Top 5 Most Influential Trial Findings in Lung Cancer Management in 2018 (BMIC-073)
Dr. Jack West summarizes his list of the top 5 most influential trials in lung cancer that reported results in 2018, including why they matter. (13:27)
Tag Archives: first-line
The MYSTIC Trial has Failed on Overall Survival in Advanced NSCLC: What Does and Doesn’t This Tell Us? (BMIC-068)
Dr. Jack West reviews the trial design of the MYSTIC trial of durvalumab alone or in combination with tremelimumab, what we know about results, and the implications for the current & future landscape in NSCLC. (9:41)
“Best Treatment First”: Implications for front-Loading Combinations in Lung Cancer (BMIC-063)
Dr. Jack West describes an emerging theme that the best outcomes for patients with lung cancer and likely other cancer are best served by receiving the best agents up front, a strategy that implies a value in integrating more treatments into early combos. (9:08)
Is the Survival Benefit from Dacomitinib on the ARCHER-1050 Trial Enough to Make it a Contender as First Line Treatment for EGFR Mutation-Positive NSCLC Today? (BMIC-044)
Dr. Jack West reviews results from ARCHER-1050, a trial of dacomitinib vs. gefitinib, in EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC, asks whether the demonstrated survival benefit is enough to make dacomitinib a player as first line treatment. (7:04)
The Erlotinib/Bevacizumab Combination in EGFR Mutation-Positive Advanced NSCLC: Is Progression-Free Survival without Overall Survival Benefit Enough? (BMIC-043)
Dr. Jack West discusses results and the significance of two important Japanese trials that test the combination of erlotinib (Tarceva) with bevacizumab (Avastin), which shows a consistent improvement in progression-free survival but not overall survival. (10:15)
Small Trial Shows Big Risks of Giving First Line Pembrolizumab to EGFR Mutation-Positive Patients, Even with High Tumor PD-L1 Expression (BMIC-042)
Dr. Jack West summarizes a small trial from UCLA that tests the utility of giving first line immunotherapy to EGFR mutation-positive patients with high tumor PD-L1 expression, which led to poor outcomes that should cast a long shadow on this approach. (7:11)
Should Osimertinib Become First-Line Treatment of Choice for EGFR Mutation-Positive Advanced NSCLC, or Should it Be Saved for Later? (BMIC-017)
Dr. Jack West reviews the pros and cons of using osimertinib first line vs. “saving” it as a second line therapy, trying to determine the optimal sequence for EGFR-directed therapy in advanced EGFR mutation-positive NSCLC. (11:46)