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Patients with non–small-cell lung cancer and mutated epidermal growth factor receptors who develop resistance to EGFR inhibitors through a particular mutation (T790M) are responsive to rociletinib. Increasingly, treatment decisions for patients with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are based on the driver mutation rather than the histologic subtype, when such mutations are present. Mutations in the gene encoding epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR ) are among the most common oncogenic mutations in lung adenocarcinoma and are present in approximately 10 to 15% of Western patients and 30 to 35% of Asian patients. 1 At the time of diagnosis, approximately 90% of EGFR -mutation–positive patients have one of two activating mutations, an in-frame deletion in exon 19 or an L858R point mutation in exon 21. 1 The first-generation and . . .

The incidence of recurrence after curative resection among patients with stage IB, II, or IIIA non–small-cell lung cancer is high and is only slightly lower with adjuvant chemotherapy. A randomized trial of adjuvant osimertinib involving patients with EGFR mutation–positive NSCLC showed a substantial decrease in recurrence. Central nervous system relapses were also significantly reduced.

Osimertinib was compared with standard EGFR blockers among patients with non–small-cell lung cancer with activating mutations in EGFR . The median overall survival was 38.6 months with osimertinib and 31.8 months with erlotinib or gefitinib. This 20% lower risk of death was noted despite the crossover of patients from standard therapy to osimertinib during subsequent therapy.

Among patients with EGFR -mutated lung cancer after chemoradiotherapy, 65% of patients who received osimertinib were alive without progression at 2 years, as compared with 13% of those who received placebo.

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are widely used for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, but their efficacy in the neoadjuvant setting remains under investigation. The MUKDEN 06 trial (NCT05426486), a multicentre, randomised, phase 2b study, compared ARX788 (anti-HER2 ADC) plus pyrotinib (TKI) with the standard neoadjuvant regimen of docetaxel, carboplatin, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab (TCbHP) in female patients with early or locally advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. The primary endpoint was the pathological complete response (pCR, ypT0/is, ypN0) rate, analyzed in the intention-to-treat population. pCR was achieved in 70.6% (48/68) of patients receiving ARX788 plus pyrotinib, compared to 51.5% (35/68) in the TCbHP group, with a significant absolute difference of 19.1% (95% CI, 2.7–34.6; p  = 0.023). No treatment-related deaths occurred. The most common grade 3–4 adverse events were diarrhea and hepatic dysfunction in the ARX788 plus pyrotinib group, and fatigue, nausea and anorexia in the TCbHP group. Interstitial lung disease (ILD)/pneumonitis and ocular events were observed with ARX788 plus pyrotinib, indicating a distinct safety profile. These findings offer clinical insights into the potential of dual HER2-targeted blockade with an ADC and TKI as an optional neoadjuvant strategy for patients with early or locally advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. Combining antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting HER2 has been shown to improve efficacy in patients with advanced HER2+ breast cancer. Here, the authors report a randomised phase 2b trial comparing neoadjuvant ARX788 (HER2 ADC) plus pyrotinib (HER1, HER2 and HER4 TKI) against neoadjuvant standard of care (docetaxel, carboplatin, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab) for the treatment of HER2+ breast cancer.

BackgroundIn the global FLAURA study, first-line osimertinib, a third-generation irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) versus comparator EGFR TKIs in patients with EGFR mutation-positive (EGFRm) advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).ObjectiveThe FLAURA China study assessed first-line osimertinib in Chinese patients with EGFRm advanced NSCLC (NCT02296125).MethodsFLAURA China was a double-blind, randomized, phase III study. Adults from mainland China with previously untreated EGFRm (Exon 19 deletion or L858R) advanced NSCLC were enrolled in the global study or a China-only study under the same protocol; 136 patients were randomized to osimertinib (80 mg once daily [od]; n = 71) or comparator EGFR TKI (gefitinib or erlotinib; all sites selected gefitinib 250 mg od; n = 65). Patients were randomized and allocated to treatment groups by a central computer system. Treatment continued until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or withdrawal of consent. The primary endpoint was investigator-assessed PFS; OS was a secondary endpoint.ResultsAll 136 randomized patients were analyzed. Osimertinib extended median PFS by 8.0 months versus comparator EGFR TKI (17.8 vs. 9.8 months; hazard ratio [HR] 0.56; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.37–0.85). Median OS was 33.1 months in the osimertinib group versus 25.7 months in the comparator group (HR 0.85; 95% CI 0.56–1.29). At 3 years, 20% of patients on osimertinib and 8% on the comparator remained on randomized treatment. Grade 3 or higher adverse events (AEs) were reported in 54 and 28% of patients in the osimertinib and comparator groups, respectively, driven by increased local reporting of laboratory- and disease-related AEs. No new safety signals were identified.ConclusionsFirst-line osimertinib treatment resulted in a clinically meaningful PFS and OS benefit versus comparator EGFR TKI in Chinese patients with EGFRm advanced NSCLC. Safety data were consistent with the known safety profile of osimertinib.Clinical Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02296125, registered 20 November 2014

