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    P3.02b - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 494)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Poster Presenters Present
    • Track: Advanced NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      P3.02b-125 - Failure to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Patterns of Progression in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 5089)

      14:30 - 14:30  |  Author(s): G. Sanchez

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      Background:
      Some studies have evaluated the impact of patterns of progression after treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We evaluated the patterns of progression and prognosis of NSCLC patients that received TKI.

      Methods:
      Using the criteria established by Yang to define models of progression to TKI we did a retrospective analysis. Survival curves were plotted using the Kaplan-Meier method. The Cox proportional hazard model was used for multivariate analysis.

      Results:
      Eighty-three NSCLC patients were included: 43 patients with dramatic-progression (51.8%), 26 with gradual-progression (31.3%), and 17 with local-progression (16.9%); demographic and clinical characteristics were similar in all subgroups. There was a significant difference in the median Progression-Free Survival (PFS) among the three groups, for the group with dramatic-progression it was 9.1 months, 16 months for gradual-progression and 11.9 for local-progression (P: 0.044). The overall survival (OS) was different among the three groups, for patients in gradual-progression 56 months, for patients in dramatic-progression 30 months and local-progression 36.4 months (figure A). Additionally 41.7% were treated with afatinib after progression to erlotinib and gefitinib. PFS in all patients was 8.08 months. Patients that present asymptomatic progression have a longer OS compared to those who present symptomatic progression (42 vs 31.9 months; p = 0.048). Figure 1



      Conclusion:
      There is a subgroup of patients with NSCLC and EGFR mutations with better prognosis and they can be identified according to the pattern of progression and presence of symptoms, as well as the duration of response during treatment. These could help decide which patients will benefit from continuing the anti-EGFR therapy beyond progression or to prescribe an aggressive approach when there is oligometastatic disease or local progression, especially in countries where access to third-generation TKIs is limited.

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