Treatment failure patterns of adjuvant gefitinib therapy and minimal residual disease detection in resected EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer: author’s reply

Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) minimal residual disease (MRD) is a powerful biomarker with the potential to improve survival outcomes for non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Multiple groups have shown the ability to detect MRD following curative-intent NSCLC treatment using next-generation sequencing–based assays of plasma cell-free DNA. These studies have been modest in size, largely retrospective, and without thorough prospective clinical validation. Still, when restricting measurement to the first post-treatment timepoint to assess the clinical performance of ctDNA MRD detection, they have demonstrated sensitivity for predicting disease relapse ranging between 36% and 100%, and specificity ranging between 71% and 100%. When considering all post-treatment follow-up timepoints (surveillance), including those beyond the initial post-treatment measurement, these assays' performances improve with sensitivity and specificity for identifying relapse ranging from 82% to 100% and 70% to 100%, respectively. In this manuscript, we review the evidence available to date regarding ctDNA MRD detection in patients with NSCLC undergoing curative-intent treatment and the ongoing prospective studies involving ctDNA MRD detection in this patient population.

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The value of local consolidative therapy in Osimertinib-treated non-small cell lung cancer with oligo-residual disease

10.21203/rs.3.rs-34341/v2 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ya Zeng ◽

JianJiao Ni ◽

Fan Yu ◽

Yue Zhou ◽

Yang Zhao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Treatment Failure ◽

Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽

Cell Lung Cancer ◽

Progressive Disease ◽

Residual Disease ◽

Small Cell ◽

Small Cell Lung ◽

Nsclc Patients ◽

Residual Lesions

Abstract Background: There was no study investigating real-world utilization and outcome of LCT in Osimertinib-treated NSCLC with oligo-residual disease. This study was to analyze the clinical value of local consolidative therapy (LCT) in Osimertinib-treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with oligo-residual disease. Methods: Patients receiving standard Osimertinib treatment and developing oligo-residual disease (ﬁve or fewer residual metastatic lesions) were retrospectively reviewed. Local therapies performed to the oligo-residual tumor lesions or primary lung site before Osimertinib treatment failure were considered as LCT. Results: Of 108 patients recruited, first-line and second-line Osimertinib were administered in 25 and 83 patients, respectively, while LCT was performed in 14 patients. With a median follow-up of 43.6 months, 69 patients developed progressive disease. LCT significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) (NR vs 12.8 months, p=0.01) and was independently associated with prolonged PFS (HR=0.29, 95%CI 0.12 to 0.68, p=0.004). Patients receiving LCT had a numerically longer overall survival (OS) (85.8 vs 77.1 months, p=0.58) and after adjusting for potentially confounding factors, LCT was associated with a non-significantly prolonged OS (HR=0.37, 95%CI 0.12-1.16, p=0.089). Pattern of failure analyses indicated that progressive disease developed at the originally existed oligo-residual lesions in 76.2% of the 63 patients who didn’t receive LCT and had Osimertinib treatment failure. Of note, 7 (70%) of the 10 patients who had oligo-residual cranial disease but didn’t receive LCT, developed more than five progressive lesions in the brain, which were no longer suitable for stereotactic radiosurgery. Conclusion: Among Osimertinib-treated NSCLC patients having oligo-residual lesions, LCT could improve local control and significantly increase PFS, which need to be verified by further investigations.

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The value of local consolidative therapy in Osimertinib-treated non-small cell lung cancer with oligo-residual disease

Radiation Oncology ◽

10.1186/s13014-020-01651-y ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ya Zeng ◽

Jianjiao Ni ◽

Fan Yu ◽

Yue Zhou ◽

Yang Zhao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Treatment Failure ◽

Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽

Cell Lung Cancer ◽

Progressive Disease ◽

Residual Disease ◽

Small Cell ◽

Small Cell Lung ◽

Nsclc Patients ◽

Residual Lesions

Abstract Background There was no study investigating real-world utilization and outcome of LCT in Osimertinib-treated NSCLC with oligo-residual disease. This study was to analyze the clinical value of local consolidative therapy (LCT) in Osimertinib-treated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with oligo-residual disease. Methods Patients receiving standard Osimertinib treatment and developing oligo-residual disease (five or fewer residual metastatic lesions) were retrospectively reviewed. Local therapies performed to the oligo-residual tumor lesions or primary lung site before Osimertinib treatment failure were considered as LCT. Results Of 108 patients recruited, first-line and second-line Osimertinib were administered in 25 and 83 patients, respectively, while LCT was performed in 14 patients. With a median follow-up of 43.6 months, 69 patients developed progressive disease. LCT significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) (NR vs 12.8 months, p = 0.01) and was independently associated with prolonged PFS (HR = 0.29, 95%CI 0.12 to 0.68, p = 0.004). Patients receiving LCT had a numerically longer overall survival (OS) (85.8 vs 77.1 months, p = 0.58) and after adjusting for potentially confounding factors, LCT was associated with a non-significantly prolonged OS (HR = 0.37, 95%CI 0.12–1.16, p = 0.089). Pattern of failure analyses indicated that progressive disease developed at the originally existed oligo-residual lesions in 76.2% of the 63 patients who didn’t receive LCT and had Osimertinib treatment failure. Of note, 7 (70%) of the 10 patients who had oligo-residual cranial disease but didn’t receive LCT, developed more than five progressive lesions in the brain, which were no longer suitable for stereotactic radiosurgery. Conclusion Among Osimertinib-treated NSCLC patients having oligo-residual lesions, LCT could improve local control and significantly increase PFS, which need to be verified by further investigations.

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