (TTF) for each re-administered TKI were assessed. We assessed each TTF for patients who discontinued the prior EGFR-TKI because of progressive disease (PD group) and patients who discontinued TKI because of adverse events (AE group). We also evaluated the overall survival (OS) for the patients who received the retreatment with EGFR-TKI and who did not.

    Result
    

    A total of 1400 patients from 11 institutions were enrolled in this study. Among them, 570 patients received retreatment with EGFR-TKI, and 541 were eligible. Among the 395 patients who discontinued prior EGFR-TKI because of disease progression, the response rate and the median TTF of subsequent Gefitinib/Erlotinib/Afatinib were 8%/8%/18%, and 4.9/3.2/4.3 months, respectively. The median TTF for the AE group was significantly longer than that for the PD group (10.8 months vs 3.8 months, p<0.0001). In the AE group, The OS for patients receiving retreatment with EGFR-TKI was significantly better than the OS for patients without retreatment (Hazard Ratio = 0.256, p < 0.0001). Similarly, in the PD group, the OS for patients receiving retreatment with EGFR-TKI was significantly better than the OS for patients without retreatment (Hazard Ratio = 0.456, p < 0.0001).

    Conclusion
    

    Retreatment with EGFR-TKI was shown to be effective for both patients who discontinued prior EGFR-TKI because of disease progression as well as adverse events.