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Treatment duration as a surrogate endpoint to evaluate the efficacy of crizotinib in sequential therapy for patients with advanced ALK‐positive non‐small cell lung cancer: A retrospective, real‐world study

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Crizotinib has demonstrated good efficacy in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)‐positive non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Continuing crizotinib therapy beyond progressive disease (CBPD) can achieve ongoing survival benefit in… Click to show full abstract

Crizotinib has demonstrated good efficacy in patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)‐positive non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Continuing crizotinib therapy beyond progressive disease (CBPD) can achieve ongoing survival benefit in real‐world clinical practice. In terms of survival, progression‐free survival (PFS), the most commonly used endpoint in efficacy evaluations, may not provide accurate information on the impact of this intervention when crizotinib is administered in sequential therapy.

Keywords: therapy; alk positive; efficacy; non small; cancer; positive non

Journal Title: Cancer Medicine
Year Published: 2019

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