AZD9291 (Osimertinib) Versus Platinum-Based Doublet-Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Summary

A Phase III, Open Label, Randomized Study of Osimertinib versus Platinum-Based Doublet Chemotherapy for Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer whose Disease has Progressed with Previous Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy and whose Tumours harbour a T790M mutation within the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene

Timeline

Start

2014-08-04

Primary completion

2016-04-15

Completion

2023-12-15

Publications

• Markovets A, Merino Vega D, Abbosh C, Quinn K, Chang K, Wienke S, Hartmaier R, Barrett JC, Hodgson D. Variability of Circulating Tumor DNA Levels in Plasma Samples From Patients With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the Absence of Treatment. JCO Precis Oncol. 2025 Oct;9:e2500287. doi: 10.1200/PO-25-00287. Epub 2025 Oct 30.
• Murat-Onana ML, Ramalingam SS, Janne PA, Gray JE, Ahn MJ, John T, Yatabe Y, Huang X, Rukazenkov Y, Javey M, Brown H, Li-Sucholeiki X. EGFR mutation testing across the osimertinib clinical program. Lung Cancer. 2025 Jun;204:108549. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108549. Epub 2025 Apr 18.
• Gray JE, Markovets A, Reungwetwattana T, Majem M, Nogami N, Peled N, Lee JS, Cho BC, Chewaskulyong B, John T, Han JY, Sebastian M, Todd A, Rukazenkov Y, Barrett C, Chmielecki J, Lee SM, Ramalingam SS, Hartmaier R. Longitudinal Analyses of Circulating Tumor DNA for the Detection of EGFR Mutation-Positive Advanced NSCLC Progression During Treatment: Data From FLAURA and AURA3. J Thorac Oncol. 2024 Nov;19(11):1525-1538. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.07.008. Epub 2024 Jul 17.
• King-Kallimanis BL, Bhatnagar V, Horodniceanu EG, Chen TY, Kluetz PG. Timing is everything: The importance of patient-reported outcome assessment frequency when characterizing symptomatic adverse events. Clin Trials. 2022 Jun;19(3):267-273. doi: 10.1177/17407745221093935. Epub 2022 May 15.
• Singh J, Bourke S, Dyer M, Devlin N, Longworth L. An Analysis of 5-Level Version of EQ-5D Adjusting for Treatment Switching: The Case of Patients With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor T790M-Positive Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Treated With Osimertinib. Value Health. 2022 Jul;25(7):1205-1211. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2022.01.022. Epub 2022 Apr 2.
• Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Mok TS, Han JY, Ahn MJ, Delmonte A, Ramalingam SS, Kim SW, Shepherd FA, Laskin J, He Y, Akamatsu H, Theelen WSME, Su WC, John T, Sebastian M, Mann H, Miranda M, Laus G, Rukazenkov Y, Wu YL. Osimertinib versus platinum-pemetrexed for patients with EGFR T790M advanced NSCLC and progression on a prior EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor: AURA3 overall survival analysis. Ann Oncol. 2020 Nov;31(11):1536-1544. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.08.2100. Epub 2020 Aug 27.
• Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Han JY, Ahn MJ, Ramalingam SS, Delmonte A, Hsia TC, Laskin J, Kim SW, He Y, Tsai CM, Hida T, Maemondo M, Kato T, Jenkins S, Patel S, Huang X, Laus G, Markovets A, Thress KS, Wu YL, Mok T. Epidermal growth factor receptor mutation analysis in tissue and plasma from the AURA3 trial: Osimertinib versus platinum-pemetrexed for T790M mutation-positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2020 Jan 15;126(2):373-380. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32503. Epub 2019 Nov 26.
• Wu YL, Ahn MJ, Garassino MC, Han JY, Katakami N, Kim HR, Hodge R, Kaur P, Brown AP, Ghiorghiu D, Papadimitrakopoulou VA, Mok TSK. CNS Efficacy of Osimertinib in Patients With T790M-Positive Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Data From a Randomized Phase III Trial (AURA3). J Clin Oncol. 2018 Sep 10;36(26):2702-2709. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2018.77.9363. Epub 2018 Jul 30.
• Lee CK, Novello S, Ryden A, Mann H, Mok T. Patient-Reported Symptoms and Impact of Treatment With Osimertinib Versus Chemotherapy in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The AURA3 Trial. J Clin Oncol. 2018 Jun 20;36(18):1853-1860. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.77.2293. Epub 2018 May 7.
• Akamatsu H, Katakami N, Okamoto I, Kato T, Kim YH, Imamura F, Shinkai M, Hodge RA, Uchida H, Hida T. Osimertinib in Japanese patients with EGFR T790M mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: AURA3 trial. Cancer Sci. 2018 Jun;109(6):1930-1938. doi: 10.1111/cas.13623. Epub 2018 May 31.
• Mok TS, Wu Y-L, Ahn M-J, Garassino MC, Kim HR, Ramalingam SS, Shepherd FA, He Y, Akamatsu H, Theelen WS, Lee CK, Sebastian M, Templeton A, Mann H, Marotti M, Ghiorghiu S, Papadimitrakopoulou VA; AURA3 Investigators. Osimertinib or Platinum-Pemetrexed in EGFR T790M-Positive Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2017 Feb 16;376(7):629-640. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1612674. Epub 2016 Dec 6.
• Soria JC, Wu YL, Nakagawa K, Kim SW, Yang JJ, Ahn MJ, Wang J, Yang JC, Lu Y, Atagi S, Ponce S, Lee DH, Liu Y, Yoh K, Zhou JY, Shi X, Webster A, Jiang H, Mok TS. Gefitinib plus chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy in EGFR-mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer after progression on first-line gefitinib (IMPRESS): a phase 3 randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Aug;16(8):990-8. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00121-7. Epub 2015 Jul 6.

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Indications

No indication recorded.