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ArticleCancer diagnosis & prognosis

Comparing the Effectiveness of Afatinib and Osimertinib for Patients With PD-L1-positive

Minehiko Inomata, Yosuke Kawashima, Ryota Saito, Daisuke Morinaga, Hitomi Nogawa, Masamichi Sato, Yohei Suzuki, Satoru Yanagisawa, Takashi Kikuchi, Daisuke Jingu and 3 more

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13 authors.

Minehiko InomataFirst Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama University Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
Yosuke KawashimaDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
Ryota SaitoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
Daisuke MorinagaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Hitomi NogawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
Masamichi SatoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan.
Yohei SuzukiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Omagari Kosei Medical Center, Daisen, Japan.
Satoru YanagisawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saku Central Hospital Advanced Care Center, Saku, Japan.
Takashi KikuchiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Iwate Prefectural Isawa Hospital, Ohshu, Japan.
Daisuke JinguDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Saka General Hospital, Shiogama, Japan.
Naruo YoshimuraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan.
Toshiyuki HaradaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Japan Community Health Care Organization Hokkaido Hospital, Sapporo, Japan.
Eisaku MiyauchiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background/Aim: Epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs) are effective for treating non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR mutations. However, higher tumor programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression is associated with a poor response to EGFR-TKIs, and information on the comparison between afatinib and osimertinib in PD-L1-positive EGFR-mutant NSCLC is scarce. Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data of patients with PD-L1-positive EGFR-mutant NSCLC to compare the effectiveness of afatinib and osimertinib. Results: A total of 177 patients were included in the study. The Cox proportion hazard model was adjusted for age, sex, performance status, EGFR mutation status, PD-L1 expression level, and brain metastasis, revealing that there was no significant difference in risk for progression [hazard ratio (HR)=0.99, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.64-1.53] or death (HR=0.96, 95% CI=0.54-1.73) between afatinib and osimertinib. Conclusion: In conclusion, the EGFR-TKI treatment duration and overall survival after the treatment with afatinib or osimertinib were similar in patients with PD-L1-positive EGFR-mutant NSCLC in the present study.

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afatinibepidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitorsNon-small cell lung carcinomaosimertinibprogrammed death ligand-1

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PMID38962552
PMCPMC11215441

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