Non-small cell lung cancer
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Would you recommend concurrent chemoradiation or targeted therapy with lorlatinib?
Would you offer chemotherapy after radiation is completed?
NCCN states that all operable NSCLC patients should be evaluated for pre-op therapy with strong consideration of nivolumab + chemotherapy for those wi...
Some consider T4N3 Stage IIIC to be a borderline case. None of these patients were included in either PACIFIC or KEYNOTE-024 for example. Would y...
Would you consider omitting local therapy?
Per NCCN exclusion of EGFR/ALK alterations at a minimum is recommended prior to consideration of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy.
How does the changing landscape of first-line treatment impact your decision making for second line therapy?
With low #s of patients on the durvalumab PACIFIC trial with EGFR mutated disease, and LAURA trial design of osimertinib until progression, should we ...
And would your answer be different if you had used pre-op nivolumab (CM-816)?
If so, when and to what extent?
Can you explain the expansion cohorts into larger trials and the current amendments to the the protocol?
If CCRT is pursued, would you move forward with durvalumab consolidation? Assume the patient with ECOG PS 0 and no co-morbidities. How might this chan...
Does the site of treatment factor into your decision?
The left breast cancer is an ER-negative, PR-negative, HER2-negative cT2N0 invasive ductal carcinoma, while the left lung primary is a cT2N1 squamous ...
Based on subgroup analysis, do you have a preference for cisplatin over carboplatin?
Do you ever consider bridging with chemotherapy, and if so for how long?
IMPower110 data add further support to use of checkpoint monotherapy; however guidelines continue to support either I/O monotherapy vs chemo-immunothe...
Assuming the patient had no contraindications to immunotherapy and no other significant comorbidities.
Is there a minimum standard for which stations to sample? Does lymph node size affect your recommendations?
Are there scenarios in which you would proceed with checkpoint inhibitor for PDL1+ disease before having full molecular testing results?
Do you consider any neoadjuvant therapy or proceed to surgery followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and osimertinib? Does the type of mutation (ex a rare ...
What specific platforms do you use, individual biomarker/PD-L1 status vs NGS, tissue vs liquid or both?
Must you wait for PD-L1 testing if mutation t...
Or would you conduct tissue or blood testing if no actionable results are found?
Ex. TP53, BRCA, T790M, or another? As of now, T790M mutation is one of the few de novo mutations found in treatment naïve patients that have been...
Are there specific clinical factors, efficacy, or treatment tolerability issues that lead you to favor one agent over another?
How do you compare or ...
Based on results of the recently published study.
Would you offer adjuvant atezolizumab, osimertinib, or neither? Both IMpower010 and ADAURA only had patients with EGFR exon 19 deletion or L858R mutat...
Do the results of the unplanned subset analysis of the PACIFIC trial showing no OS benefit in this population lean you away from consolidation?
Is there anything to differentiate the two agents? CNS penetration reportedly with adagrasib, FDA accelerated approval has been given with sotorasib.&...
I recently saw a patient who had been treated with concurrent pembrolizumab-RT elsewhere. Is this an acceptable practice outside the setting of a clin...
How do you operationalize finding biomarker information in EHRs/testing portals, either for your own patients or if they have changed providers?
If a...
Are there data for using checkpoint inhibitors in this setting?
How are your teams effectively evaluating and counseling patients to ensure they are prepared for potential extended adjuvant treatment approaches? Is...
Can atezo be used even if patient has completed chemotherapy preoperatively?
If a patient is asymptomatic at presentation, how do you incorporate local treatment options (RT/surgery) and when?
Do you consider size > 2cm, visceral pleural invasion or vascular invasion as indications for cisplatin-based chemotherapy?
Would you consider second line nivo-ipi for patients with a specific histology or tumor PD-L1 expression?
Is there a certain time interval where you would feel comfortable to rechallenge with immunotherapy at recurrence (6m vs 1y vs 2y?) Does degree of PDL...
Are the experts convinced by DFS when the OS is immature?
How many in BSC arm went on to receive immunotherapy and was that adequate?
What would you do for a patient with a non-EGFR actionable mutation?IMpower010 included EGFR and ALK mutated NSCLC. Is there any concern in the use of...
Do you initially start with systemic therapy alone or do you proceed directly to chemo-radiation?
What is your general rationale for selecting from available options?
How do you interpret the comparative efficacy in squamous cell subsets among the CM vs KN vs EMPOWER studies?
How do you balance the risk of an EGFR flare while holding osimertinib vs the risk of pneumonitis when continuing?
