EGFR-TKIs plus local therapy demonstrated survival benefit than EGFR-TKIs alone in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients with oligometastatic or oligoprogressive liver metastases

To investigate whether addition of local therapy to EGFR-TKIs could provide survival benefit than EGFR-TKIs alone in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients with oligometastatic or oligoprogressive liver metastases (LM). Patients with EGFR-mutant NSCLC and oligometastatic or oligoprogressive LM who met inclusion criteria were retrospectively identified. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS); secondary endpoints included overall survival (OS) and patterns of failure. Addition of local therapy was associated with a significantly longer PFS (13.8 vs. 8.6 m, p <0.001) and OS (31.2 vs. 18.5 m, p <0.001) in whole group. In oligometastatic cohort, 20 patients received EGFR-TKIs and 23 received EGFR-TKIs plus local therapy as first-line treatment. Addition of local therapy showed a significantly longer PFS (12.9 vs. 7.9 m, p = 0.041) and OS (36.8 vs. 21.3 m, p = 0.034) than EGFR-TKIs alone. In oligoprogressive cohort, 24 patients received continuation of EGFR-TKIs plus local therapy and 25 received switching chemotherapy. Median PFS2 (13.9 vs. 9.2 m, p = 0.007) and OS (28.3 vs. 17.1 m, p = 0.011) was significantly longer in combined group than in switching chemotherapy group. Distant metastatic sites progression was the major pattern of failure in combined group while locoregional recurrence was the major reason in monotherapy or switching chemotherapy group. Our study suggested that EGFR-TKIs plus local therapy showed prolonged survival benefit than EGFR-TKIs alone in EGFR-mutant NSCLC patients with oligometastatic or oligoprogressive LM, indicating addition of local therapy would be alternative choice in this clinical scenario.