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ArticleJTO clinical and research reports2021

Ceritinib Efficacy and Safety in Treatment-Naive Asian Patients With Advanced

Daniel S W Tan, Sarayut Geater, Chong-Jen Yu, Chun-Ming Tsai, Te-Chun Hsia, Jun Chen, Meng-Chih Lin, You Lu, Virote Sriuranpong, Cheng-Ta Yang and 4 more

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Daniel S W TanDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore.
Sarayut GeaterDepartment of Internal Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.
Chong-Jen YuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chun-Ming TsaiDepartment of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Te-Chun HsiaDepartment of Respiratory Therapy and Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Jun ChenDepartment of Lung Cancer Surgery, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
Meng-Chih LinDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
You LuDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, People's Republic of China.
Virote SriuranpongDepartment of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand.
Cheng-Ta YangDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Paramita SenNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey.
Fabrice BranleNovartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland.
Michael ShiNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey.
Yi-Long WuGuangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine in Lung Cancer, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn the phase 3 ASCEND-4 study, ceritinib exhibited improved progression-free survival (PFS) by Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC) assessment versus the standard first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced

methodsTreatment-naive patients with stage IIIB or IV

resultsOf 376 randomized patients, 158 (42.0%) were Asian (ceritinib arm: N = 76; chemotherapy arm: N = 82). The median time from randomization to the cutoff date (June 24, 2016) was 18.3 months (range = 13.5-34.2) in the Asian subgroup. The median PFS (by BIRC assessment) was 26.3 months (95% confidence interval [CI]: 8.6-not estimable) and 10.6 months (95% CI: 6.7-15.0), with an estimated 34% risk reduction in PFS (hazard ratio = 0.66, 95% CI: 0.41-1.05) in the ceritinib arm versus chemotherapy arm. The most common adverse events of any grade were diarrhea (85.5%), increased alanine aminotransferase and vomiting (73.7% each), and increased aspartate aminotransferase and nausea (69.7% each) in the ceritinib arm, and nausea (49.3%), vomiting (42.7%), and anemia (40.0%) in the chemotherapy arm.

conclusionCeritinib was effective and safe in treatment-naive Asian patients with advanced

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ALKASCEND-4CeritinibNSCLC

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