A Study of Combination Amivantamab and Carboplatin-Pemetrexed Therapy, Compared With Carboplatin-Pemetrexed, in Participants With Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Characterized by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Exon 20 Insertions

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy, as demonstrated by progression-free survival (PFS), in participants treated with amivantamab in combination with chemotherapy, versus chemotherapy alone in participants with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) characterized by EGFR Exon 20ins mutations.

Timeline

Start

2020-10-13

Primary completion

2023-05-03

Completion

2027-08-02

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry MEDIAN Arm A: Amivantamab + Chemotherapy: 11.37 (9.79 to 13.70) Months NCT04538664 ↗

registry analysis (superiority test); Arm B: Chemotherapy Alone vs Arm A: Amivantamab + Chemotherapy; p <0.0001; Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.395 (95% CI 0.296 to 0.528); Log Rank NCT04538664 ↗

release “Results showed the PAPILLON Phase 3 study met its primary endpoint with a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival (PFS)” jnj.com ↗

release “significant improvement in progression-free survival and in other efficacy results observed in the PAPILLON study” jnj.com ↗

release “PAPILLON study, which showed RYBREVANT® plus chemotherapy resulted in a 61 percent reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared to chemotherapy alone.” jnj.com ↗

release “The PAPILLON study met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival” jnj.com ↗

release “PAPILLON analysis, which demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful 60 percent improvement in progression-free survival (primary endpoint)” jnj.com ↗

Publications

• Tang K, Wu F, Yang F, Yao Y, Zhao Y, Zhou J, Sun P, Wang D, Lv D, Wang H, Hu Y, Li Q, Song Y, Gao G, Pan F, Bhattacharya A, Baig M, Lorenzini PA, Wortman-Vayn H, Agrawal T, Zhou C. Amivantamab plus chemotherapy vs. chemotherapy as first-line treatment in Chinese mainland patients with EGFR exon 20 insertion non-small cell lung cancer: Subgroup analysis of the randomized PAPILLON trial. Chin Med J (Engl). 2026 May 26. doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000004134. Online ahead of print.
• Zhou C, Tang KJ, Liu B, Kim SW, Kitazono S, Ono A, Thiagarajan M, Hung JY, Boyer M, CIl T, Yao Y, Nagarkar R, Xie J, Bhattacharya A, Wortman-Vayn H, Baig M, Agrawal T, Lorenzini P, Lee SH, Cho BC. Amivantamab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy for first-line treatment of participants with EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer: PAPILLON Asia subgroup analysis. Lung Cancer. 2026 Mar;213:109302. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2026.109302. Epub 2026 Feb 2.
• Sanborn RE, Zhou C, Tang KJ, Cho BC, Cheng S, Popat S, Ono A, Lu S, Majem M, Aguilar A, Del Rosario Garcia Campelo M, Hayashi H, Lee KY, Lee SH, Delmonte A, Alatorre-Alexander J, Richardson G, Santos V, Dooms C, Sabari JK, Shu CA, Girard N, Mansfield AS, Park K, Xia Y, Bhattacharya A, Buyukkaramikli N, Perualila N, Diels J, Acharya S, Chandler C, Proskorovsky I, Dearden L, Wortman-Vayn H, Mahadevia PJ, Knoblauch RE, Agrawal T, Baig M, Felip E. Amivantamab-Chemotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with EGFR Exon 20 Insertions: Impact of Treatment Crossover and Other Endpoints from the Phase III PAPILLON Study. Target Oncol. 2025 Nov;20(6):979-989. doi: 10.1007/s11523-025-01182-0. Epub 2025 Nov 3.
• Kitazono S, Ono A, Kawamura T, Hataji O, Tanaka H, Matsumoto S, Watanabe N, Nagashima H, Oki M, Takahashi M, Anazawa T, Shirai T, Yamashita A, Wortman-Vayn H, Bhattacharya A, Agrawal T, Baig M, Knoblauch RE, Hayashi H. Amivantamab Plus Chemotherapy in Japanese Patients With EGFR Exon 20 Insertions NSCLC. Cancer Sci. 2025 Nov;116(11):3139-3148. doi: 10.1111/cas.70180. Epub 2025 Sep 8.
• Zhou C, Tang KJ, Cho BC, Liu B, Paz-Ares L, Cheng S, Kitazono S, Thiagarajan M, Goldman JW, Sabari JK, Sanborn RE, Mansfield AS, Hung JY, Boyer M, Popat S, Mourao Dias J, Felip E, Majem M, Gumus M, Kim SW, Ono A, Xie J, Bhattacharya A, Agrawal T, Shreeve SM, Knoblauch RE, Park K, Girard N; PAPILLON Investigators. Amivantamab plus Chemotherapy in NSCLC with EGFR Exon 20 Insertions. N Engl J Med. 2023 Nov 30;389(22):2039-2051. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2306441. Epub 2023 Oct 21.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Amivantamab	Monoclonal antibody	1750 mg	Intravenous
Subject	Amivantamab	Monoclonal antibody	2100 mg	Intravenous
Background	Carboplatin	Small molecule	5 unknown	Intravenous
Background	Pemetrexed	Small molecule	500 mg/m2	Intravenous

Indications