{"title":"Efficacy of Second-Line Pemetrexed-Carboplatin in EGFR-Activating Mutation-Positive NSCLC: Does Exon 19 Deletion Differ from Exon 21 Mutation?","authors":"Amit Joshi, Vanita Noronha, Vijay M Patil, Anuradha Chougule, Atanu Bhattacharjee, Rajiv Kumar, Supriya Goud, Sucheta More, Anant Ramaswamy, Ashay Karpe, Nikhil Pande, Arun Chandrasekharan, Alok Goel, Vikas Talreja, Abhishek Mahajan, Amit Janu, Nilendu Purandare, Kumar Prabhash","doi":"10.1155/2017/8196434","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>It is unknown whether the outcomes of second-line pemetrexed-carboplatin chemotherapy administered after progression on gefitinib are dependent on type of EGFR mutation present at baseline.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Adult non-small-cell lung cancer patients, with exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R mutation, who progressed on gefitinib and received pemetrexed-carboplatin chemotherapy were selected for this analysis.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>55 patients received pemetrexed-carboplatin as second-line treatment. Response rates in evaluable patients were 39.3% in exon 19 patients (<i>n</i> = 28) and 33.3% in exon 21 patients (<i>n</i> = 15) (<i>p</i> = 0.752, Fisher's exact 2-sided <i>p</i> value). The median PFS in exon 19 and 21 cohorts was 5.900 months (95% CI: 4.274-7.526) and 4.767 months (95% CI: 1.374-8.159), respectively. The median overall survival in exon 19 patients was (11.8 months, 95% CI: 9.916-13.684 months) significantly better than that seen in exon 21 mutation patients (6.2 months, 95% CI: 4.215-8.118 months, <i>p</i> = 0.024) on univariate analysis; however, on multivariate analysis, this association was not confirmed (HR = 0.361, 95% CI: 0.090-1.439, <i>p</i> = 0.149).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Exon 19 deletion has no impact on PFS and OS in EGFR-mutated patients treated with second-line pemetrexed-carboplatin.</p>","PeriodicalId":89539,"journal":{"name":"Chemotherapy research and practice","volume":"2017 ","pages":"8196434"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1155/2017/8196434","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Chemotherapy research and practice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8196434","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2017/10/23 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: It is unknown whether the outcomes of second-line pemetrexed-carboplatin chemotherapy administered after progression on gefitinib are dependent on type of EGFR mutation present at baseline.
Method: Adult non-small-cell lung cancer patients, with exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R mutation, who progressed on gefitinib and received pemetrexed-carboplatin chemotherapy were selected for this analysis.
Result: 55 patients received pemetrexed-carboplatin as second-line treatment. Response rates in evaluable patients were 39.3% in exon 19 patients (n = 28) and 33.3% in exon 21 patients (n = 15) (p = 0.752, Fisher's exact 2-sided p value). The median PFS in exon 19 and 21 cohorts was 5.900 months (95% CI: 4.274-7.526) and 4.767 months (95% CI: 1.374-8.159), respectively. The median overall survival in exon 19 patients was (11.8 months, 95% CI: 9.916-13.684 months) significantly better than that seen in exon 21 mutation patients (6.2 months, 95% CI: 4.215-8.118 months, p = 0.024) on univariate analysis; however, on multivariate analysis, this association was not confirmed (HR = 0.361, 95% CI: 0.090-1.439, p = 0.149).
Conclusion: Exon 19 deletion has no impact on PFS and OS in EGFR-mutated patients treated with second-line pemetrexed-carboplatin.