In metastatic NSCLC More than 50% of your patients with mNSCLC of adenocarcinoma histology may have an actionable mutation*

MUTATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH mNSCLC OF ADENOCARCINOMA HISTOLOGY1-3*

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DON’T MISS A MUTATION

It is guideline recommended to test every eligible patient with mNSCLC to find if a driver of the disease exists, if clinically feasible4

  • Actionable mutations

  • Other driver mutations

  • Unknown mitogenic driver/no driver

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DON’T MISS A MUTATION

It is guideline recommended to test every eligible patient with mNSCLC to find if a driver of the disease exists, if clinically feasible4

  • Actionable mutations

  • Other driver mutations

  • Unknown mitogenic driver/no driver

NCCN
RECOMMENDATION

National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®):
Test eligible patients with mNSCLC for targetable genetic alterations to both identify potentially efficacious targeted therapies and avoid therapies unlikely to provide clinical benefit.4

National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®):
Test eligible patients with mNSCLC for targetable genetic alterations to both identify potentially efficacious targeted therapies and avoid therapies unlikely to provide clinical benefit.4

A retrospective observational study of patients with mNSCLC who initiated first-line systemic therapy revealed that:

While most patients had at least one biomarker test performed for ALK, BRAF, EGFR, ROS1, or PD-L1, only about 60% of patients with nonsquamous histology had their EGFR test results prior to initiation of first-line therapy.

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A retrospective observational study of patients with mNSCLC who initiated first-line systemic therapy revealed that:

While most patients had at least one biomarker test performed for ALK, BRAF, EGFR, ROS1, or PD-L1, only about 60% of patients with nonsquamous histology had their EGFR test results prior to initiation of first-line therapy.

*Jordan et al (2017) prospectively analyzed a total of 915 tumors from 860 patients with recurrent or metastatic lung adenocarcinoma for mutations in >300 cancer-associated genes using the Memorial Sloan Kettering-Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets (MSK-IMPACT) assay, a hybridization capture-based, next-generation sequencing platform.1

Gatalica et al (2019) reviewed a large cohort of solid malignancies profiled by a commercial laboratory that were tested for NTRK gene fusions and other pathogenic/targetable genomic and protein alterations. Patients’ stage of disease was not disclosed. 4073 patients in the study had non-small cell lung carcinomas of adenocarcinoma histology, of which 4 patients had an NTRK fusion.2

Nassar et al (2021) extracted data from the registry of the American Association for Cancer Research Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange (GENIE) version 8.0 to study the distribution of KRAS mutations in 32,138 patients with cancer across race and sex. KRAS mutations were identified in 1867 samples, most frequently in patients with NSCLC (1443 of 10,444). 76.3% of patients with NSCLC had lung adenocarcinoma histology. Patients’ stage of disease was not disclosed.3,6

§Based on a retrospective observational chart review study of 3474 adult patients with mNSCLC between April 2018 and March 2020. Study assessed for 5 biomarkers: EGFR, ALK, ROS1, BRAF, and PD-L1. 81.2% (2820/3474) had mNSCLC of nonsquamous histology. In patients with nonsquamous histology, 63% were tested before initiation of 1L therapy for EGFR, 63% for ALK, 73% for PD-L1, 61% for ROS1, 47% for BRAF, and 39% had all 5 biomarkers tested. Data were collected from community-based oncology practices within The US Oncology Network.5

In metastatic EGFRm NSCLC

Don’t assume mutation status based on smoking history, race, or gender7*

Test every patient with mNSCLC for actionable mutations

NCCN
RECOMMENDATION

Clinicopathologic features, such as ethnicity, smoking status, or histology, should NOT be used to select patients with mNSCLC for EGFR mutational testing.4

Clinicopathologic features, such as ethnicity, smoking status, or histology, should NOT be used to select patients with mNSCLC for EGFR mutational testing.4

CLINICOPATHOLOGIC FEATURES IN PATIENTS WITH METASTATIC EGFRm NSCLC TREATED WITH EGFR TKIs (N=4949)7


 
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smoking

47%
(n=2301)

Non-Asian Person IconNon-Asian

86%
(n=3779)

Male SymbolMale

32%
(n=1603)

*Data from Flatiron Health EHR-derived database. Included data from patients treated between December 18, 2010 and January 31, 2023.7

Calculations are based on those who specified race, and excluded the 539 patients in the study for whom race was not specified.7

For exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R mutations.

