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    Wu, Yi-Long; John, Thomas; Grohe, Christian; Majem, Margarita; Goldman, Jonathan W.; Kim, Sang-We; Kato, Terufumi; Laktionov, Konstantin; Vu, Huu Vinh; Wang, Zhijie; Lu, Shun; Lee, Kye Young; Akewanlop, Charuwan; Yu, Chong-Jen; de Marinis, Filippo; Bonanno, Laura; Domine, Manuel; Shepherd, Frances A.; Zeng, Lingmin; Atasoy, Ajlan; Herbst, Roy S.; Tsuboi, Masahiro

    Journal of thoracic oncology, March 2022, 2022-03-00, 20220301, Volume: 17, Issue: 3
    Journal Article

    Adjuvant chemotherapy is recommended in patients with resected stages II to IIIA (and select IB) NSCLC; however, recurrence rates are high. In the phase 3 ADAURA study (NCT02511106), osimertinib was found to have a clinically meaningful improvement in disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with resected stages IB to IIIA EGFR-mutated (EGFRm) NSCLC. Here, we report prespecified and exploratory analyses of adjuvant chemotherapy use and outcomes from ADAURA. Patients with resected stages IB to IIIA EGFRm NSCLC were randomized 1:1 to receive osimertinib or placebo for 3 years. Adjuvant chemotherapy before randomization was not mandatory, per physician and patient choice. DFS in the overall population (IB–IIIA), with and without adjuvant chemotherapy, was a prespecified analysis. Exploratory analyses included the following: adjuvant chemotherapy use by patient age, disease stage, and geographic location; DFS by adjuvant chemotherapy use and disease stage. Overall, 410 of 682 patients (60%) received adjuvant chemotherapy (osimertinib, n = 203; placebo, n = 207) for a median duration of 4.0 cycles. Adjuvant chemotherapy use was more frequent in patients: aged less than 70 years (338 of 509; 66%) versus more than or equal to 70 years (72 of 173; 42%); with stages II to IIIA (352 of 466; 76%) versus stage IB (57 of 216; 26%); and enrolled in Asia (268 of 414; 65%) versus outside of Asia (142 of 268; 53%). A DFS benefit favoring osimertinib versus placebo was observed in patients with (DFS hazard ratio = 0.16, 95% confidence interval: 0.10–0.26) and without adjuvant chemotherapy (hazard ratio = 0.23, 95% confidence interval: 0.13–0.40), regardless of disease stage. These findings support adjuvant osimertinib as an effective treatment for patients with stages IB to IIIA EGFRm NSCLC after resection, with or without previous adjuvant chemotherapy.