Spots Global Cancer Trial Database for Maintaining ERBB Blockade in EGFR-mutated Lung Cancer

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Trial Identification

Brief Title: Maintaining ERBB Blockade in EGFR-mutated Lung Cancer

Official Title: A Randomized, Open-label, Phase II Study of Maintaining Pan-ERBB Blockade Following Platinum-based Induction Chemotherapy in Patients With EGFR Mutated, Metastatic Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Progressing After Treatment With Afatinib as First EGFR-targeting Agent

Study ID: NCT02488694

Conditions

Non-small-cell Lung Cancer With Somatic EGFR Mutations

Interventions

Afatinib

Pemetrexed

Study Description

Brief Summary: This study aims to compare the efficacy of afatinib maintenance with pemetrexed maintenance following induction therapy with platinum/ pemetrexed in patients with metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progressing after first-line treatment with afatinib with respect to progression-free survival.

Detailed Description: This is a randomized, open-label, phase II study of maintaining pan-ERBB blockade following platinum-based induction chemotherapy in patients with EGFR mutated, metastatic NSCLC progressing after first-line treatment with afatinib. Patients who have progressed after first-line treatment with afatinib will be screened while receiving an induction phase which consists of at least three but not more than four cycles of cisplatin/carboplatin plus pemetrexed given in 21-day cycles. Patients who do not progress (i.e. complete or partial response, or stable disease - CR, PR or SD) after completion of three or four cycles induction chemotherapy will then be randomized (1:1 ratio) to receive maintenance therapy with either afatinib (40 mg/d, or last dose if reduced during first-line treatment) or pemetrexed (500 mg/m² every 21 days, or 375 mg/m² if dose was reduced during induction therapy) until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity or patient consent withdrawal.