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  P1.09 - Poster Session 1 - Combined Modality (ID 212)

  • Event: WCLC 2013
  • Type: Poster Session
  • Track: Combined Modality
  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 10/28/2013, 09:30 - 16:30, Exhibit Hall, Ground Level

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    P1.09-005 - The optimal timing of SRS add to EGFR-TKI treatment for brain metastasis from activating EGFR mutant NSCLC (ID 692)

    09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): D.H. Lee
    • Abstract

    Background
    Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Brain metastasis is an important issue because its incidence of 20-40% in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and association of significant mortality and morbidity. There are several therapeutic modalities for CNS lesions such as whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and metastasectomy. It is well known that conventional chemotherapy is not effective for brain metastasis because of blood brain barrier (BBB). On the other hand, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) have showed efficacy in patients with brain metastasis from activating epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutant NSCLC. We assumed that SRS for brain metastasis could be delayed for the patients with activating EGFR mutation on taking gefitinib or erlotinib.

    Methods
    We retrospectively identified patients with brain metastasis from NSCLC harboring a sensitizing mutation of EGFR who were treated with SRS for the brain metastasis combined with TKI. EGFR mutations in exons 18, 19, 20 and 21 were analyzed by direct sequencing. SRS treatment was indicated for brain metastasis less than 6 lesions and not exceeding 4cm each of them. The patients in SRS first group were treated by SRS for brain metastasis, and then TKI was administrated. The other patients were treated with TKI before SRS and they were assigned to TKI first group. Progression free survival time was compared with each group.

    Results
    Forty-three patients were eligible (SRS first: 29, TKI first 14). Twenty-nine patients of them (67.4%) were women, median age was 56 (range 36-78). Most of them were adenocarinoma, except 1 squamous cell carcinoma and 1 NSCLC NOS. All patients have activating EGFR mutations, 2 patients had also T790M mutation known as TKI resistant mutation. TKI was used as 2[nd] line treatment for twenty five patients (58.1%). WBRT and brain metastasectomy were additionally employed for 9 and 6 patients. Although eight patients complained headache after SRS, it was self-limited. The median duration of TKI treatment were not different from each group (13.4 months in SRS first group, 14.7 months in TKI first group, p=0.986) As a result, the median progression free survival time was prolonged in SRS first group than in the TKI first group (12.6 months versus 2.3 months, p<0.001). And there was no significant adverse effect related with SRS in both groups.

    Conclusion
    It is better to consider SRS for brain metastasis as soon as possible, even if TKI is effective for patients with brain metastasis from activating EGFR mutant NSCLC. Also, the combined treatment of TKI with SRS was well tolerated by all patients in this study.