Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD:In terms of his duration of stability after the initial response to alectinib, it’s a bit short. We expect it to be, on average, if you go by the data of the ALEX trial, which was the global study. There’s the J-ALEX trial also, which is similar for the Japanese population at half the dose. But the updated progression-free survival on the ALEX trial was 34 months. This patient progressed in only 9 months. His next line of therapy was brigatinib.
When this patient progressed, of course we had to choose a second-line therapy, and he received brigatinib, which is FDA approved for second-line use. It is not in the NCCN [National Comprehensive Cancer Network] guidelines, even for the first line. But this patient was started at the usual 90-mg-a-day dosage, which is to be done for a week before we raise it to 280 mg daily. This is the standard dosage that goes on until the patient progresses or can’t tolerate the drug. So that was done. This patient did not develop any pulmonary toxicity and actually tolerated this drug fairly well.
I would say brigatinib is a good choice because this patient had brain metastases and was on alectinib, which does penetrate into the brain. If you choose the next line of therapy, you want to choose something that does penetrate into the CNS [central nervous system], and brigatinib is an excellent choice for that.
Transcript edited for clarity.
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