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. 2020 Feb;9(1):111–138. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2020.01.09

Table 2. Selected clinical trials of EGFR/ALK TKIs in NSCLC.

Trial number with references Trial design Trial target ORR (%) PFS (months) OS (months)
First-generation EGFR TKI
   WJTOG3405 (104) Gefitinib vs. cisplatin plus docetaxel EGFR exon 19 del and L858R 62.1 vs. 32.2 9.2 vs. 6.3 30.9 vs. NR
   UMIN-CTR No. C000000376 (105) Gefitinib vs. carboplatin-paclitaxel EGFR exon 19 del and L858R 73.7 vs. 37.0 10.8 vs. 5.4 30.5 vs. 23.6
   NCT01310036 (106) Erlotinib EGFR exon 19 del and L858R 74.1 11.0 31.0
Second-generation EGFR TKI
   NCT00525148 (83) Afatinib, EGFR exon 19 del/L858R vs. others EGFR exon 19 del and L858R 66 vs. 39 13.7 vs. 3.7 38.7/31.5 vs. 16.3
   NCT00525148, NCT00949650, NCT01121393 (82) Afatinib, point mutation/duplication vs. de novo T790M vs. exon 20 insertion EGFR T790M, G719, L861Q, S768I and other point mutations 71.1 vs. 14.3 vs. 8.7 10.7 vs. 2.9 vs. 2.7 19.4 vs. 14.9 vs. 9.2
   NCT01774721 (85) Dacomitinib vs. gefitinib EGFR exon 19 del and L858R 76 vs. 70 14.7 vs. 9.2 Immature at data cut off
   NCT01360554, NCT00769067 (84) Dacomitinib vs. erlotinib Mutated EGFR 62.1 vs. 60.0 14.6 vs. 9.6 26.6 vs. 23.2
Third-generation EGFR TKI
   NCT02094261 (107) Osimertinib EGFR T790M 70 9.9 13.0
   NCT02151981 (108) Osimertinib vs. platinum-pemetrexed EGFR T790M 71 vs. 31 10.1 vs. 4.4 NR
   NCT02296125 (109) Osimertinib vs. gefitinib/erlotinib EGFR exon 19 del and L858R 80 vs. 76 18.9 vs. 10.2 NR
   NCT01526928 (90) Rociletinib, T790M positive vs. negative EGFR T790M 59 vs. 29 13.1 vs. 5.6 NR
First-generation ALK TKI
   NCT00932893 (110) Crizotinib vs. pemetrexed/docetaxel ALK rearranged 65 vs. 20 7.7 vs. 3.0 20.3 vs. 22.8
Second-generation ALK TKI
   NCT01685060 (111) Ceritinib in patients previously treated with crizotinib ALK rearranged 38.6 5.7 14.9
   NCT01828099 (112) Ceritinib vs. cisplatin/carboplatin ALK rearranged 72.5 vs. 26.7 16.6 vs. 8.1 NR vs. 26.2
   NCT01871805 (113) Alectinib in crizotinib-resistant patients ALK rearranged 48 8.1 Immature at data cut off
   NCT02075840 (114) Alectinib vs. crizotinib in previously untreated patients ALK rearranged 82.9 vs. 75.5 25.7 vs. 10.4 Immature at data cut off
   NCT01449461 (115) Brigatinib in previously crizotinib-treated vs. crizotinib-naïve patients ALK rearranged 72 vs. 100 13.2 vs. NR Immature at data cut off
Third-generation ALK TKI
   NCT01970865 (116) Lorlatinib ALK rearranged 46 9.6 NR

EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer; ORR, overall response rate; PFS, progression-free survival; OS, overall survival; NR, not recorded.