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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2020 Aug 5;38(27):3217–3230. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01364

TABLE 3.

Study Outcomes: Entrectinib in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic NTRK Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors: Integrated Analysis of Three Phase I-II Trials

Outcome/Timeframe Study Results Certainty of the Evidence (quality of the evidence) Plain Text Summary
ORR (coprimary end point) median follow-up, 12.9 months ORR: 31 of 54 (57%; 95% CI, 43.2% to 70.8%), 4 CR (7%), 27 PR (50%), 9 SD (17%); 2 of 3 patients with pancreatic cancer experienced PR by RECIST v1.1 (67%; 95% CI, 9% to 99%) Moderate (1, 2) Entrectinib may improve ORR (coprimary end point)
Median duration of response (coprimary end point) By blinded independent review: 10.4 months (95% CI, 7.1 months to not estimable) Low (1) Entrectinib may improve duration of response (coprimary end point)
Median progression-free survival Median PFS: 11.2 months (95% CI, 8.0 to 14.9 months) Low (1) Entrectinib may improve progression-free survival
Median overall survival 21 months (95% CI, 14.9 months to not estimable) Low (1) Entrectinib may improve overall survival
Most common grade 3–4 adverse events in NTRK fusion-positive safety population Anemia (12%), increased weight (10%), fatigue (7%) Very low (1) Entrectinib may worsen adverse events
Dose modifications Treatment discontinuations (4%), dose interruptions (31%), dose reductions as a result of treatment-related adverse events (40%); the latter were most commonly because of anemia (7%), increased blood creatinine levels (6%), and fatigue (6%) Very low (1) Entrectinib may result in dose modifications, interruptions, and reductions

NOTE. Results from Doebele et al.18 (1) Downgrade: risk of bias, population dissimilarity (locally advanced included), low number of patients (3 of 54 patients with pancreatic cancer), commercially funded. (2) Upgrade: large magnitude of effect. Population: 54 patients with NTRK fusion-positive patients with solid tumors, including 3 patients with pancreatic cancer. Intervention: entrectinib (600 mg orally daily). Comparator: no comparator.

Abbreviations: CR, complete response; ORR, objective response rate; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease.