Keunchil Park1, Chong-Jen Yu2, Sang-We Kim3, Meng-Chih Lin4, Virote Sriuranpong5, Chun-Ming Tsai6, Jong-Seok Lee7, Jin-Hyoung Kang8, K C Allen Chan9, Pablo Perez-Moreno10, Peter Button11, Myung-Ju Ahn1, Tony Mok12. 1. Division of Haematology-Oncology, Samsung Medical Centre, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan. 3. Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Centre, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. 4. Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 5Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. 5. Division of Medical Oncology, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. 6. Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veteran General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan8School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. 7. Department of Haematology and Medical Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Bundang, Korea. 8. Seoul St Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea. 9. Department of Chemical Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 10. F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland. 11. Roche Products Pty Ltd, Dee Why, Australia. 12. State Key Laboratory of South China, Hong Kong Cancer Institute, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
Abstract
IMPORTANCE: Continuing molecularly targeted treatment beyond disease progression in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has appeared promising in retrospective analyses, highlighting the challenge to identify whether progression is the optimal time to switch treatment. OBJECTIVE: To study the efficacy of first-line erlotinib therapy in patients with NSCLC with activating EGFR mutations and postprogression erlotinib therapy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: ASPIRATION (Asian Pacific trial of Tarceva as first-line in EGFR mutation) was a phase 2, open-label, single-arm study conducted from 2011 to 2012 in 23 centers in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand of adults with stage IV, EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC, with ECOG performance status 0 to 2. INTERVENTIONS: Patients received erlotinib 150 mg/d orally until disease progression, after which erlotinib therapy could be continued at patient and/or investigator discretion. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS1; time to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours 1.1 progression or death). Secondary end points included PFS2 (time to off-erlotinib progression if erlotinib therapy was extended beyond progression at patient and/or investigator discretion), objective response rate, disease control rate, overall survival, and safety. The use of plasma-based assessment of EGFR mutations was also investigated. RESULTS: Of 359 patients screened, 208 were enrolled. Median follow-up was 11.3 (95% CI, 10.9-13.0) months. Of the 207 intent-to-treat patients (62.3% female; median age, 60.8 [range, 28-89] y), 176 had a PFS1 event (171 progression and 5 deaths); of these, 78 discontinued and 93 continued erlotinib therapy following progression. Median PFS1 was 10.8 (95% CI, 9.2-11.1) months. Median PFS1 and PFS2 in the 93 continuing patients was 11.0 (95% CI, 9.2-11.1) and 14.1 (95% CI, 12.2-15.9) months, respectively. Median PFS1 and PFS2 was 11.0 (95% CI, 9.3-12.0) and 14.9 (95% CI, 12.2-17.2) months in patients with exon 19 deletions or L585R mutations. Overall response rate was 66.2%; disease control rate was 82.6%. Median overall survival was 31.0 months (95% CI, 27.3 months to not reached). In the safety population (n = 207) serious adverse events were reported in 27.1%, with events of at least grade 3 experienced by 50.2%. Sensitivity and specificity of plasma-based EGFR mutation analysis was 77% and 92%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: ASPIRATION supports the efficacy of first-line erlotinib therapy in patients with EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC and that treatment beyond progression is feasible and may delay salvage therapy in selected patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01310036.
IMPORTANCE: Continuing molecularly targeted treatment beyond disease progression in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has appeared promising in retrospective analyses, highlighting the challenge to identify whether progression is the optimal time to switch treatment. OBJECTIVE: To study the efficacy of first-line erlotinib therapy in patients with NSCLC with activating EGFR mutations and postprogression erlotinib therapy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: ASPIRATION (Asian Pacific trial of Tarceva as first-line in EGFR mutation) was a phase 2, open-label, single-arm study conducted from 2011 to 2012 in 23 centers in Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand of adults with stage IV, EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC, with ECOG performance status 0 to 2. INTERVENTIONS:Patients received erlotinib 150 mg/d orally until disease progression, after which erlotinib therapy could be continued at patient and/or investigator discretion. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS1; time to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours 1.1 progression or death). Secondary end points included PFS2 (time to off-erlotinib progression if erlotinib therapy was extended beyond progression at patient and/or investigator discretion), objective response rate, disease control rate, overall survival, and safety. The use of plasma-based assessment of EGFR mutations was also investigated. RESULTS: Of 359 patients screened, 208 were enrolled. Median follow-up was 11.3 (95% CI, 10.9-13.0) months. Of the 207 intent-to-treat patients (62.3% female; median age, 60.8 [range, 28-89] y), 176 had a PFS1 event (171 progression and 5 deaths); of these, 78 discontinued and 93 continued erlotinib therapy following progression. Median PFS1 was 10.8 (95% CI, 9.2-11.1) months. Median PFS1 and PFS2 in the 93 continuing patients was 11.0 (95% CI, 9.2-11.1) and 14.1 (95% CI, 12.2-15.9) months, respectively. Median PFS1 and PFS2 was 11.0 (95% CI, 9.3-12.0) and 14.9 (95% CI, 12.2-17.2) months in patients with exon 19 deletions or L585R mutations. Overall response rate was 66.2%; disease control rate was 82.6%. Median overall survival was 31.0 months (95% CI, 27.3 months to not reached). In the safety population (n = 207) serious adverse events were reported in 27.1%, with events of at least grade 3 experienced by 50.2%. Sensitivity and specificity of plasma-based EGFR mutation analysis was 77% and 92%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: ASPIRATION supports the efficacy of first-line erlotinib therapy in patients with EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC and that treatment beyond progression is feasible and may delay salvage therapy in selected patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01310036.
Authors: Daria Gaut; Myung Shin Sim; Yuguang Yue; Brian R Wolf; Phillip A Abarca; James M Carroll; Jonathan W Goldman; Edward B Garon Journal: Clin Lung Cancer Date: 2017-06-20 Impact factor: 4.785
Authors: Giulia Pasello; Giovanni Vicario; Fable Zustovich; Francesco Oniga; Stefania Gori; Francesco Rosetti; Andrea Bonetti; Adolfo Favaretto; Silvia Toso; Roberta Redelotti; Antonio Santo; Daniele Bernardi; Petros Giovanis; Cristina Oliani; Lorenzo Calvetti; Carlo Gatti; Giovanni Palazzolo; Zora Baretta; Alberto Bortolami; Laura Bonanno; Marco Basso; Jessica Menis; Donatella Da Corte; Stefano Frega; Valentina Guarneri; PierFranco Conte Journal: Oncologist Date: 2019-03-07