Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Oncologist. 2020 Apr;25(4):306-e618. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0728. Epub 2019 Oct 30.
Alectinib confers a pronounced survival benefit in patients with ALK rearrangement-positive non-small cell lung cancer and a poor performance status. Survival benefit of alectinib for patients with a poor performance status was consistent regardless of the presence of central nervous system metastases.
We previously reported a marked objective response rate (ORR) and safety for alectinib treatment in patients with ALK rearrangement-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and a poor performance status (PS) in the Lung Oncology Group in Kyushu (LOGiK) 1401 study. It remained unclear, however, whether alectinib might also confer a long-term survival benefit in such patients.
Eighteen patients with ALK rearrangement-positive advanced NSCLC and a PS of 2, 3, or 4 (n = 12, 5, and 1, respectively) were enrolled in LOGiK1401 between September 2014 and December 2015 and received alectinib. We have now updated the survival data for the study.
The median follow-up time for all patients was 27.3 months. The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 16.2 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 7.1-30.8 months), and the median survival time (MST) and the 3-year overall survival rate were 30.3 months (95% CI, 11.5 months to not reached) and 43.8% (95% CI, 20.8-64.7%), respectively. This survival benefit was similarly manifest in patients with a PS of 2 (MST, 20.5 months) and those with a PS of ≥3 (MST, not reached). PFS did not differ between patients with or without central nervous system (CNS) metastases at baseline (median of 17.5 and 16.2 months, respectively, p = .886).
Alectinib showed a pronounced survival benefit for patients with ALK rearrangement-positive NSCLC and a poor PS regardless of the presence of CNS metastases, a patient population for which chemotherapy is not indicated.
艾乐替尼为 ALK 重排阳性非小细胞肺癌和较差表现状态的患者带来显著的生存获益。对于表现状态较差的患者,无论是否存在中枢神经系统转移,艾乐替尼的生存获益都是一致的。
我们之前在 LOGiK1401 研究中报告了艾乐替尼治疗 ALK 重排阳性非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)和较差表现状态(PS)患者的显著客观缓解率(ORR)和安全性。然而,尚不清楚艾乐替尼是否也可能为这些患者带来长期生存获益。
18 名 ALK 重排阳性晚期 NSCLC 且 PS 为 2、3 或 4 的患者(n=12、5 和 1)于 2014 年 9 月至 2015 年 12 月入组 LOGiK1401 并接受艾乐替尼治疗。我们现在更新了该研究的生存数据。
所有患者的中位随访时间为 27.3 个月。中位无进展生存期(PFS)为 16.2 个月(95%置信区间[CI],7.1-30.8 个月),中位总生存期(MST)和 3 年总生存率分别为 30.3 个月(95%CI,11.5 个月至未达到)和 43.8%(95%CI,20.8-64.7%)。这种生存获益在 PS 为 2 的患者(MST 为 20.5 个月)和 PS≥3 的患者(MST 未达到)中同样明显。基线时有或无中枢神经系统(CNS)转移的患者之间的 PFS 无差异(中位 PFS 分别为 17.5 和 16.2 个月,p=0.886)。
对于 ALK 重排阳性 NSCLC 和较差 PS 的患者,艾乐替尼表现出显著的生存获益,无论是否存在 CNS 转移,这是一类不适合化疗的患者。