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Table 2 FDA approved targeted agents for advanced NSCLC with corresponding clinical trials, efficacy, and safety data

From: Targeted therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer: current advances and future trends

Actionable mutation

FDA approved therapy (citation)

Clinical trialπ (phase)

Comparator

ORR (%)

mPFS (months)

mOS (months)

Adverse effects

KRAS

Sotorasib

CodeBreaK 100 (I)

No

32%

6.3

12.5

Diarrhea, nausea, elevated LFT’s, fatigue

EGFR

Erlotinib

EURTAC (III)

chemotherapy

64%

9.7

22.9

Fatigue, rash, diarrhea

Gefitinib

NEJ002 (III)

Carboplatin/Paclitaxel

74%

10.8

27.2

Rash, diarrhea

Afatinib

LUX-Lung 3 (III)

Cis/Pemetrexed

56%

11.1

28.2

Rash, diarrhea, paronychia

Dacomitnib

ARCHER 1050 (III)

Gefitinib

75%

14.7

34.1

Diarrhea, paronychia, rash

Osimertinib

FLAURA (III)

Erlotinib/Gefitinib

80%

18.9

38.6

Rash, diarrhea, pneumonitis

ALK

Crizotinib

PROFILE 1014 (III)

Platinum/Pemetrexed

74%

10.9

NR

Vision disorder, diarrhea, edema

Certinib

ASCEND-4 (III)

Platinum/Pemetrexed

73%

16.6

51.3

Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting

Alectinib

ALEXALEX (III)

Crizotinib

83%

25.7

Immature

Elevated LFT’s, CPK elevation, anemia

Brigatinib

ALTA 1L (III)

Crizotinib

74%

24

47.6

Elevated CPK and LFT’s

Ensartinibǂ

eXALT-3 (III)

Crizotinib

75%

25.8

Immature

Rash, pruritis, edema

Lorlatinib

B7461006 (III)

Crizotinib

76%

NR

Immature

Hyperlipidemia, edema, increased weight

MET Exon 14 skipping mutation

Capmatinib

GEOMETRY-mono-1 (II)

No

41% (68%) *

5.4 (12.4)*

NA/NA

Peripheral edema, nausea

Tepotinib

VISION (II)

No

46%

8.5

Immature

Peripheral edema

MET amplification

Capmatinib

GEOMETRY-mono-1 (II)

No

29% (40%)*

4.1 (4.2)*

NA/NA

Peripheral edema, nausea

BRAF mutations

Dabrafenib + Trametinib

BRF113928 (II)

No

64% (68%)*

10.8

(10.2)*

17.3

(18.2)*

Pyrexia, LFT elevation, HTN

RET

Selparcatinib

LIBRETTO-001 (II)

No

64% (85%) *

16.5 (NR)

NR/NR

Dry mouth, diarrhea, HTN

Pralsetinib

ARROW (II)

No

61%

(70%)*

16.5 (13)*

NA/NA

LFT elevation, anemia

ROS1

Crizotinib

PROFILE 1001 (I)

No

72.4%

19.3

51.4

Vision disorder, nausea, edema

Certinib

NCT01964157(II)

No

62% (67%)*

9.3 (19.3)*

24

Diarrhea, nausea, anorexia

Lorlatinib

NCT01970865 (I-II)

No

41% (62%)*

8.5

(21)*

NA

Dyslipidemia

Entrectinib

STARTRK-1, STARTRK-2, ALKA-372–001

(I-II)

No

77%

19

NR

Weight gain, neutropenia

NTRK

Larotrectinib

LOXO-TRK-14001 (I-II)

No

70%

NA

NA

LFT elevation, neutropenia, anemia

Entrectinib

ALKA, STARTRK-1, STARTRK-2 (I-II)

No

70%

NA

NA

Dysgeusia, constipation, fatigue

HER2

T-DM1Ç‚

NCT02675829 (II)

No

44%

5

NA

Infusion reactions, thrombocytopenia

T-DXdǂ

DESTINY-Lung01 (II)

No

62%

14

NA

Neutropenia, anemia, ILD

  1. NA: Not available, NR: Not reached
  2. *Indicates data for treatment naïve patient
  3. Ç‚Drugs not yet approved by FDA
  4. πCitations for each trial mentioned in text or can be accessed by clicking the trial name