Dr. Dietrich on Future Research Directions in Lung Cancer

Martin Dietrich, MD, PhD, assistant professor, University of Central Florida, fellow, American College of Physicians, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, discusses future research directions for the treatment of patients with lung cancer. 

A potentially practice-changing trial is the ongoing phase 3 LAURA study (NCT03521154), which is examining the efficacy and safety of osimertinib (Tagrisso) following chemoradiation in patients with stage III unresectable non­–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors harbor EGFR mutations, according to Dietrich. Based on data from the phase 3 PACIFIC trial (NCT02125461), it is clear that this subset of patients derives some benefit from additional treatment in this setting, Dietrich adds.