In metastatic EGFRm NSCLC

Some patients with EGFRm mNSCLC may suffer from poorer prognoses

Due to the variability of patient characteristics in EGFRm mNSCLC, some patients may require different treatment options8-11

COMMON SITES OF METASTASES ACROSS NSCLC INCLUDE12:

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  • A population study identified common metastatic sites in 54,697 patients with NSCLC and SCLC from the SEER database*

In EGFRm NSCLC, the prognosis for patients with brain metastases remains poor

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Patients with EGFRm NSCLC have approximately twice the risk of CNS metastases compared with patients with EGFR wild-type disease (OR=1.99)13†

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Patients with EGFRm NSCLC have approximately twice the risk of CNS metastases compared with patients with EGFR wild-type disease (OR=1.99)13†

  • Incidence of CNS metastases nearly doubles after 3 years as disease progresses in EGFRm mNSCLC (~24% of
    patients at diagnosis; ~38% of patients at 2 years; ~47% of patients at 3 years)14‡

*Based on 54,697 patients in the SEER database diagnosed between 2010 and 2014 with primary metastatic NSCLC or SCLC and definite lung, liver, brain, and bone metastases. Information about adrenal glands and other uncommon sites of metastases was unavailable.12

Based on meta-analysis that examined the incidence of brain metastases in EGFRm or EGFR wild-type NSCLC. 8152 patients were included from 22 multinational studies. 16 studies included patients with stage IV disease. 2664 patients had an EGFR mutation.13

Based on a retrospective US study that evaluated the frequency of brain metastases in 381 patients with advanced NSCLC. 86 of those patients had an EGFR mutation.14

EGFR mutations are common in mNSCLC

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Approximately 1 in 4 patients with metastatic NSCLC may have an EGFR mutation1*

  • In EGFRm mNSCLC of adenocarcinoma histology, exon 19 deletions and exon 21 L858R mutations are the most common
    • 32.7% of patients with EGFRm may have an L858R mutation*
    • 52.3% of patients with EGFRm may have an exon 19 deletion*

Patients with exon 21 L858R mutations may have poorer outcomes than patients with exon 19 deletion mutations10,11†

  • In patients treated with 1L EGFR TKIs, PFS was longer in patients who had exon 19 deletions
    than in those who had exon 21 L858R mutations; HR=0.76 (95% CI: 0.69, 0.92); P=0.00611‡

*Jordan et al (2017) prospectively analyzed a total of 915 tumors from 860 patients with recurrent or metastatic lung adenocarcinoma for mutations in >300 cancer-associated genes using the Memorial Sloan Kettering-Integrated Mutation Profiling of Actionable Cancer Targets (MSK-IMPACT) assay, a hybridization capture-based, next-generation sequencing platform.1

Koyama et al (2017) retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 74 patients with stage IIIB or IV NSCLC harboring common EGFR mutations, either exon 19 deletions (n=36) or L858R mutations (n=38), who were treated with gefitinib (250 mg daily) or erlotinib (150 mg daily) from February 2008 to April 2015 at a single center in Japan. Patients with Ex19del mutations experienced significant PFS benefit compared with patients who had L858R mutations; HR=0.569 (95% CI: 0.339, 0.956); P=0.031.10

Sheng et al (2016) conducted a meta-analysis of 26 randomized clinical trials that included 4835 patients; among them, 1710 patients with exon 19 deletions and 1271 patients with exon 21 L858R mutations. 17 trials were performed in first-line settings, and 9 trials in mix-line settings. Among the 26 studies, 8 first-line trials investigated efficacy of EGFR TKIs (3 gefitinib, 3 erlotinib, and 2 afatinib) vs chemotherapy on PFS and OS.11

In metastatic EGFRm NSCLC, start with guideline-recommended targeted therapy

Sequential IO followed by EGFR TKI monotherapy could harm patients with EGFRm mNSCLC*

Immunotherapy (IO) is not an appropriate first-line choice in patients with certain EGFR mutations

