Treatments

*July 2021* Note  Should a VEGF inhibitor (bevacizumab/Avastin) be combined with osimertinib or not? The role of osimertinib combinations as second-line treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is still unclear, according to researchers. Osimertinib is a standard first-line treatment option for patients with advanced NSCLC and EGFR mutations, but progression on this…

*July 2021* Patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd), an antibody drug conjugate consisting of a fully human monoclonal antibody to HER3 attached to a topoisomerase I inhibitor payload via a tetrapeptide-based cleavable linker, achieved clinically meaningful, durable efficacy in a phase I dose escalation and dose expansion study conducted in patients with locally…

*July 2021* Combination targeting of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) with amivantamab/lazertinib achieved durable responses in more than one-third of chemotherapy-naive patients with EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that had progressed on osimertinib, according to a cohort analysis of the CHRYSALIS trial presented at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting.1 The study…

*July 2021* As research efforts prevail with encouraging therapies designed to overcome resistance to EGFR-directed therapies for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Sukhmani K. Padda, MD, noted that hope indeed exists for this patient populations. “There may be strategies after a certain resistance that are going to…

*July 2021* Osimertinib (Tagrisso) has emerged as the standard of care for patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but the need for novel agents is underscored as disease progression on the agent is inevitable, according to Karen Kelly, MD. To this end, bispecific antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs), EGF…

*July 2021* Strategies focused on improving the efficacy of the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) osimertinib (Tagrisso) in the first line setting are the key to unlocking the next wave of success in treating lung cancer, according to Jonathan W. Riess, MD, MS, associate professor of medicine at the University…

*June 2021* Data from a landmark research study shows that the biology behind “young” lung cancer – lung cancer diagnosed under the age of 40 – is different from that of the general population. The Genomics of Young Lung Cancer study, conducted by GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer and our…

*August 2021* The CHRYSALIS Study is for adults with previously treated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study is broken down into different parts and is specifically recruiting patients with NSCLC that have a documented primary MET Exon 14 skipping mutation. An investigational medication will be given to eligible participants…

*August 2021* Attention All Resisters! A new clinical trial finder, Medifind, is now live, which may help EGFR Resisters to quickly narrow down the many thousands of clinical trials based on information specific to us. This version includes the specific terms and keywords we would use to find an appropriate trial. So hopefully…

*June 2021* Treatment advances for patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who harbor HER2, EGFR, KRAS, and MET mutations have generated significant excitement and set the stage for further research aimed at generating better tolerated, more effective, and optimally sequenced treatments. Nicholas C. Rohs, MD, an assistant professor of medicine, hematology, and medical oncology at…