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. 2017 Jun 27;10:3187–3192. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S139718

Table 3.

List of reported small-cell transformations resistant to crizotinib/alectinib/ceritinib/lorlatinib

Study Cha et al6 Takegawa et al7 Fujita et al8 Miyamoto et al9 Caumont et al10 Levacq et al11
Ethnicity Korean Japanese Japanese Japanese French Belgian
Age (years) 72 43 67 58 63 53
Gender Male Female Female Female Female Female
Smoking history 40 pack-years NA Never smoker Never smoker Never smoker Never smoker
CNS metastasis present No Yes Yes No Yes No
Resistance to most immediate prior crizotinib/alectinib/ceritinib/lorlatinib Crizotinib Alectinib (also crizotinib prior to alectinib) Alectinib (also crizotinib prior to alectinib) Alectinib (also crizotinib prior to alectinib) Crizotinib Ceritinib (also crizotinib prior to certinib)
Subsequent SCLC therapy NA None Alectinib + irinotecan (with PR) Cisplatin/irinotecan NA Cisplatin/etoposide followed by CAV

Study Ou et al12 8 (present case)

Ethnicity American Chinese
Age (years) 35 49
Gender Male Male
Smoking history Never smoker Never smoker
CNS metastasis present Yes Yes
Resistance to most immediate prior crizotinib/alectinib/ceritinib/lorlatinib Lorlatinib (also prior ceritinib to alectinib) Crizotinib
First-line treatment assessment Carboplatin/etoposide + alectinib Etoposide

Abbreviations: CAV, chemotherapy regimen (cyclophosphamide + doxorubicin + vincristine); CNS, central nervous system; PR, partial response; SCLC, small-cell lung cancer; NA, not available.