Researchers presented updated 5-year progression-free survival and overall survival data from a clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of alectinib versus crizotinib in previously untreated patients with ALK-positive NSCLC. Read More ›

Treatment with combination apatinib and gefitinib is associated with improved progression-free survival compared with treatment with gefitinib alone in patients with NSCLC and EGFR mutations. Read More ›

A phase 1 clinical trial of the HER3-directed antibody–drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan shows potential for treating patients with EGFR-mutated NSCLC. Read More ›

Study results show no increase in progression-free survival with combination treatment of osimertinib and bevacizumab compared with osimertinib alone for patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma and an EGFR T790M mutation. Read More ›

Patients treated with afatinib for EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often require treatment modifications because of drug toxicities. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a lower dosage of afatinib in patients with EGFRm NSCLC. Read More ›

The open-label, phase 2 VISION study evaluated the efficacy and safety of tepotinib, a highly selective oral MET inhibitor, in patients with advanced NSCLC with MET alterations. Read More ›

Sotorasib, an investigational small-molecule inhibitor of the KRAS p.G12C mutation, demonstrated promising activity and encouraging safety in patients with advanced solid tumors, in particular those with non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in the preliminary phase 1 CodeBreaK 100 trial. Read More ›

Lorlatinib (Lorbrena) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) and intracranial response rates compared with the former standard of care, crizotinib (Xalkori), as first-line treatment for patients with advanced ALK-positive non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as reported in a planned interim analysis of the CROWN trial. Read More ›

First-line treatment with the high-affinity, highly potent PD-1 inhibitor cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo) significantly improved overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and PD ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression on at least 50% of tumor cells. The results of the second preplanned interim analysis of the phase 3 EMPOWER-Lung 1 clinical trial were presented at the 2020 virtual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). Read More ›

Capmatinib (Tabrecta), a selective inhibitor of the mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) receptor, showed significant antitumor activity in patients with metastatic non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and gene mutations that lead to MET exon 14 skipping, according to the results of a recently published study. Read More ›