Osimertinib is a standard first-line treatment for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer harboring an epidermal growth factor receptor exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R mutation. Although osimertinib can provide effective disease control, most patients eventually experience disease progression, and the primary lung tumor may remain an important site of treatment resistance.
This multicenter, randomized, open-label phase III trial will evaluate whether surgical removal of the primary lung tumor, in addition to continued osimertinib treatment, prolongs progression-free survival in patients with EGFR-mutated oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
All participants will initially receive osimertinib 80 mg orally once daily for 12 weeks. Participants who have a partial response or stable disease according to RECIST version 1.1 and remain suitable for surgery will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to continue osimertinib alone or to undergo primary lung tumor resection followed by resumption of osimertinib. The study will also evaluate overall survival, safety, pathologic response, quality of life, patterns of disease progression, and changes in molecular biomarkers.
This study consists of 2 screening phases:
Part 1 screening (before osimertinib induction):
Patients must meet the baseline eligibility criteria, including stage IV NSCLC, EGFR sensitizing mutation (exon 19 deletion or L858R), resectable dominant primary lung lesion, and adequate performance status and organ function.
Part 2 screening (after 12 weeks of protocol-defined osimertinib induction and before randomization):
Patients must complete 12 weeks of osimertinib 80 mg once daily and undergo restaging evaluation. Only patients with partial response (PR) or stable disease (SD) by RECIST 1.1, and who remain suitable for thoracic surgery, will proceed to randomization.
Disease distribution must satisfy all of the following: no more than 3 involved organs, one dominant pulmonary primary lesion, the maximal diameter of the dominant primary lung lesion greater than any individual distant metastatic lesion, and a total number of distant metastatic lesions fewer or equal than 10. Pleural or peritoneal metastasis confined to a single cavity and amenable to treatment may be considered a single metastatic lesion.
Inclusion criteria for screening part 1
Histologically or cytologically confirmed NSCLC.
Age ≥18 years.
AJCC 8th edition stage IV NSCLC.
EGFR sensitizing mutation limited to exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R.
WHO performance status 0-1. Patients with brain metastases must be conscious; patients with bone metastases must not have irreversible severe events such as severe pathological fracture.
Disease distribution meeting all of the following criteria:
The primary lung tumor is considered resectable by the investigator and thoracic surgeon, with surgery intended for maximal regional control.
The patient is able to take oral medication and is expected to receive first-line osimertinib induction therapy.
Major organ function and pulmonary reserve are adequate to tolerate the planned surgery.
After 12 weeks of protocol-defined osimertinib induction, the patient must have PR or SD by RECIST 1.1 and remain eligible for randomization.
Inclusion Criteria for Screening Part 2
Subjects may proceed to randomization only if all of the following criteria are met:
If either of the following conditions is present on restaging imaging:
the sum of the longest diameters (SLD) of the primary lung tumor after treatment falls within the range of less than 30% decrease and less than 20% increase (that is, -30% < SLD change < +20%); or
the total number of distant metastatic lesions is 6 to 10, then the treatment response of the other distant target metastatic lesions must additionally meet an SLD reduction of at least 30% in order for the subject to remain eligible for randomization.
4. Estimated life expectancy is greater than 3 months, as judged by the investigator.
5. The subject remains suitable for primary lung tumor resection, as assessed by the investigator and thoracic surgeon, and has no major comorbidity that would increase surgical risk to an unacceptable level.
Exclusion criteria Subjects meeting any of the following criteria will be excluded from this study. If any of these conditions are identified only after completion of the 12-week induction phase, the subject will not proceed to randomization.
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Because one treatment group undergoes surgery, participants and treating investigators will be aware of treatment assignment.
Participants will receive osimertinib 80 mg orally once daily for 12 weeks before randomization. After randomization, participants assigned to this arm will continue osimertinib 80 mg once daily until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal, or another protocol-defined reason for treatment discontinuation.
Participants will receive osimertinib 80 mg orally once daily for 12 weeks before randomization. After randomization, participants assigned to this arm will undergo therapeutic resection of the primary lung tumor. Osimertinib will generally be resumed 1 to 2 weeks after surgery when wound healing is considered adequate and will be continued until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal, or another protocol-defined reason for treatment discontinuation.
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