Despite therapeutic advances in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, resistance to trastuzumab inevitably develops. In the PHOEBE study, we aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of pyrotinib (an irreversible pan-HER inhibitor) plus capecitabine after previous trastuzumab. This is an open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial done at 29 hospitals in China. Patients with pathologically confirmed HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, aged 18–70 years, who had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status of 0 or 1, and had been previously treated with trastuzumab and taxanes were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive oral pyrotinib 400 mg or lapatinib 1250 mg once daily plus oral capecitabine 1000 mg/m2 twice daily on days 1–14 of each 21-day cycle. Randomisation was done via a centralised interactive web-response system with a block size of four or six and stratified by hormone receptor status and previous lines of chemotherapy for metastatic disease. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival according to masked independent central review. Efficacy and safety were assessed in all patients who received at least one dose of the study drugs. Results presented here are from a prespecified interim analysis. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03080805. Between July 31, 2017, and Oct 30, 2018, 267 patients were enrolled and randomly assigned. 134 patients received pyrotinib plus capecitabine and 132 received lapatinib plus capecitabine. At data cutoff of the interim analysis on March 31, 2019, median progression-free survival was significantly longer with pyrotinib plus capecitabine (12·5 months [95% CI 9·7–not reached]) than with lapatinib plus capecitabine (6·8 months [5·4–8·1]; hazard ratio 0·39 [95% CI 0·27–0·56]; one-sided p<0·0001). The most common grade 3 or worse adverse events were diarrhoea (41 [31%] in the pyrotinib group vs 11 [8%] in the lapatinib group) and hand–foot syndrome (22 [16%] vs 20 [15%]). Serious adverse events were reported for 14 (10%) patients in the pyrotinib group and 11 (8%) patients in the lapatinib group. No treatment-related deaths were reported in the pyrotinib group and one sudden death in the lapatinib group was considered treatment related. Pyrotinib plus capecitabine significantly improved progression-free survival compared with that for lapatinib plus capecitabine, with manageable toxicity, and can be considered an alternative treatment option for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer after trastuzumab and chemotherapy. Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine and National Key R&D Program of China. For the Chinese translation of the abstract see Supplementary Materials section.

Amivantamab, an antibody against MET and EGFR, plus lazertinib, an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, induced a response in 86% of previously untreated patients and led to a median progression-free survival of nearly 2 years.

AZD9291, an irreversible inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor, was associated with tumor responses in the majority of patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer in whom T790M-mediated drug resistance to other EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors had developed. Somatic mutations in the gene encoding epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR ) are detected in approximately 30 to 40% of non–small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) from Asian patients and in 10% of NSCLCs from white patients. 1 – 3 EGFR mutations lead to constitutive activation of EGFR signaling and oncogenic transformation both in vitro and in vivo. 4 , 5 Cancers with EGFR mutations ( EGFR- mutated cancers) depend on EGFR signaling for growth and survival and are often sensitive to treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. 6 Among patients with advanced EGFR- mutated NSCLC, treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (e.g., gefitinib, erlotinib, and . . .

Osimertinib is the standard first-line options for patients with advanced EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Co-mutations in TP53 results in poor survival for patients. However, the studies on treatment options and clinical outcomes of patients with EGFR-TP53 co- mutation are limited. Patients with EGFR mutation-positive locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC carrying TP53 mutations were recruited from two institutions and randomly allocated into two groups, either receiving osimertinib plus chemotherapy (Osi + Chemo group) or osimertinib monotherapy (Osi group). The progression-free survival (PFS) was evaluated as the primary endpoint and the response was also assessed. Between January 2020 and August 2023, ninety-eight patients were enrolled with 47 and 51 patients receiving combination therapy and the monotherapy. After a median follow-up of 19.2 months, overall response rate (ORR) was 80.0% vs. 71.7% ( p  = 0.36), favoring Osi + Chemo group, as well as in disease control rate (DCR) (91.4% vs. 80.4%, p  = 0.45). The median PFS in the Osi + Chemo group was 26.0 months versus 20.7 months in the Osi group, but there was no significant difference ( p  = 0.34). The subgroup analysis indicated that for patients with L858R mutation, Osi + Chemo therapy significantly prolonged the median PFS (not reached [NR] versus 17.1 months, p  = 0.03), but showed no benefit in patients with 19Del (20.6 months versus NR, p  = 0.31). Osimertinib plus chemotherapy has a tendency to increase ORR and prolong PFS in NSCLC with EGFR and TP53 co-mutations, particularly in patients with L858R mutation.