Navigating the German Health Care System for Financial Support - Breeding ground for Subjective Distress. A Qualitative Interview-Study with Cancer Patients in Germany

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Contributors

  • Andrea Zuger - , National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg (Author)
  • Viktoria Mathies - , Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Author)
  • Katja Mehlis - , National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg (Author)
  • Sophie Pauge - , Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (Author)
  • Bastian Surmann - , Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (Author)
  • Luise Richter - , Chair of Methods in Empirical Social Research (Author)
  • Thomas Ernst - , Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Author)
  • Wolfgang Greiner - , Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (Author)
  • Natalja Menold - , Chair of Methods in Empirical Social Research (Author)
  • Eva Caroline Winkler - , National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg (Author)

Abstract

Background: In the INSIGHT trial primary analysis (NCT01982955; median follow‐up: 21.8 months), tepotinib (a potent, highly selective, once daily [QD] MET inhibitor) + gefitinib improved efficacy vs chemotherapy (CT) in patients (pts) with EGFR‐mutant (m) NSCLC and resistance to anti‐EGFR therapy due to METamp (Wu et al, Lancet Respir Med 2020). Here we report final analyses from INSIGHT (data cut‐off: Sept 3, 2021; median follow‐up: 57.5 months). Methods: Pts with EGFR‐m (T790M‐negative) NSCLC and anti‐EGFR resistance, with MET gene copy number (GCN) ≥5 and/or MET:CEP7 ≥2 by FISH (METamp), and/or MET IHC 2+/3+ (MET overexpression), were randomized to tepotinib 500 mg (450 mg active moiety) + gefitinib 250 mg QD or CT. Primary endpoint was progression‐free survival (PFS) per investigator. Preplanned analyses evaluated pts with METamp. Result: In 19/55 randomized pts (34.5%) with METamp (GCN ≥5, n=18; MET:CEP7 ≥2, n=13; MET IHC 3+, n=17), median age was 60.4 years, 68.4% were never‐smokers, and prior EGFR inhibitors were gefitinib (57.9%), afatinib (21.1%), erlotinib (10.5%), and icotinib (10.5%). Median duration of tepotinib + gefitinib was 11.3 months (range: 1.1‐56.5), with treatment duration >1 year in 6 pts (31.6%) and >4 years in 3 pts (15.8%). Two pts continued treatment outside the study. Tepotinib + gefitinib (n=12) improved outcomes vs CT (n=7). Respectively, median PFS was 16.6 vs 4.2 months (HR=0.13; 90% CI: 0.04, 0.43), median overall survival (OS) was 37.3 vs 13.1 months (HR=0.10; 0.02, 0.36), objective response rate was 67% vs 43% (odds ratio=2.67; 0.37, 19.56), and median duration of response was 19.9 (7.0, not estimable [ne]) vs 2.8 months (2.8, ne). Treatment‐related Grade ≥3 AEs occurred in 7 pts (58.3%) with tepotinib + gefitinib and 5 (71.4%) with CT. In pts with MET IHC 3+ (n=34; including 17 pts with METamp), tepotinib + gefitinib also improved PFS (HR 0.35; 90% CI: 0.17, 0.74) and OS (HR 0.44; 0.23, 0.84) vs CT. Conclusion: Tepotinib + gefitinib improved PFS and OS vs CT in pts with EGFR‐m NSCLC with METamp. INSIGHT 2 is evaluating tepotinib + osimertinib in this setting.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)211-211
Number of pages1
JournalOncology research and treatment
Volume45
Issue numberSuppl 3
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title35. Deutscher Krebskongress
SubtitleKrebsmedizin: Schnittstellen zwischen Innovation und Versorgung
Conference number35
Duration13 - 16 November 2022
Location
CityBerlin
CountryGermany

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-1106-474X/work/151436755
Core 551443599
Mendeley 0243fdd0-5bba-31ff-a512-40adab33631b

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals