Mobocertinib Dose Rationale in Patients with Metastatic NSCLC with EGFR Exon 20 Insertions: Exposure-Response Analyses of a Pivotal Phase I/II Study

Mobocertinib is an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) exon 20 insertion (ex20ins) mutations previously treated with platinum-based chemotherapy. These exposure-response analyses assessed potential relationships between exposure and efficacy or safety outcomes in platinum-pretreated patients with EGFRex20ins-positive mNSCLC who received mobocertinib 160 mg once daily (q.d.) in a pivotal phase I/II study. A statistically significant relationship between the independent review committee-assessed objective response rate and molar sum exposure to mobocertinib and its active metabolites (AP32960 and AP32914) was not discernable using a longitudinal model of clinical response driven by normalized dynamic molar sum exposure or a static model of best clinical response based on time-averaged molar sum exposure. However, the longitudinal model suggested a trend for decreased probability of response with the change in mobocertinib molar sum exposure between the 160- and 120-mg doses (odds ratio: 0.78; 95% confidence interval: 0.55-1.10; P = 0.156). Time-averaged molar sum exposure was a significant predictor of the rate of grade >= 3 treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs). Taken together, these exposure-efficacy and exposure-safety results support a favorable benefit-risk profile for the approved mobocertinib 160-mg q.d. dose and dose modification guidelines for patients experiencing AEs.

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This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of mobocertinib in patients with EGFR mutations in lung cancer, and the results showed that the 160mg dose of mobocertinib had a favorable benefit-risk profile.