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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Res. 2020 Sep 9;80(22):5121–5133. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-3883

Table 1 –

Parameter Overview: Overview of key model parameters along with data sources used for model calibration and testing. Units in brackets, distributions in curly brackets, and 95% confidence intervals in parentheses for parameters fitted in this work.

Key Model Parameters – Estimated From Literature & Previous Studies
Parameter Description Value Source
Ncells(0) initial number of local clonogens [9.1*106 – 6.7*1011] [cells] Geng et al.(18)
K gompertzian carrying capacity 8.2*1012 [cells] Geng et al.(18)
Vp(0) = Npersistent(0)/Ncells(0)
Vr(0) = Npersistent(0)/Ncells(0)
initial fraction of TKI persistent & TKI resistant clonogens [0.05 – 0.5] [-]
[10−4 – 10−1] [-]
Grassberger et al.(12)
μ resistant mutation probability 10−7 [-] Grassberger et al.(12)
βTKI TKI cell kill parameter trunc-norm {μ=2, σ=7} [ml/μg]; (>1) Grassberger et al.(12)
βc chemotherapy cell kill parameter trunc-norm {μ=.028, σ=6.8*10−4} [m2/mg]; (>0) Geng et al.(18)
t1/2 chemotherapy plasma half life 24 [hr] Geng et al.(18)
κ TKI plasma decay factor 0.0465 [hr−1] Grassberger et al.(12), Foo et al.(30)
rdeath comorbidity death rate for regional lung cancer 0.55 [%/mo] SEER(20, 21)
Key Model Parameters – Derived In Current Study
Parameter Description Value Source
fmet initial number of metastatic clonogens as a fraction of Ncells(0) 2*10−6 (CI: 7.5*10−7 – 4*10−6) [-] this work
ρ NSCLC growth rate trunc-norm {μ=7*10−5, σ=.0055 (CI: .005–.007)} [day−1]; (>0) this work
α WT NSCLC radiosensitivity trunc-norm {μ=.10 (CI: .04–.18), σ=.17 (CI: .11–.2)} [Gy−1]; (>0) this work
αEGFR EGFR-mutant NSCLC radiosensitivity trunc-norm {μ=.16 (CI: .10–.26), σ=.32 (CI: .20–.44)} [Gy−1]; (>0) this work
Clinical Data used for Calibrating & Testing Model In Current Study
Dataset Description Endpoint Source
Calibration (N=118, USA) institutional LF & DF rates in EGFR-mutant/WT LA-NSCLC FFLF & FFDF [mo] Mak et al.(24)
Calibration (N=95, Japan) institutional LF & DF rates in EGFR-mutant /WT LA-NSCLC FFLF & FFDF [mo] Lim et al.(23)
Calibration (N=185, S. Korea) institutional LF & DF rates in EGFR-mutant /WT LA-NSCLC FFLF & FFDF [mo] Yagishita et al.(19)
Testing (N=86, France, Italy, Spain) phase III clinical trial of TKIs in metastatic NSCLC (NCT00446225) PFS [mo] EURTAC Trial, Rosell et al.(1)
Testing (N=598, Worldwide) phase III clinical trial of concurrent chemoradiation in locally advanced NSCLC (NCT00686959) PFS [mo] PROCLAIM Trial, Senan et al.(35)
Testing (N=6 Clinical Trials) meta-analysis of 6 clinical trials of sequential versus concurrent chemoradiotherapy in LA-NSCLC FFLF & FFDF [mo] Auperin et al.(36)