  • Risk of Toxicity

    Not sequentially safe

    Treatment with certain EGFR TKI monotherapy after IO may increase risk of toxicity15-20*

  • Risk of Toxicity

    Not indicated

    First-line indications for IO exclude patients with EGFR mutations in mNSCLC21-25

  • Risk of Toxicity

    Not targeted therapy

    IO does not target the driver of disease

  • Risk of Toxicity

    Not effective

    In a study of first-line IO in treatment-naïve patients with EGFRm NSCLC, ORR was 0%26

  • Fourteen large and robust first-line IO trials excluded patients with EGFRm NSCLC27-40§||

*Based on 6 studies of 3867 patients with NSCLC and EGFR sensitizing mutations. Of the 3867 patients, 395 were treated with immunotherapy followed by EGFR TKIs. Adverse reactions, including ILD, were observed following the sequential use of IO followed by EGFR-TKI therapy in patients who had EGFR mutations. Increased risk of toxicity was primarily observed with osimertinib.15-20

Not applicable to patients with a KRAS G12C or ERBB2 (HER2) mutation without another actionable mutation or patients with certain EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.41-44

Phase 2, single-arm study of pembrolizumab in patients with advanced EGFRm NSCLC. 82% of the enrolled patients were treatment naïve. The trial was stopped due to lack of efficacy after 11 of the 25 planned patients were enrolled. No responses were observed in 10 of the 11 patients treated, even in patients with PD-L1 expression ≥50%. The patient who did have a response was revealed to be EGFR wild-type upon repeat analysis.26

§KEYNOTE-024, KEYNOTE-042, KEYNOTE-021 Cohort G, KEYNOTE-189, CHECKMATE 026, CHECKMATE 227, CHECKMATE 9LA, IMpower110, IMpower130, IMpower132, IMpower150, POSEIDON, EMPOWER-Lung 1, and EMPOWER-Lung 3 did not allow patients with metastatic NSCLC with EGFR mutations. In the IMpower130 and IMpower150 trials, patients with EGFRm NSCLC were allowed only after progression on EGFR-TKI therapy or intolerance to EGFR-TKI treatment. There are no head-to-head trials comparing IO and EGFR TKIs in patients with EGFR mutation-positive mNSCLC.27-40

||Excluded patients with mNSCLC who had EGFR sensitizing mutations (exon 19 deletions and exon 21 L858R mutations).27-40

In metastatic EGFRm NSCLC

PD-L1 positive may not mean EGFRm negative

PD-L1 expression may be common in patients with EGFRm

OVERLAP OF EGFR MUTATIONS AND PD-L1 EXPRESSION45-49¶

Up to 70%

of patients with EGFRm mNSCLC also express PD-L1 at levels >1%

Overlap of EGFR Mutations

Overlap of EGFR mutations

Up to 70%

of patients with EGFRm NSCLC also express PD-L1 at levels >1%

NCCN
RECOMMENDATION

TEST FIRST: Patients with mNSCLC and PD-L1 expression levels ≥1% should be confirmed negative for certain driver mutations, including EGFR exon 19 deletions and exon 21 L858R mutations, before they are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, if clinically feasible.4#

TARGETED THERAPY TAKES PRECEDENCE: Treatment with targeted therapy should take precedence over treatment with immunotherapy in patients with mNSCLC and certain oncogenic drivers in the first-line setting, even when PD-L1 expression levels are elevated.4**

TEST FIRST: Patients with mNSCLC and PD-L1 expression levels ≥1% should be confirmed negative for certain driver mutations, including EGFR exon 19 deletions and exon 21 L858R mutations, before they are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, if clinically feasible.4#
TARGETED THERAPY TAKES PRECEDENCE:Treatment with targeted therapy should take precedence over treatment with immunotherapy in patients with mNSCLC and certain oncogenic drivers in the first-line setting, even when PD-L1 expression levels are elevated.4**

#The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for NSCLC provide recommendations for certain individual biomarkers that should be tested and recommend testing techniques, but do not endorse any specific commercially available biomarker assays or commercial laboratories.4

**Not applicable to patients with a KRAS G12C or ERBB2 (HER2) mutation without another actionable mutation.41-44

 

