TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-progression survival after EGFR-TKI for advanced non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations
AU - Kogure, Yoshihito
AU - Saka, Hideo
AU - Oki, Masahide
AU - Saito, Toshiki I.
AU - Ahmed, Shimaa Nour Moursi
AU - Kitagawa, Chiyoe
AU - Imaizumi, Kazuyoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests. Hideo Saka is receiving grants from Daiichi-Sankyo Co., Ono Pham. Co., AstraZeneca Co., Ili Lilly Co. and Bayer Co. Kazuyoshi Imaizumi is receiving grants from AstraZeneca Co. and Ili Lilly Co. There are no conflicts to declare for the remaining authors. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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© 2015 Kogure et al.
PY - 2015/8/11
Y1 - 2015/8/11
N2 - Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients that harbor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations benefit from receiving an EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI); however, post-progression survival (PPS) after EGFR-TKI treatment has not been sufficiently studied. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data from stage IV or recurrent NSCLC patients who harbored EGFR mutations and who received EGFR-TKI as their first-line treatment in our institute between 2009 and 2011. Results: In total, 36 patients received EGFR-TKI treatment as their first-line therapy. Of those 36 patients, 30 experienced recurrence and were enrolled in this study. The median progression- free survival (PFS) of these patients was 8.2 months. Twelve patients received EGFR-TKI treatment beyond the diagnosis of progressive disease (PD), and 8 received second-line therapy. The PPS after EGFR-TKI treatment was 9.1 months, and survival after the termination of EGFR-TKI treatment in those patients treated with second-line chemotherapy was 13.9 months. The site of relapse was investigated and PFS in EGFR-TKItreated patients with relapse in the brain (11.6 months) showed a trend toward a longer PFS compared with patients with relapse at other sites (8.2 months). The median PPS after EGFR-TKI treatment also showed the same trend in each group (12.9 and 9.2 months, respectively). Conclusions: The PPS after EGFR-TKI treatment failure was 9.1 months, while the survival of patients who underwent second-line chemotherapy after the termination of EGFR-TKI treatment was 13.9 months, comparable with the overall survival of EGFR mutation-negative patients, as previously reported. The prognosis of these NSCLC patients with EGFR mutations varied according to the sites of recurrence after first-line EGFR-TKI treatment. Of particular note was the prognosis of patients with brain metastases, which tended to be better than that of patients with metastases to other sites.
AB - Background: Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients that harbor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations benefit from receiving an EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI); however, post-progression survival (PPS) after EGFR-TKI treatment has not been sufficiently studied. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical data from stage IV or recurrent NSCLC patients who harbored EGFR mutations and who received EGFR-TKI as their first-line treatment in our institute between 2009 and 2011. Results: In total, 36 patients received EGFR-TKI treatment as their first-line therapy. Of those 36 patients, 30 experienced recurrence and were enrolled in this study. The median progression- free survival (PFS) of these patients was 8.2 months. Twelve patients received EGFR-TKI treatment beyond the diagnosis of progressive disease (PD), and 8 received second-line therapy. The PPS after EGFR-TKI treatment was 9.1 months, and survival after the termination of EGFR-TKI treatment in those patients treated with second-line chemotherapy was 13.9 months. The site of relapse was investigated and PFS in EGFR-TKItreated patients with relapse in the brain (11.6 months) showed a trend toward a longer PFS compared with patients with relapse at other sites (8.2 months). The median PPS after EGFR-TKI treatment also showed the same trend in each group (12.9 and 9.2 months, respectively). Conclusions: The PPS after EGFR-TKI treatment failure was 9.1 months, while the survival of patients who underwent second-line chemotherapy after the termination of EGFR-TKI treatment was 13.9 months, comparable with the overall survival of EGFR mutation-negative patients, as previously reported. The prognosis of these NSCLC patients with EGFR mutations varied according to the sites of recurrence after first-line EGFR-TKI treatment. Of particular note was the prognosis of patients with brain metastases, which tended to be better than that of patients with metastases to other sites.
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0135393
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0135393
M3 - Article
C2 - 26262682
AN - SCOPUS:84942437240
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 10
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
IS - 8
M1 - e0135393
ER -