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A Comparison Between First-, Second- and Third-Generation Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer and Brain Metastases
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Salvatore Caponnetto, Ornella Cantale, Alex Friedlaender, Fabio Gomes, Sunil Daryanani, Alain Gelibter, Alessio Cortellini, Dario Giuffrida, Alfredo Addeo and Giuseppe Luigi Banna
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Abstract
Patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), harboring Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutations, are more susceptible to brain metastases (BM). Comparisons of the efficacy of different-generation EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) on BMs from NSCLC are currently limited. We identified studies comparing different EGFR-TKIs
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Patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), harboring Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) mutations, are more susceptible to brain metastases (BM). Comparisons of the efficacy of different-generation EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) on BMs from NSCLC are currently limited. We identified studies comparing different EGFR-TKIs for NSCLC through Pubmed literature search and selected those with neurological outcome data. By two retrospective analyses, Erlotinib showed longer neurological time-to-progression (30 months vs. 15.8 months,
P = 0.024) and reduced the risk of central nervous system (CNS) progression (Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.25; 95% CI, 0.08–0.81;
P = 0.021) compared to Gefitinib. In a phase 2b randomized trial, 16% of patients with BMs had a similar Progression Free Survival (PFS) (HR 0.76, 95% CI 0.41–1.44) or Overall Survival (OS) (HR 1.16, 95% CI 0.61–2.21) with Afatinib versus Gefitinib; a lower risk of developing subsequent BMs with Afatinib than Gefitinib (HR 0.49; 95% CI 0.34–0.71;
P < 0.001) was reported by a retrospective study. A randomized phase 3 trial proved that patients with BMs treated with Osimertinib had longer PFS (HR 0.47, 95% CI 0.30–0.74) and OS (HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.61–1.01) than with Gefitinib, and lower incidence of CNS progression (6% vs. 15%, respectively). Although there is limited evidence, differences in CNS activity may exist between EGFR-TKIs.
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