Tailored Second Line Treatment by EGFR Mutation in Patients With Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma
On the other hand, EGFR TKI (gefitinib or erlotinib) both produced somewhat similar higher
response rate (around 25%) in general Taiwan adenocarcinoma NSCLC patients, while the median
overall survival time didn't longer than chemotherapy treated patients. A recent prospective
study of gefitinib in chemonaive adenocarcinoma NSCLC patients showed that the objective
response rate was lower to be only 1.1% among EGFR mutation negative patients.
Since typical EGFR gene mutations (i.e., the deletion of typically five amino acids at
codons 746-750 (ELREA) in exon 19 and a leucine-to-arginine mutation at codon 858 (L858R))
are a good predictor for tumor response to tyrosine kinase inhibitor, this present study is
to tailor the patient's treatment according to his/her EGFR gene mutation status. Receptor
tyrosine kinase inhibitor (erlotinib in this study) will be the suggested second-line drug
of recommendation for typical EGFR gene mutation patients, and chemotherapy (pemetrexed in
this study) will be the suggested second-line drug of recommendation for EGFR wild type
patients.
The aim of this study is to increase the overall tumor response rate to 40% from current
treatment outcome (around 25%) by this tailored second line treatment. The further interests
of this study include prospectively evaluate the predictivity of EGFR gene mutation to tumor
response.
The primary objective of this study is to determine the overall tumor response rate of
tailored second line treatment determined by typical EGFR gene mutation in patients with
advanced lung adenocarcinoma.
Interventional
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Screening
The primary analysis will be the overall best response rate, including a 95% confidence interval (Leemis and Trivedi 1996).
02/2009 - 04/2010
No
Wu-Chou Su, PhD
Principal Investigator
National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Taiwan: Department of Health
HR98004
NCT00903292
March 2009
December 2010
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