Successful Treatment with Afatinib after Osimertinib-induced Interstitial Lung Disease in a Patient with EGFR-mutant Non-small-cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report.

Successful Treatment with Afatinib after Osimertinib-induced Interstitial Lung Disease in a Patient with EGFR-mutant Non-small-cell Lung Cancer: A Case Report. Intern Med. 2020 Sep 30;: Authors: Nishima S, Miyanaga A, Saito S, Yuasa M, Takahashi S, Kashiwada T, Sugano T, Noro R, Minegishi Y, Terasaki Y, Saito Y, Kubota K, Seike M, Gemma A Abstract Osimertinib is the standard treatment for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer. However, drug-induced interstitial lung disease (ILD) is recognized as a serious adverse event associated with EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). We herein report a 78-year-old woman with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma harboring an EGFR L858R mutation on exon 21 who received rechallenge treatment with afatinib after osimertinib-induced ILD with an organizing pneumonia pattern. This is the first report of successful rechallenge with afatinib after osimertinib-induced ILD. Treatment with other EGFR-TKIs after osimertinib-induced ILD may be an option for subsequent therapy. PMID: 32999231 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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