Abstract

Crizotinib has demonstrated promising efficacy in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in clinical trials. However, there is lack of multicenter real-world data summary with large cohort of patients, especially in China. We conducted this multicenter and retrospective study to assess the outcomes of crizotinib in, to our knowledge, the largest cohort of patients with ALK-positive advanced NSCLC. We reviewed medical records of 484 unselected ALK-positive NSCLC patients treated with crizotinib at five cancer centers in China from January 2013 to November 2017. Clinical data were collected from crizotinib initiation to RECIST-defined progressive disease (PD), and post-PD systemic treatment outcomes were also analyzed. A total of 428 eligible ALK-positive NSCLC patients were enrolled. Among them, 273 (63.8%) patients received crizotinib as first-line treatment. The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) from crizotinib initiation were 14.4 months (95%CI: 12.4-16.4) and 53.4 months (95% CI: 33.7-73.1) respectively. In the subgroup analysis, patients received crizotinib as first-line treatment showed a higher disease control rate (DCR) and longer median OS with statistical significance compared with second-/ further line crizotinib treatment (94.8%, not estimated vs. 89.0%, 40.5 months, respectively). For 261 patients with RECIST-defined PD, multivariate COX analysis revealed that patients who received first-line crizotinib (P=0.013), continued crizotinib beyond progressive disease (CBPD) (P=0.011) and received next-generation ALKis after crizotinib failure (P<0.001) were associated with improved survival both from crizotinib progression and from the first crizotinib dose. This study demonstrated the clinically meaningful benefit of crizotinib treatment in the largest cohort of Chinese ALK positive NSCLC patients. CBPD and next-generation ALK TKI treatment may provide survival improvement after RECIST-defined progression on crizotinib.

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