Background: This study aimed to assess the impact of pre-existing pulmonary interstitial lesions (PIL) on the efficacy and prognosis of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI).

Methods: Patients with advanced NSCLC harboring EGFR exon 19 deletion (E19 del) or exon 21 (E21) L858R were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) chest scans prior to EGFR-TKI treatment. Pre-existing PIL was graded according to HRCT imaging (PIL 0, 1, 2, and 3). Cox proportional-hazards regression models were used to identify the prognostic factors for progression-free survival (PFS).

Results: A total of 134 eligible patients were enrolled. The overall objective response rate (ORR) and median PFS were 73.1% and 10.0 months (95% CI: 7.51-12.49), respectively. There were 62 (46.3%), 25 (18.7%), 28 (20.9%), and 19 (14.1%) cases of PIL grade 0, 1, 2, and 3, respectively, with median PFS and ORR of 12.9 months and 80.6%, 11.0 months and 72.0%, 10.0 months and 71.4%, and 7.0 months and 52.6%, respectively. Multivariate analysis showed that squamous cell carcinoma ( adenocarcinoma, HR =4.33), E21 L858R ( E19 del, HR =1.57), and PIL grade 3 ( grade 0-2, HR =1.60-2.48) were poor prognostic factors for PFS (P<0.05 for all).

Conclusions: Pre-existing PIL grade is an independent prognostic factor for predicting resistance to EGFR-TKIs in patients with EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC. Higher PIL grade suggests higher risk of early progression.

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