Yale School of Medicine, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
AstraZeneca US, 950 Wind River Ln, Gaithersburg, MD, 20878, USA.
BMC Cancer. 2020 Apr 28;20(1):356. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-06826-0.
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.
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.
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.
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.
本研究旨在调查第一代/第二代表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKI)治疗转移性非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)进展后,真实世界中 EGFR 突变检测情况,以及随后接受的治疗。
利用 Flatiron Health 电子病历数据库,从 2015 年 11 月至 2017 年 9 月,识别接受第一代/第二代 EGFR-TKI 治疗的转移性 NSCLC 成年患者,以开始使用第一代 EGFR-TKI 作为索引日期。根据接受 EGFR-TKI 作为一线(1L)或二线以上(2L+)治疗进行分层。描述了第一代/第二代 EGFR-TKI 后进行的突变检测和随后的治疗。
共有 782 名患者(1L=435 例;2L+=347 例)入选。中位年龄为 69.0 岁,63.6%为女性,56.3%为白人,87.1%在社区实践中接受治疗,30.1%的患者在研究期间死亡;中位随访时间为 309.0 天。在 294 名(1L=160 例;2L+=134 例)接受后续治疗的患者中,治疗包括仅化疗(1L=15.6%;2L+=21.6%)、仅免疫治疗(1L=13.8%;2L+=41.0%)和靶向治疗(1L=70.0%;2L+=36.6%)。具体来说,40 名(25.0%)1L 患者和 7 名(5.2%)2L+患者接受奥希替尼作为后续治疗。在开始接受后续治疗之前,对 88 名(29.9%)患者进行了 EGFR T790M 耐药突变检测(1L=63[39.4%];2L+=25[18.7%])。其中 25 名(28.4%)患者 T790M 阳性,其中 24 名(96.0%)接受奥希替尼治疗。
三分之一的患者在疾病进展时接受了后续治疗;在接受后续治疗之前,只有 30%的患者进行了 EGFR-TKI 耐药突变检测。这些结果强调了在 1L 治疗中选择能为 EGFR 突变 NSCLC 患者带来最大获益的治疗方案的重要性。