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ArticleTranslational lung cancer research2024

Treatment of metastatic ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer: real-world outcomes in a single center study.

Caroline Kamali, Georgios Tsakonas, Per Hydbring, Kenbugul Jatta, Anders Berglund, Kristina Viktorsson, Rolf Lewensohn, Luigi De Petris, Simon Ekman

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Caroline KamaliDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Georgios TsakonasDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Per HydbringDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kenbugul JattaDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anders BerglundEpiStat AB, Uppsala, Sweden.
Kristina ViktorssonDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Rolf LewensohnDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Luigi De PetrisDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Simon EkmanDepartment of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8343-6226

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Rearrangement in anaplastic lymphoma kinase ( Methods: Patients diagnosed between January 2009 and December 2021 who received at least one ALK-TKI line at the Karolinska University Hospital, were included. We evaluated crizotinib or 2 Results: Out of 160 eligible patients, 10 were excluded. Median follow-up was 54.0 months from diagnosis and 45.0 months from initial ALK-TKI treatment. Crizotinib showed a median PFS of 8.0 months and a median OS of 35.0 months. Second generation ALK-TKIs demonstrated a median PFS of 52.0 months [OS was not reached (NR)]. Overall, the median OS was 65.0 months. Poor prognostic factors included male sex, thromboembolism, crizotinib treatment, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)/asthma. Rebiopsies in 18 cases revealed secondary ALK mutations in 8 patients, correlating with a shorter median PFS in subsequent ALK-TKI treatment (1.0 Conclusions: This comprehensive study, spanning over a decade, provides crucial insights into the clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, and resistance mechanisms of advanced ALK-positive NSCLC, where median OS exceeds 5 years. Re-biopsies during treatment are essential for advancing our understanding of resistance mechanisms and the tumor dynamics evolving during ALK-TKI therapy.

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Advanced non-small cell lung cancer (advanced NSCLC)anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)long-term survival outcomesreal-world datatyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI)

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PMID39670024
PMCPMC11632442

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