Mazieres et al (2019) was a multicenter, international, retrospective study of 551 patients receiving ICI monotherapy for advanced NSCLC with at least one oncogenic driver alteration. 125 patients had an EGFR mutation.45 D'Incecco et al (2015) was a multicenter, retrospective, Italian study that assessed PD-L1 expression in 125 patients with mNSCLC and EGFR mutations, ALK translocations, or KRAS mutations. 56 patients had an EGFR mutation.47 Dietel et al (2019) was a multicenter, international, retrospective study that examined PD-L1 expression in 2368 tumor samples with histologically confirmed stage IIIB/IV primary NSCLC as classified by AJCC 7th edition. 448 patients had an EGFR mutation.48 Brown et al (2020) analyzed PD-L1 expression in 231 samples of untreated EGFR-mutated advanced NSCLC.49

††EGFR sensitizing mutations (exon 19 deletions and exon 21 L858R mutations).4

In metastatic EGFRm NSCLC

Use a comprehensive testing approach to identify every eligible patient with actionable mutations

NCCN
RECOMMENDATION

For eligible patients with metastatic NSCLC4

  • Combinations of tissue and plasma testing, either concurrently or in sequence, are acceptable*
  • Concurrent testing can improve time to test results and should be considered in the appropriate clinical situation

For eligible patients with metastatic NSCLC4

  • Combinations of tissue and plasma testing, either concurrently or in sequence, are acceptable*
  • Concurrent testing can improve time to test results and should be considered in the appropriate clinical situation

*Negative results by one method suggest the use of a complementary method. Treatment is guided by available results and, if unknown, these patients are treated as though they do not have driver oncogenes.4

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Use liquid biopsy to overcome the barriers of tissue testing50,51

  • Reduce turnaround time

    Liquid biopsy offers results in roughly half the time—9 days vs 15 days for tissue

  • Do more when retrieving tissue is not feasible

    ~23% were found to have actionable mutations with liquid biopsy‡§

  • Address cases of tissue QNS

    ~28% were found to have actionable mutations with liquid biopsy‡||

  • Find more actionable mutations

    In a clinical study, detection of actionable mutations increased from 20.5% to 35.8% when liquid biopsy was added to tissue testing‡¶

Positive liquid biopsy results are sufficient to inform treatment selection.

Negative liquid biopsy results should be reflexed to tissue biopsy.52

Multicenter North American study of 282 patients with stage IIIB or stage IV NSCLC using next-generation sequencing as the testing platform. ~98% of patients had stage IV disease. Turnaround time is for next-generation sequencing.50

From a single-center, prospective cohort study of 323 patients with histologically confirmed stage IV NSCLC who had plasma testing as part of routine clinical management.51

§5 out of 22 (23%) patients whose tissue was not able to be retrieved for biopsy were found to have actionable mutations through liquid biopsy only.51

||22 out of the 79 (28%) patients who did not have sufficient quality/quantity of DNA were found to have targetable mutations via liquid biopsy.51

Patients had plasma testing as part of routine clinical management.51

In metastatic EGFRm NSCLC

Per NCCN Guidelines: Test, Confirm, Treat4

NCCN recommendationNCCN recommendation
  • Test for Eligible Patients With mNSCLC

    TEST

    eligible patients with mNSCLC for targetable genetic alterations to both identify potentially efficacious targeted therapies and avoid therapies unlikely to provide clinical benefit

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    CONFIRM

    that patients with mNSCLC and PD-L1 expression levels ≥1% are confirmed negative for certain driver mutations, including EGFR (exon 19 deletion and exon 21 L858R), ALK, ROS1, BRAF, NTRK 1/2/3, RET, and MET exon 14 skipping mutations, before they are treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors*

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    TREAT

    EGFRm mNSCLC patients with an EGFR TKI. Treatment with targeted therapy should take precedence over treatment with IO in patients with mNSCLC and certain oncogenic drivers in a first-line setting, even when PD-L1 expression levels are elevated

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*The NCCN Guidelines® for NSCLC provide recommendations for certain individual biomarkers that should be tested and recommend testing techniques, but do not endorse any specific commercially available biomarker assays or commercial laboratories.4

Not applicable to patients with a KRAS G12C or ERBB2 (HER2) mutation without another actionable mutation or patients with certain EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.41-44