Lung Cancer

Treatment with durvalumab was associated with lower real-world progression-free survival in patients with unresectable, stage III EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer vs patients with EGFR wild-type disease.

Osimertinib in combination with platinum-based therapy and pemetrexed demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival vs osimertinib monotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

The addition of datopotamab deruxtecan to durvalumab, with or without carboplatin, demonstrated favorable efficacy and safety in patients with advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer, according to an interim analysis of the phase 1b TROPION-Lung04 trial.

David Harpole, MD, discusses findings from an exploratory analysis of the phase 3 AEGEAN trial in patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

Pasi A. Jänne, MD, PhD, discusses findings from the phase 3 FLAURA2 trial in patients with EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

The combination of the SHP2 inhibitor TNO155 and the KRAS G12C inhibitor JDQ433 showed antitumor activity in patients with KRAS G12C-mutated solid tumors, including non–small cell lung cancer, irrespective of prior treatment with a KRAS G12C inhibitor.

Treatment with at least 90 μg/kg of the novel DLLC-targeting T-cell–engager BI 764532 was well tolerated and led to tumor shrinkage in patients with small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Treatment with iruplinalkib significantly improved progression-free survival and produced a higher objective response rate compared with crizotinib in patients with ALK TKI–naïve, locally advanced and metastatic ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer, according to data from a prespecified interim analysis of the phase 3 INSPIRE trial.

Treatment with the antibody-drug conjugate ifinatamab deruxtecan in heavily pretreated patients with small cell lung cancer led to promising efficacy and a manageable safety profile.

The use of the oral, brain penetrant, furmonertinib, resulted in encouraging responses and a tolerable safety profile in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations, according to data from the phase 1b FAVOUR trial.

Early antitumor activity has been observed in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer treated with the combination of sacituzumab govitecan-hziy and pembrolizumab in the first-line setting.

Treatment with repotrectinib in patients with ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer, specifically those who were tyrosine kinase inhibitor-naïve or -pretreated, continued to demonstrate durable clinical activity, as well as durable intracranial responses.

Patritumab deruxtecan displayed clinically meaningful and durable efficacy in patients with advanced EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer who experienced progression following treatment with an EGFR-directed TKI and platinum-based chemotherapy.

Adagrasib monotherapy provided durable efficacy for patients with KRAS G12C–mutated locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer, according to 2-year follow-up data from the phase 1/2 KRYSTAL-1 trial.

The addition of benmelstobart to anlotinib and etoposide plus carboplatin significantly improved progression-free survival and overall survival over placebo plus etoposide plus carboplatin when used in the first-line treatment of patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

Jules Lin, MD, discusses how approaches to surgical intervention in non–small cell lung cancer may have shifted with the increasing use of targeted therapy and immunotherapies in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant setting.

Bryan Schneider, MD, discusses agents available for use in the targeting of MET exon 14 mutations in non–small cell lung cancer.

Lyudmila A. Bazhenova, MD, discusses how to treat patients with non–small cell lung cancer who present with EGFR mutations, highlights how to accurately pinpoint gaps in lung cancer care, and expands on how to address these gaps in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Amivantamab-vmjw plus carboplatin and pemetrexed, administered with or without lazertinib, significantly improved progression-free survival vs chemotherapy alone in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 19 deletions or L858R substitutions after progression on or after osimertinib.

Natalie Vokes, MD, discusses emerging biomarkers in non–small cell lung cancer, specifically highlighting the promise of HER3-targeted therapy.

Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD, discusses clinical gaps in the development of novel targets in lung cancer that were discussed at the 2023 Bridging the Gaps in Lung Cancer meeting, as well as potential strategies or steps to address these gaps in clinical practice.

Millie Das, MD, highlights early efficacy signals with PARP inhibitors in patients with small cell lung cancer, how overall survival data from the phase 3 ADAURA trial confirm the efficacy of adjuvant osimertinib in patients with non–small cell lung cancer, and which patients may benefit most from immunotherapy as monotherapy or in combination with other agents.

Martin Wermke, MD, discusses why the novel agent may serve as a promising treatment option targeting DLL3.

Shared insight on the use of first-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors and the role of immunotherapy in treating patients with NSCLC with uncommon EGFR mutations.

Julie R. Brahmer, MD, discusses treatment considerations when choosing between afatinib and osimertinib in patients with NSCLC with rare EGFR mutations.

James Chih-Hsin Yang, MD, PhD, discusses the implications of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-789 trial and what directions investigators can examine in the future to help fill the unmet need for patients with TKI-resistant, EGFR-mutated metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Combination treatment with atezolizumab, carboplatin, and pemetrexed showed activity in patients with advanced nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer and untreated brain metastases without neurologic symptoms or asymptomatic with medical treatment.

Angel Qin, MD, discusses several areas of active investigation in non–small cell lung cancer, and highlights questions necessitating future research in this disease space.

Adjuvant treatment with alectinib generated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in disease-free survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with completely resected stage IB to IIIA, ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

A brief review of the role that immunotherapy agents play in the frontline management of patients with small cell lung cancer.