Trial reportClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2025
Randomized Phase III Study of EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor and Intercalated Platinum-Doublet Chemotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring EGFR Mutation.
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- A systematic review and network meta-analysis of first-line EGFR-TKI-based combination strategies for EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Tolerance and Resistance to Targeted Therapy in NSCLC: Emerging Concepts and Strategies.JTO clinical and research reports · 2026Review
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Abstract
purposeThis study was performed to confirm the superiority in overall survival (OS) of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI gefitinib or osimertinib) monotherapy versus EGFR TKI with intercalation of cisplatin plus pemetrexed as the first-line treatment for patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSqNSCLC) harboring EGFR mutation. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis was an open-label, multicenter, randomized phase III study. Patients with chemotherapy-naïve advanced or recurrent NSqNSCLC harboring EGFR mutation (exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R point mutation) were randomly assigned (1:1) to EGFR-TKI monotherapy or the EGFR TKI plus intercalated chemotherapy group. The primary endpoint was OS, and the secondary endpoints included progression-free survival (PFS).
resultsFrom December 2015 to October 2020, 501 patients were randomized. The EGFR TKI was changed from gefitinib to osimertinib in October 2018 (gefitinib cohort: n = 308 and osimertinib cohort: n = 193). There was no survival advantage in the EGFR TKI plus intercalated chemotherapy group; the median survival time of both groups was 48.0 months (HR, 0.985; 91.4% confidence interval, 0.796-1.219; one-sided P = 0.4496). The median PFS time was 12.0 months in the EGFR-TKI monotherapy group and 18.0 months in the EGFR TKI plus intercalated chemotherapy group (HR, 0.762; 95% confidence interval, 0.628-0.925; one-sided P = 0.003). The OS and PFS trends in both gefitinib and osimertinib cohorts were identical to those in the entire population.
conclusionsThe intercalation of cisplatin plus pemetrexed after the response to EGFR TKI improved PFS but not OS compared with EGFR TKI monotherapy as the first-line treatment for patients with advanced NSqNSCLC harboring EGFR mutation.
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