Biomarker-Driven Lung Cancer

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, discussed dosing and toxicity concerns with the KRAS inhibitors adagrasib and sotorasib.

Individual data from 2 studies evaluating rezivertinib in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring an EGFR T790M mutation and CNS metastases displayed encouraging efficacy and safety findings.

In most key prespecified molecularly defined subsets of patients with pretreated KRAS G12C–mutated non–small cell lung cancer, sotorasib continued to demonstrate consistent benefit vs docetaxel.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Liza C. Villaruz, MD, discussed important new therapies for biomarker-driven NSCLC, and novel biomarkers that may bring new treatments in the near future.

Results from TRIDENT-1 are supporting a new drug application for repotrectinib, a potential treatment for ROS1-positive advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

Liza C. Villaruz, MD, discusses the latest areas of growth in the non–small cell lung cancer space.

Looking at real-world data, researchers identified a large increase of biomarker testing for patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer, which indicates a continuing trend toward personalized treatment.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Corey J. Langer, MD, discussed the EMPOWER Lung-3 and POSEIDON trials of immunotherapy options in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Updated results from the phase 1 study of the bioavailable KRAS G12C inhibitor IBI351 showed that monotherapy was tolerable with promising activity in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer whose tumor harbored the KRAS G12C mutation.

With 1.5 years of follow-up, the confirmed objective response rate was 92.5% among patients who were ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor-naïve and 52.6% in crizotinib-pretreated patients in the phase 2 TRUST-I trial.

A Tennessee Oncology location in Nashville was the first to dose the novel c-MET antibody-drug conjugate, MYTX-011, as part of the phase 1 KisMET-01 clinical trial.

Patients with PD-L1-positive non-small cell lung cancer that has metastasized to the brain did better with cemiplimab plus chemotherapy than with investigator's choice of chemotherapy.

Results from the phase 2 PHAROS trial of encorafenib plus binimetinib in patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic non–small cell lung cancer has led the FDA to accept supplemental new drug applications for the agents. Further data will be presented at an upcoming medical meeting.

Amivantamab treatment continued to show tolerability and efficacy in patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations whose disease progressed on platinum-based chemotherapy.

New results from the phase 2 APPLE trial shows how the use of osimertinib in the upfront setting compares with combination therapy in patients with EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Looking at the results of study assessing performing blood-based host immune classifier proteomic testing in patients with non–small cell lung cancer shows the potential for predicting the success of immunotherapy based on a patient’s biomarkers.

A case report published in The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Center highlights the importance of being mindful of unusual adverse events associated with BRAF/MEK inhibition for patients with BRAF-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

Nicholas J. Robert, MD, discusses the poster on the MYLUNG Consortium that he presented at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.

Benjamin Philip Levy, MD, discussed systemic therapies for patients with ALK-rearranged metastatic non–small cell lung cancer and data from recent trials in this space.

Nicholas J. Robert, MD, discusses the main findings from the MYLUNG Consortium.

Mark Socinski, MD and Joshua Sabari, MD, share their insight for community oncologists who treat patients with KRASG12C-mutated NSCLC with CNS metastases.

Two experts discuss the potential role of using adagrasib and sotorasib in the front-line setting and how it might shift the treatment paradigm for patients with KRASG12C-mutated NSCLC with CNS metastases.

Drs Socinski and Sabari comment on the use of sotorasib in patients with KRASG12C-mutated NSCLC with brain metastases and review data from the CodeBreak 100 and CodeBreak 200 trials.

Mark Socinski, MD and Joshua Sabari, MD review the key efficacy data from the KRYSTAL 1b cohort and discusses strategies for managing adverse events seen with adagrasib.

Drs Socinski and Sabari discuss the emergence of the KRAS12C mutation, specifically in patients with CNS metastases and how this factors into their treatment decision.

Drs Socinski and Sabari explain the different types of testing methods commonly used in their clinical practice and share advice for community oncologists who are testing for biomarkers in their patients with NSCLC.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, discussed adjuvant therapy options and the use of molecular testing in patients with earlier-stage non–small cell lung cancer. This is the first of 2 articles based on this event.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Zofia Piotrowska, MD, MHS, discussed molecular testing for actionable mutations and recommended treatments for a patient with non–small cell lung cancer and an EGFR exon 20 insertion.

Melina E. Marmarelis, MD, reports the study design of the Chrysalis-2 trial and ongoing trials researching the combination of amivantamab and lazertinib in patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer.