Cited 4 times since 2022 (2.2 per year) source: EuropePMC European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990), Volume 172, 7 1 2022, Pages 276-286 Nazartinib for treatment-naive EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer: Results of a phase 2, single-arm, open-label study. Tan DSW, Kim SW, Ponce Aix S, Sequist LV, Smit EF, Yang JCH, Hida T, Toyozawa R, Felip E, Wolf J, Grohé C, Leighl NB, Riely G, Cui X, Zou M, Ghebremariam S, O'Sullivan-Djentuh L, Belli R, Giovannini M, Kim DW
Introduction
Nazartinib, a novel third-generation EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, previously demonstrated antitumor activity and manageable safety in patients with EGFR-mutant advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received ≤ 3 prior lines of systemic therapy. Herein, we report phase 2 efficacy and safety of first-line nazartinib.
Methods
This single-arm, open-label, global study enrolled treatment-naive adult patients with stage IIIB/IV NSCLC harboring EGFR-activating mutations (eg, L858R and/or ex19del). Patients with neurologically stable and controlled brain metastases were also eligible. Patients received oral nazartinib 150 mg once daily. The primary endpoint was Blinded Independent Review Committee (BIRC)-assessed overall response rate (ORR) per RECIST v1.1.
Results
Forty-five patients received ≥ 1 dose of nazartinib. The median follow-up time from enrollment to data cutoff (November 1, 2019) was 30 months (range: 25-34). The BIRC-assessed ORR was 69% (95% CI, 53-82). The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 18 months (95% CI, 15-not estimable [NE]). The median overall survival was NE. In patients with baseline brain metastases (n = 18), the ORR and median PFS (95% CIs) were 67% (41-87) and 17 months (11-21). Seventeen of 18 patients had brain metastases as non-target lesions; the CNS lesions were absent/normalized in 9 of 17 (53%). Only 2 of 27 patients without baseline brain metastases developed new brain metastases postbaseline. Most frequent adverse events (≥ 25%, any grade, all-causality) were diarrhea (47%), maculopapular rash (38%), pyrexia (29%), cough, and stomatitis (27% each).
Conclusions
First-line nazartinib demonstrated promising efficacy, including clinically meaningful antitumor activity in the brain, and manageable safety in patients with EGFR-mutant NSCLC.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02108964.
