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Erschienen in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 12/2020

07.07.2020 | Original Article – Clinical Oncology

First-line angiogenesis inhibitor plus erlotinib versus erlotinib alone for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harboring an EGFR mutation

verfasst von: Thierry Landre, Gaetan Des Guetz, Kader Chouahnia, Boris Duchemann, Jean-Baptiste Assié, Christos Chouaid

Erschienen in: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology | Ausgabe 12/2020

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Abstract

Purpose

Erlotinib is indicated as first-line treatment for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring an epidermal growth-factor–receptor (EGFR) mutation. Addition of a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor (anti-VEGF) in combination with the tyrosine-kinase inhibitor erlotinib in this setting is controversial.

Methods

We conducted a meta-analysis of randomized trials comparing anti-VEGF plus erlotinib vs erlotinib alone as first-line therapy for advanced NSCLC harboring an EGFR mutation. Outcomes included overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), objective response rate (ORR) and median duration of response (DOR). A fixed-effect model was used.

Results

Four studies evaluated bevacizumab + erlotinib (ARTEMIS, NEJ026, J025667, Stinchcombe et al.), and another evaluated ramucirumab + erlotinib (RELAY). These five eligible studies included 1230 non-squamous NSCLC patients, 654 (53.2%) with exon 19 deletion (ex19del) and 568 (46.8%) with EGFRL858R. Patients were predominantly women (63%), Asians (85%) and non-smokers (60%); the median age was 64 years. The combination (anti-VEGF + erlotinib) was significantly associated with prolonged PFS (hazards ratio [HR] 0.59 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.51–0.69]; p < 0.00001). The combination achieved significantly longer median DOR (p < 0.005). Based on interim analyses, OS (HR 0.90 [0.68–1.19]; p = 0.45) and ORR (odds ratio 1.19 [95% CI 0.91–1.55]; p = 0.21 were comparable.

Conclusions

For patients with untreated, advanced, EGFR-mutation–harboring NSCLCs, the anti-VEGF + erlotinib combination, compared to erlotinib alone, was associated with significantly prolonged PFS but mature data for OS are needed to confirm the benefit of this strategy.
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Metadaten
Titel
First-line angiogenesis inhibitor plus erlotinib versus erlotinib alone for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harboring an EGFR mutation
verfasst von
Thierry Landre
Gaetan Des Guetz
Kader Chouahnia
Boris Duchemann
Jean-Baptiste Assié
Christos Chouaid
Publikationsdatum
07.07.2020
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology / Ausgabe 12/2020
Print ISSN: 0171-5216
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1335
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-020-03311-w

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