E.g. for a 7cm central NSCLC, would you offer 8 fx SBRT or ChemoRT? Patient is not a surgical candidate.
Can adjuvant durvalumab or other I/O or osimertinib (if EGFR+) be considered?
Although a small subset, do you generally move these patients directly on to chemotherapy +/- immunotherapy or does it depend on the specific mutation...
Would you consider afatinib? Afatinib has shown some activity in NRG1 fusion + patients but amplifications is unclear.
The ALTA and ALEX trials showed better PFS with brigatinib v. crizotinib and alectinib v. crizotinib. How do you choose your first...
Would you test for resistance mutations in this setting, using blood-based sample if no progression outside CNS?
Such as dysgeusia, headache, rash, fatigue, etc
Would you consider SBRT and continue osimertinib?
Do you aim to give a total of 26 doses or do you stop at one year from first dose no matter how many were given?
SRS done to the single brain met, PD-L1 5%, BRAF G469A mutation
The patient remains without evidence of systemic disease outside of the CNS on serial imaging. Would you continue treating with SRS as lesions appear,...
How do you prescribe a steroid taper? If it is grade 2, would you keep them on low dose prednisone while continuing? When do you feel comfortable re-c...
Are there specific mutations or co-mutations were you would consider use of this agent?
Would you continue pembrolizumab with a re-challenge with carboplatin/taxane or move to second line therapy?
If so, how long is too long to wait?
Patient does not want chemo but is tolerating these well otherwise.
How do you approach this given the limited # of patients this applies to? Checkmate 017 and 057 only had 5-7% of patients still on nivolumab at ...
Would your choice of concurrent chemotherapy be impacted by this histologic finding?
In patients who have a mixed response or progression and are poor candidates for other systemic agents, would you consider consolidating the chest? Wo...
Would you consider single agent immunotherapy given recent exposure to platinum agent or chemoimmunotherapy?
Are the other options of chemotherapy that can be used instead of platinum based doublets, including with paclitaxel?
NCCN recommends annual CT surveillance indefinitely after year 5, but I’m curious how many physicians continue and for how long?
ie renal dysfunction, hearing loss, neuropathy
Would PDL-1 status impact your decision?
Do you recommend or make any modifications in the PACIFIC regimen for patients > 75 years of age?
Would you reserve TKI for after standard of care chemotherapy and immunotherapy or consider earlier line of treatment?
In clinical practice, consolidation chemotherapy is sometimes used, though this was not implemented in the PACIFIC trial.Antonia et al., PMID 28885881...
CT or PET? If so, how often?
Rate of pneumonitis was low in the PACIFIC trial but does it mirror the real world setting? We are seeing increased pneumonitis in our practice.
Do you feel it is important to start durvalumab within 14 days of completing cCRT? What real life challenges do you face in doing so and wh...
Medical inoperability is clearly defined, anatomical resectability is also pretty much clear (invasion of trachea/carina/esophagus, etc). But what abo...
If so, how would you modify this regimen?
If you are using a standard 30/10 fractionation, is there a benefit to keeping chemo on board for radio-sensitization?
Do you use crizotinib for first-line therapy?
Is the timing of progression (in relation to chemoradiation) a factor, and is there any role for repeat PD-L1 testing at the time of progression?
If it is still within the 12 month period and no disease recurrence?
Since the randomized phase II data from Gomez et al presented at ASTRO 2018 showed a survival benefit, is there concern about randomizing patients to ...
If there is no other evidence of metastatic disease, would you offer thoracic radiation? Either upfront with chemo or after initial system therapy if ...
Carbo/pemetrexed/pembrolizumab, carbo/pemtrexed without immunotherapy or second line immunotherapy (Nivo, Pem or atezolizumab)?
Would starting with chemotherapy be preferred in this situation and consider concurrent radiation, then switch over to Pembrolizumab once some control...
If so how would you select patients (ie. PS, histology, PD-L1 expression level)?
For example, would a + vascular margin, extranodal extension of N1 disease, translobar disease, or high risk histologies (large cell neuroendocrine, s...
Do you prefer carboplatin-paclitaxel-bevacizumab, carboplatin-pemetrexed-pembrolizumab, or chemotherapy alone?
Is there any data for the benefit for systemic chemo in such situation?
When would you favor delivering local therapy (e.g. SBRT) prior to systemic therapy?
If you treat pre-chemotherapy volumes, is there a benefit to induction chemotherapy even in bulky disease. If so, how do you define disease that ...
What factors influence your decision (R1 v. R2 resection? T stage?) If sequential, do you typically prefer radiation before or after chemotherapy?
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