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Table 1 Chemotherapies, immunotherapies, and targeted therapies for metastatic NSCLC

From: EGFR mutation testing and treatment decisions in patients progressing on first- or second-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Type of Therapy

Agents/Agent combinations

Traditional Chemotherapies

 Platinum monotherapy

Carboplatin, Cisplatin

 Platinum doublet therapy

  With cisplatin

Docetaxel, Etoposide, Gemcitabine, Irinotecan, Paclitaxel, Pemetrexed, Vinorelbine

  With carboplatin

Docetaxel, Gemcitabine, Paclitaxel, Pemetrexed, Vinorelbine

 Non-platinum based combination therapies

Gemcitabine/Docetaxel, Gemcitabine/Paclitaxel, Gemcitabine/Vinorelbine, Paclitaxel/Vinorelbine, Pemetrexed/Gemcitabine

 Maintenance therapy

Docetaxel, Gemcitabine, Pemetrexed

Immunotherapies

Atezolizumab, Nivolumab, Pembrolizumab

Targeted Therapies

 ALK inhibitors

Alectinib, Brigatinib, Ceritinib, Crizotinib

 Angiogenesis inhibitors

Bevacizumab, Ramucirumab

 BRAF inhibitor

Vemurafenib

 CDK4/6 inhibitor

Palbociclib

 EGFR monoclonal antibody inhibitor

Cetuximab, Necitumumab

 EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Afatinib, Erlotinib, Gefitinib, Osimertinib

 MEK inhibitor

Trametinib

 Other monoclonal antibody inhibitors

Ipilimumab, Trastuzumab

  1. ALK anaplastic lymphoma kinase, BRAF Raf isoform B, CDK cyclin dependent kinase, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor, MEK mitogen activated protein kinase kinase