AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso approved by FDA for lung cancer treatment
Betsy Goodfellow | February 19, 2024 | News story | Medical Communications | AstraZeneca, Oncology, Tagrisso, lung cancer
AstraZeneca has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tagrisso for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
The approval followed a Priority Review by the FDA and was based on results from the FLAURA2 phase 3 trial, which were published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The drug, combined with chemotherapy, reduced the risk of disease progression of death by 38% compared to Tagrisso as a monotherapy, the current global standard of care.
Median progression-free survival (PFS) assessed by investigators was 25.5 months for patients treated with Tagrisso plus chemotherapy, compared to 16.7 months for the drug as a monotherapy.
Dave Fredrickson, executive vice president of the Oncology Business Unit at AstraZeneca, commented: “This important new treatment option can delay disease progression by nearly nine additional months, establishing a new benchmark with the longest reported progression-free survival benefit in the first-line advanced setting. This approval reinforces Tagrisso as the backbone of EGFR-mutated lung cancer treatment either as monotherapy or in combination with chemotherapy. This news is especially important for those with a poorer prognosis, including patients whose cancer has spread to the brain and those with L858R mutations.”
Laurie Ambrose, president and chief executive officer of GO2 for Lung Cancer, added: “We are so excited to see this continued progress advancing more personalised treatment options for our community. The more we can target the right treatments for the right people at the right time, the better outcomes will be for our community – a goal we all collectively share.”
Betsy Goodfellow
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