scholarly journals ALK-Brain Prognostic Index—Preliminary Study of a Prognostic Tool for Patients with ALK-Rearranged, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases

Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1804
Author(s):  
Georgios Tsakonas ◽  
Caroline Kamali ◽  
Luigi De Petris ◽  
Signe Friesland ◽  
Rolf Lewensohn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Brain Metastases ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Prognostic Index ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Prognostic Scores ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Prognostic Tool ◽  
Prognostic Group ◽  
Alk Positive

Background: Disease-specific Graded Prognostic Assessment (DS-GPA) is the most validated prognostic tool for patients with brain metastasized lung cancer. The Lung-molGPA scoring system was recently introduced for oncogenic-driven brain metastasized lung cancer, but has not yet been validated in cohorts including only ALK-translocated tumors. Methods: We designed a retrospective cohort study consisting of 44 patients with brain metastasized ALK-positive, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who were treated between January 2009 and November 2019 at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. Information about demographics and clinicopathological parameters were collected. Predictors of overall survival (OS) were identified by Cox regression analyses. A bootstrap validation with 1000 samples was performed in order to compare the different prognostic scores. Results: The variables found to independently influence OS in the multivariate analysis, i.e., PS, sex and brain metastases at diagnosis, were used as prognostic variables in our new prognostic index (ALK-BPI). Patients were divided into two prognostic groups. The median OS was 65.7 months for the good prognostic group and 22.7 months for the poor prognostic group (p = 0.0068). In the univariate analysis of the different prognostic scores, ALK-BPI performed better than the others (HR = 3.6; 95% CI: 1.3–9.9). The mean C-statistics of the different prognostic scores were compared to each other, and no significant difference was observed. Conclusion: We propose the ALK-BPI score as a new prognostic tool that can easily be applied for ALK-positive lung cancer patients with brain metastases in daily clinical practice, as it has at least the same prognostic value as Lung-molGPA.

scholarly journals Validation of a novel prognostic index: BMS-Score for patients with brain metastases of small cell lung cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Ru Hou ◽  
Hongwei Li ◽  
Jianzhong Cao ◽  
Xin Song ◽  
Xiaqin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Brain Metastases ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Prognostic Index ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung

scholarly journals Economic impact of preventing brain metastases with alectinib in ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Burudpakdee ◽  
W. Wong ◽  
A. Seetasith ◽  
F.A. Corvino ◽  
W. Yeh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Brain Metastases ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Alk Positive

Exploratory Analysis of Brigatinib Activity in Patients With Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase-Positive Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases in Two Clinical Trials

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (26) ◽  
pp. 2693-2701 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Ross Camidge ◽  
Dong-Wan Kim ◽  
Marcello Tiseo ◽  
Corey J. Langer ◽  
Myung-Ju Ahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Brain Metastases ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Once Daily ◽  
Anaplastic Lymphoma ◽  
Alk Positive

Purpose In patients with crizotinib-treated, anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene ( ALK)-rearranged non–small-cell lung cancer (ALK-positive NSCLC), initial disease progression often occurs in the CNS. We evaluated brigatinib, a next-generation ALK inhibitor, in patients with ALK-positive NSCLC with brain metastases. Patients and Methods Patients with ALK-positive NSCLC received brigatinib (90 to 240 mg total daily) in a phase I/II trial (phI/II; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01449461) and in the subsequent randomized phase II trial ALTA (ALK in Lung Cancer Trial of AP26113; ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02094573; patients in arm A received 90 mg once daily; patients in arm B received 180 mg once daily with 7-day lead-in at 90 mg). Primary end points (systemic objective response rates [ORRs]) were previously reported. Independent review committees assessed intracranial efficacy in patients with baseline brain metastases. Results Most patients with ALK-positive NSCLC had baseline brain metastases (50 of 79 [63%], phI/II; 80 of 112 [71%] and 73 of 110 [66%] in ALTA arms A and B, respectively), many of whom had no prior brain radiotherapy (23 of 50 [46%], phI/II; 32 of 80 [40%], ALTA arm A; 30 of 73 [41%], arm B). All patients, except four in phI/II, had received crizotinib. Among patients with measurable (≥ 10 mm) brain metastases, confirmed intracranial ORR was 53% (eight of 15; 95% CI, 27% to 79%) in phI/II, 46% (12 of 26; 95% CI, 27% to 67%) in ALTA arm A, and 67% (12 of 18; 95% CI, 41% to 87%) in arm B. Intracranial ORRs were similar in subsets without prior radiation or progression postradiation. Among patients with any baseline brain metastases, median intracranial progression-free survival (iPFS) was 14.6 months (95% CI, 12.7 to 36.8 months), phI/II; 15.6 months (95% CI, 9.0 to 18.3 months), ALTA arm A; 18.4 months (95% CI, 12.8 months to not reached), ALTA arm B. Conclusion Brigatinib yielded substantial intracranial responses and durable iPFS in ALK-positive, crizotinib-treated NSCLC, with highest iPFS in patients receiving 180 mg once daily (with lead-in).

scholarly journals Alectinib in the treatment of ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: clinical trial evidence and experience with a focus on brain metastases

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 175346661983190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale Tomasini ◽  
Julie Egea ◽  
Maxime Souquet-Bressand ◽  
Laurent Greillier ◽  
Fabrice Barlesi
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Brain Metastases ◽  
Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Small Cell Lung ◽  
Alk Inhibitor ◽  
Clinical Trial Evidence ◽  
Alk Positive ◽  
Trial Evidence

Molecular profiling of metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is required to guide the treatment strategy. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase ( ALK) gene rearrangements are found in approximately 5% of lung adenocarcinomas and are associated with specific clinical features including a high risk of brain metastases. Crizotinib was the first ALK inhibitor developed and it demonstrated improved outcomes in patients with ALK-positive advanced NSCLC in comparison with chemotherapy. However, despite an initial response, all ALK-positive NSCLC patients develop acquired resistance to crizotinib. Because the most frequent mechanism of resistance is the development of a secondary ALK mutation, second (ceritinib, alectinib, brigatinib) and third-generation (lorlatinib) ALK inhibitors were developed. Alectinib is a second-generation ALK inhibitor and was shown to be effective for a broad spectrum of ALK rearrangements and ALK mutations. It was also shown to have high intracranial efficacy. In this article, we review clinical trial evidence of alectinib efficacy as well as publications reporting the experience of alectinib in daily practice, with a focus on brain metastases.

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