Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

As the year 2021 comes to a close, CancerNetwork® reviews ongoing clinical research and upcoming innovations in the non–small cell lung cancer space.

Patients with EGFR-mutated non-squamous non–small cell lung cancer who progressed following EGFR-TKI therapy experienced a progression-free survival benefit following treatment with sintilimab plus a bevacizumab biosimilar injection and chemotherapy.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS, to talk about the findings of the DESTINY-Lung01 study that were presented at 2021 ESMO.

The FDA granted Fast Track Designation to bemcentinib combined with a PD-L1 agent to treat patients with STK11 altered advanced/metastatic non–small cell lung cancer without actionable mutations.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Hossein Borghaei, DO, MS, to talk about the rationale behind the TROPION-Lung04 trial using Dato-DXd plus durvalumab.

Findings from the CheckMate 816 trial indicated that the combination of nivolumab and chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy resulted in a significant event-free survival benefit for patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

Lyudmila A. Bazhenova, MD, and Federico Albrecht, MD, spoke about treating patients with EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer through randomized clinical trials and real-world studies.

Although canakinumab, an investigational interleukin-1β inhibitor, plus pembrolizumab did not meet the primary end points for locally advanced metastatic non–small cell lung cancer in the CANOPY-1 trial, it could have potential in certain patient subgroups.

A clinical pharmacy manager and a pharmacy resident detail the unique mechanism of action of tepotinib for metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with mutations in MET exon 14.

The VENTANA PD-L1 Assay, a companion diagnostic for atezolizumab in select patients with non–small cell lung cancer, was approved by the FDA based on the phase 3 Impower010 trial.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Lyudmilia Bazhenova, MD, at the 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer to discuss differences in outcomes with immunotherapy agents in patients with wild-type and EGFR exon 20 insertion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Lyudmilia Bazhenova, MD, at the 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer to talk about the feasibility of immunotherapy trials in wild-type and EGFR exon 20 insertion non–small cell lung cancer.

Sintilimab with or without a bevacizumab biosimilar injection, combined with chemotherapy yielded promising findings in a population of patients with EGFR-mutant nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer who have previously been treated with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

The FDA approved atezolizumab for treatment of stage II to IIIA non–small cell lung cancer following resection and platinum-based chemotherapy.

Treatment with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy yielded non-inferior long-term survival compared with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection in operable stage IA non–small cell lung cancer.

An association was identified between second-line clinical trial participation for patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer and a mean cost savings of $6663 for health care payers.

A recent trial found that patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion–mutant metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with prior disease control on standard EGFR inhibitors demonstrated efficacy and tolerability of mobocertinib.

Patients with ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer may derive benefit from being treated with ROS1/NTRK inhibitor taletrectinib.

Final read-out of progression-free survival data from the ALTA-1L trial indicates significant benefit of brigatinib versus crizotinib for patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer who have not previously received an ALK inhibitor.

Patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer experienced a survival benefit with adjuvant atezolizumab vs best supportive care.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Alexander Spira, MD, PhD, FACP, at the 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer to talk about future indications of mobocertinib.

Results from the phase 3 eXalt3 study indicated that ensartinib led to a longer progression-free survival and intracranial response rate compared with crizotinib for patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.

Findings from the PACIFIC-R trial indicated that the real-world progression-free survival benefit of durvalumab was higher vs the median progression-free survival reported in the durvalumab arm of the phase 3 PACIFIC trial in unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer.

CancerNetwork® sat down with Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD, at the 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer to talk about immunotherapy response in patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.

Patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer receiving sitravatinib plus nivolumab combination had promising objective responses during a post-hoc analysis of a phase 2 trial.

According to results from the Blood First Assay Screening Trial, blood-based tumor mutational burden did not predict a benefit of atezolizumab over chemotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.

Topline findings from the phase 2 KRYSTAL-1 study indicated that adagrasib may hold promise in patients with KRAS G12C–mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

Patients with stage II to IIIA non–small cell lung cancer experienced an improvement in disease-free survival and time to locoregional and distant relapse after being treated with adjuvant atezolizumab.

The antibody drug conjugate, datopotamab deruxtecan, was safe in heavily pretreated patients who don’t have many treatment options after treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors and platinum-based chemotherapy.

Daily poziotinib in patients with untreated HER2 exon 20-mutant non-small cell lung cancer resulted in tumor reduction.