There is limited data on the clinical outcome, long-term survival and tolerability of sequential therapy of first-line crizotinib followed by alectinib in a real-world setting for Chinese patients with advanced ALK+ NSCLC. The medical records of patients who received sequential therapy with first-line crizotinib followed by alectinib (no intermittent systemic therapy was allowed between the two ALK-TKIs) were collected from six centers in China. Combined time treatment to failure (C-TTF) was defined as the period from the start of crizotinib to the complete discontinuation of alectinib due to any cause.
A total of 61 patients were included in our study. Fifty-two patients were switched to alectinib due to disease progression, seven as a result of toxicity, and two due to patient preference. At the time of data cutoff, alectinib treatment was discontinued in 31 patients on account of disease progression while severe adverse events resulted in cessation of alectinib in another two patien..... READ ARTICLE
Thoracic Cancer DOI:10.1111/1759-7714.14232
Authors: Zihua Zou, Xuezhi Hao, Cuiying Zhang, Haojing Li, Guilan Dong, Yumei Peng, Kewei Ma, Ye Guo, Li Shan, Yan Zhang, Li Liang, Yangchun Gu, Puyuan Xing, Junling Li
