Approximately one-third of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer who were treated with the targeted therapy Lumakras (sotorasib) survived for at least two years after enrolling in a large clinical trial that evaluated the drug—significantly longer than what can be expected from patients treated with standard chemotherapy.
Non-classical mutations are present in 20-30% of all patients with epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, according to an analysis of real-world evidence presented by Black Diamond Therapeutics, Inc. at the American Association of Cancer Research annual meeting.
