EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) versus durvalumab (durva) following concurrent chemoradiation (CRT) in unresectable EGFR-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Authors

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Amin Nassar

Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT

Amin Nassar , Elio Adib , Jamie Feng , Jacqueline V. Aredo , Kaushal Parikh , Jeremy Phillip Harris , Ana I. Velazquez Manana , Meera Vimala Ragavan , Jessica Jiyeong Lin , Zofia Piotrowska , Bailey Gleason Fitzgerald , Christian Grohé , Kamya Sankar , Joel W. Neal , Heather A. Wakelee , Frances A. Shepherd , Roy S. Herbst , Abdul Rafeh Naqash , Sarah B. Goldberg , So Yeon Kim

Organizations

Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, CT, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, UHN, Toronto, ON, Canada, Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford, CA, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, University of California, Irvine, Orange, CA, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, Department of Respiratory Diseases, ELK Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, Stanford Hospital & Clinics, Stanford, CA, Princess Margaret - University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, Yale School of Medicinel, Yale Cancer Center, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven, New Haven, CT, Stephenson Cancer Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Oklahoma City, OK

Research Funding

No funding received
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Background: Adjuvant osimertinib (osi) improves disease-free survival (DFS) in patients (pts) with resected, early-stage, EGFR-mutant (EGFRmut) NSCLC, yet the benefit of osi after CRT in pts with unresectable locally advanced NSCLC is unknown. Post-hoc analysis of the PACIFIC trial showed a lack of survival benefit with consolidation durva versus placebo in pts with EGFRmut NSCLC. Comparisons between consolidation durva and EGFR TKIs in unresectable EGFRmut NSCLC following CRT are lacking. Methods: We conducted a multi-institutional retrospective analysis of pts with stage III unresectable EGFRmut NSCLC (exon19 deletion, exon21 L858R), who received EGFR TKI or durva after ≥ 2 cycles of platinum-based chemotherapy plus definitive radiation therapy between 2015-2022. Baseline characteristics including age, sex, smoking history, PD-L1 status, and outcomes on DFS, overall survival (OS), and safety were collected. Multivariable (MVA) cox regression analysis was used for statistical analysis. Treatment-related adverse events (trAE) were defined using CTCAE 5.0. Results: Seventeen pts from 12 institutions received an EGFR TKI (osi, n=15; erlotinib, n=2), and 13 pts received consolidation durva. Median follow-up was 23 months. Median age of all pts was 61 years (IQR:52-72) and 76.7% were female. Most pts in both groups had never-smoked and had adenocarcinoma. All pts received ≥ 60 Gy of radiation with concurrent chemotherapy. PD-L1 expression was ≥ 50% in 1/10 (10%) pts treated with durva vs 6/13 (46.2%) treated with TKI, p=0.09. Median duration on treatment for EGFR TKI and durva was 12.2 months and 4.8 months, respectively. Pts treated with EGFR TKI had significantly longer 24-month DFS versus pts treated with durva after adjusting for stage (3A vs 3B vs 3C) (Table). Any grade tRAE occurred in 58.8% (10/17) of pts treated with EGFR TKI vs 38.5% (5/13) with durva. Grade > 3 tRAE occurred in 15.4% (1 pneumonitis and 1 AST/ALT elevation) of pts treated with durva but in none of pts treated with EGFR TKI. Three pts within each arm came off treatment due to toxicity (EGFR TKI: 1 pneumonitis and 2 dermatitis; durva: 1 of each pneumonitis, Type 1 diabetes, AST/ALT elevation). Conclusions: EGFR TKI therapy after definitive CRT was associated with significantly longer DFS compared to durva in this retrospective study of pts with stage III unresectable EGFRmut NSCLC, without unanticipated safety signals. Follow-up is ongoing and OS outcomes will be evaluated subsequently. Further investigation is warranted to define the optimal therapy for locally advanced EGFRmut NSCLC.

TreatmentMedian DFS, months (95% CI)24-month DFS, % (95% CI)DFS Hazard ratio (95% CI), p-value
EGFR TKI, N=1728 (15.4-49)88 (67-100)0.09, 95% CI
Durva, N=138.5 (3.6-NR*)31 (14-70)(0.01-0.58), p<0.01

NR=Not reached.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Local-Regional/Small Cell/Other Thoracic Cancers

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Local-Regional Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 8567)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.8567

Abstract #

8567

Poster Bd #

194

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