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MANAGEMENT OF STAGE IV NON-SQUAMOUS NSCLC
Note : All recommendations are category 1 or 2 unless otherwise indicated
^ according to NCCN Guidelines Version5, 2019
* pembolizumab
ALK, anaplastic lymphoma kinase; serine/threonine kinase; CT, chemotherapy; NOS, not otherwise specifed; PD-L1,
programmed cell death ligand-1; ROS1, ROS proto-oncogene
Adapted from NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer V.5.2019.
Metastatic disease
*
Molecular and PD-L1 testing
Sensitising EGFR
mutation positive
ALK
rearrangement
positive
ROS1
rearrangement
positive
EGFR, ALK, ROS1
negative or unknown
and PD-L1 expression
positive (≥50%)
EGFR, ALK, ROS1
negative or unknown
and PD-L1 expression
positive (1-49%)
EGFR, ALK, ROS1,
BRAF negative or
unknown and PD-L1
<1%
geftinib,
erlotinib,
afatinib
Perform
testing for
EGFR T790M
Determine asymptomatic vs symptomatic, brain or systemic, and isolated lesion vs
multiple sites, rate of progression
Consider rebiopsy and small cell transformation.
Depending on above, either continue therapy and apply local therapy to the
progression oligo metastatic lesion or chnage systemic therapy (chemotherapy or
alternative targeted therapy)
osimertinib
(preferred)
^
alectinib (preferred)
^
,
ceritinib or crizotinib
crizotinib or
ceritinib
Immunotherapy alone
*
OR Immunotherapy
*
+
chemotherapy
Immunotherapy alone pembrolizumab (if PDL1>1%), nivolumab, atezolizumab
(preferred) if not previously used
OR
Chemotherapy (active agents include platinum agents ie. carboplatin/cisplatin, taxanes,
gemcitabine, vinorelbine, pemetrexed etc)
Immunotherapy
*
+
chemotherapy OR
Immunotherapy
*
(consider)
Immunotherapy
*
+
chemotherapy OR
chemotherapy alone
1L
2L
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