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Erlotinib versus radiation therapy for brain metastases in patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Radiation therapy (RT) is the principal modality in the treatment of patients with brain metastases (BM). However, given the activity of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the central nervous system, it is uncertain whether upfront brain RT is necessary for patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma with BM.Patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma and newly diagnosed BM were identified.222 patients were identified. Exclusion criteria included prior erlotinib use, presence of a de novo erlotinib resistance mutation, or incomplete data. Of the remaining 110 patients, 63 were treated with erlotinib, 32 with whole brain RT (WBRT), and 15 with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). The median overall survival (OS) for the whole cohort was 33 months. There was no significant difference in OS between the WBRT and erlotinib groups (median, 35 vs 26 months; P=.62), whereas patients treated with SRS had a longer OS than did those in the erlotinib group (median, 64 months; P=.004). The median time to intracranial progression was 17 months. There was a longer time to intracranial progression in patients who received WBRT than in those who received erlotinib upfront (median, 24 vs 16 months, P=.04). Patients in the erlotinib or SRS group were more likely to experience intracranial failure as a component of first failure, whereas WBRT patients were more likely to experience failure outside the brain (P=.004).The survival of patients with EGFR-mutant adenocarcinoma with BM is notably long, whether they receive upfront erlotinib or brain RT. We observed longer intracranial control with WBRT, even though the WBRT patients had a higher burden of intracranial disease. Despite the equivalent survival between the WBRT and erlotinib group, this study underscores the role of WBRT in producing durable intracranial control in comparison with a targeted biologic agent with known central nervous system activity.

SUBMITTER: Gerber NK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5691362 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Erlotinib versus radiation therapy for brain metastases in patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma.

Gerber Naamit K NK Yamada Yoshiya Y Rimner Andreas A Shi Weiji W Riely Gregory J GJ Beal Kathryn K Yu Helena A HA Chan Timothy A TA Zhang Zhigang Z Wu Abraham J AJ

International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics 20140325 2

<h4>Purpose/objectives</h4>Radiation therapy (RT) is the principal modality in the treatment of patients with brain metastases (BM). However, given the activity of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the central nervous system, it is uncertain whether upfront brain RT is necessary for patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma with BM.<h4>Methods and materials</h4>Patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma and newly diagnosed BM were identified.<h4>Results</h4>222 patients were identified. ...[more]

PMID: 24679729

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Project description:BACKGROUND:The treatment strategy for brain metastasis (BM) in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) -mutant lung adenocarcinoma (LAC) remains controversial. In the present study, we compared the efficacy of brain radiotherapy (RT) in combination with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and TKIs alone for advanced LAC patients with EGFR mutations and BM. METHODS:We retrospectively studied 78 patients diagnosed with EGFR-mutant LAC who developed BM. These patients were divided into two groups: 49 patients in the combination treatment group who received brain RT in combination with EGFR-TKIs (including 23 patients with asymptomatic BM before RT); 29 patients in the TKI group who received EGFR-TKI targeted therapy alone (including 22 patients with asymptomatic BM before TKI treatment). RESULTS:The median intracranial progression-free survival (iPFS) of the combination treatment group was longer than that of the TKI alone group (21.5 vs. 15?months; P?=?0.036). However, there were no significant differences in median progression-free survival (PFS, 12 vs. 13?months; P?=?0.242) and median overall survival (mOS, 36 vs. 23?months; P?=?0.363) between the two groups. Further analysis of asymptomatic BM showed that both the median iPFS and the mOS of the combination treatment group were significantly longer than for the TKI alone group (iPFS, 21.5 vs. 14.8?months, P?=?0.026; mOS, 36 vs. 23?months, P?=?0.041). Cox multivariate regression analysis found no independent adverse predictors of iPFS in all patients. CONCLUSIONS:The synchronous combination of brain RT and TKIs was superior to EGFR-TKIs alone for EGFR-mutant LAC patients with BM. The combination treatment group exhibited longer iPFS, while the PFS and OS were not significantly different between the two groups. In addition, the combination treatment could result in better iPFS and OS in those with asymptomatic BM. Therefore, addition of brain RT was useful for intracranial metastatic lesions.

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Erlotinib versus radiation therapy for brain metastases in patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma.

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Erlotinib versus radiation therapy for brain metastases in patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma.

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