P3.01-008 Association between Icotinib Efficacy and Circulating Tumor Cell Levels in Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Abstract

Advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) studies indicated a potential association between chemotherapy efficacy and circulating tumor cells (CTC) counts in peripheral blood. The icotinib efficacy and circulating tumor cells (CTC) counts in non-small cell lung cancer remain unknown. The aim is to investigate association between the icotinib efficacy and CTC counts in advanced NSCLC patients. A total of 74 advanced NSCLC patients consented to provide 5ml of peripheral blood before systematic therapy, and divided into two groups (those with high CTC counts and those with low CTC counts) based on the patients′ median CTC counts. All the patients were treated with icotinib, and the icotinib efficacy and prognoses were compared. The treatment efficacies were 46.88% (15/32) and 23.81% (10/42) for the low CTC group and the high CTC group, respectively. The median overall survival was 22.0 months (95%CI: 19.6-28.7 months) for the low CTC group and 18.3 months (95% CI: 15.3-25.4 months) for the high CTC group. The median progression-free survival was 11.6 months (95% CI: 8.7-15.6 months) and 7.2 months (95% CI: 3.4-8.7 months) for the low group and the high CTC group, respectively. The CTC counts can be used as a important biomarker for therapy monitoring the icotinib effect on patients with advanced NSCLC. Efficacy and prognosis of icotinib and CTC counts were considered important, and the CTC counts could be used to predict the efficacy of icotinib and prognosis of advanced NSCLC. The change in CTC count levels can be used as a biomarker for evaluating the prognosis of patients with advanced NSCLC.