LUX-Lung 8: A Phase III Trial of Afatinib (BIBW 2992) Versus Erlotinib for the Treatment of Squamous Cell Lung Cancer After at Least One Prior Platinum Based Chemotherapy

Summary

This randomised, open-label phase III trial will be performed in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung requiring second-line treatment after receiving first-line platinum-based chemotherapy. The primary objective of this trial is to compare the efficacy of BIBW 2992 to erlotinib as second-line treatment in this group of patients.

Timeline

Start

2012-03-05

Primary completion

2013-10-21

Completion

2017-12-27

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority or other test); Afatinib vs Erlotinib; p = 0.0103; Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.814 (95% CI 0.693 to 0.956); NCT01523587 ↗

release “LUX-Lung 8 demonstrated that afatinib significantly reduced the risk of disease progression by 18%” prnewswire.com ↗

Publications

• Lu S, Li W, Zhou C, Hu CP, Qin S, Cheng G, Feng J, Wang J, Cseh A, Peil B, Gibson N, Ehrnrooth E, Zhang L. Afatinib vs erlotinib for second-line treatment of Chinese patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung. Onco Targets Ther. 2018 Nov 30;11:8565-8573. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S161506. eCollection 2018.
• Goss GD, Felip E, Cobo M, Lu S, Syrigos K, Lee KH, Goker E, Georgoulias V, Li W, Guclu S, Isla D, Min YJ, Morabito A, Ardizzoni A, Gadgeel SM, Fulop A, Buhnemann C, Gibson N, Kramer N, Solca F, Cseh A, Ehrnrooth E, Soria JC. Association of ERBB Mutations With Clinical Outcomes of Afatinib- or Erlotinib-Treated Patients With Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Secondary Analysis of the LUX-Lung 8 Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2018 Sep 1;4(9):1189-1197. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.0775.
• Gadgeel S, Goss G, Soria JC, Felip E, Georgoulias V, Lu S, Cobo M, Syrigos K, Lee KH, Goker E, Guclu SZ, Isla D, Morabito A, Dupuis N, Buhnemann C, Kramer N, Solca F, Ehrnrooth E, Ardizzoni A. Evaluation of the VeriStrat(R) serum protein test in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung treated with second-line afatinib or erlotinib in the phase III LUX-Lung 8 study. Lung Cancer. 2017 Jul;109:101-108. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2017.05.010. Epub 2017 May 11.
• Soria JC, Felip E, Cobo M, Lu S, Syrigos K, Lee KH, Goker E, Georgoulias V, Li W, Isla D, Guclu SZ, Morabito A, Min YJ, Ardizzoni A, Gadgeel SM, Wang B, Chand VK, Goss GD; LUX-Lung 8 Investigators. Afatinib versus erlotinib as second-line treatment of patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung (LUX-Lung 8): an open-label randomised controlled phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Aug;16(8):897-907. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00006-6. Epub 2015 Jul 5.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Afatinib	Small molecule	40 mg	Oral
Comparator	Erlotinib	Small molecule	150 mg	Oral

Indications