EGFR+ Lung Cancer

In preclinical models of triple-mutated EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer, the investigational agent, BLU-945 induced robust antitumor responses, according to results presented at the 2020 European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress.

Balazs Halmos, MD, MS, discusses 2 major presentations from the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology Virtual Scientific Program that appeared promising for the treatment of patients with EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Nathan A. Pennell, MD, PhD, discussed the case of 66-year-old patient with EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer, during a virtual Case Based Peer Perspectives event.

A statistically significant overall survival benefit was not observed with osimertinib compared with platinum-pemetrexed therapy as treatment of patients with EGFR T790M-mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

The benefits and risks of osimertinib as second- or later-line treatment of patients with EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer that were reported when the agent was first approved, have now been confirmed, according to data from a real-world study conducted in Japan.

Sequential afatinib followed by osimertinib led to encouraging outcomes in patients with deletion 19 (del19) or L858R epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non–small cell lung cancer, according to the final analysis results from the real-world study, GioTag.

Experts in lung oncology review 3 clinical cases and discuss individualized treatment approaches for each patient.

This is the first report to date that has demonstrated inferior survival outcomes among African American patients with NSCLC harboring an EGFR mutation relative to non-African American patients.

Research into mutations in the gene encoding the epidermal growth factor receptor protein has revolutionized non–small cell lung cancer treatment in recent years, yet the science supporting targeting of this oncogene is still being elucidated.

Leora Horn, MD, MSc, discusses the data accrued from Flatiron and from a phase 1/2 trial of patients with refractory non–small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertions receiving mobocertinib compared with currently approved therapies.

Physicians are at the early stages of realizing the varying mechanisms of resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors and the methods for managing and/or overcoming resistance.

The FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to osimertinib as adjuvant treatment of patients with stage IB-IIIA EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer following complete tumor resection with curative intent.

Leora Horn, MD, MSc, discusses the real-world data outcomes compared with clinical trial data of mobocertinib from a retrospective study in patients with refractory non–small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertions.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Balazs Halmos, MD, MS, discussed the current treatment landscape of EGFR-mutant NSCLC and how this space is evolving based on recent clinical trials.