Ceritinib

In an open-label, randomized, phase III study, 376 patients with stage IIIB/IV ALK-rearranged nonsquamous NSCLC received either oral ceritinib 750 mg daily or platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin or carboplatin and pemetrexed) every 3 weeks for four cycles, followed by maintenance pemetrexed.[70] The primary end point was PFS and crossover from chemotherapy to ceritinib was allowed upon documented progression.

In an open-label, randomized, phase III study, 376 patients with stage IIIB/IV ALK-rearranged nonsquamous NSCLC received either oral ceritinib 750 mg daily or platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin or carboplatin and pemetrexed) every 3 weeks for four cycles, followed by maintenance pemetrexed.[70] The primary end point was PFS and crossover from chemotherapy to ceritinib was allowed upon documented progression.

Median PFS, assessed by blinded independent review, was 16.6 months in the ceritinib group and 8.1 months in the chemotherapy group (HR, 0.55; 95% CI, 0.42–0.73; P < .00001).

In an open-label, randomized, phase III study, 376 patients with stage IIIB/IV ALK-rearranged nonsquamous NSCLC received either oral ceritinib 750 mg daily or platinum-based chemotherapy (cisplatin or carboplatin and pemetrexed) every 3 weeks for four cycles, followed by maintenance pemetrexed.[70] The primary end point was PFS and crossover from chemotherapy to ceritinib was allowed upon documented progression.

The median OS was not reached with ceritinib, and it was 26.2 months with chemotherapy (HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.50–1.08; P = .056).[70][Level of evidence B1]