Table 1. Patient Characteristics.

From: Retrospective Analysis of the Incidence of Drug-Induced Interstitial Lung Disease by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Survival in Patients Aged 75 Years or Older with Lung Cancer

Gefitinib group Erlotinib group Afatinib group Osimertinib group TKI to TKI group
N 23 4 3 23 36
First-line TKI Gefitinib Erlotinib Afatinib Osimertinib Gefitinib/Erlotinib/Afatinib/Osimeritinib: 27/5/1/3
Second-line TKI None None None None Gefitinib/Erlotinib/Afatinib/Osimeritinib: 4/15/2/15
Age Median (range) 79 (75-92) 79 (78-91) 77 (75-78) 77 (75-91) 78 (75-91)
Gender Male/female 7/16 0/4 0/3 7/16 14/22
Smoking index Median (range) 0 (0-480) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0-2820) 0 (0-500)
Clinical stage I/II/III/IV/recurrence 2/1/3/12/5 0/0/0/2/2 0/0/0/2/1 0/0/2/16/5 0/0/5/25/6
Performance status 0/1/2/3 11/8/2/2 2/1/1/0 2/1/0/0 9/11/3/0 17/19/0/0
Charlson comorbidity index Median (range) 1 (0-10) 1 (0-1) 2 (1-2) 1 (0-4) 0 (0-3)
EGFR gene mutation Exon19 deletion/L858R/Others 12/11/0 1/3/0 3/0/0 11/10/02 19/14/3
De novo T790M mutation 0 0 0 1 0
T790M acquisition resistance mutation 2 0 0 0 15
Treatment history of cytotoxic agents Yes/No 3/20 1/13 2/1 4/19 19/17
Objective response rate of first-line EGFR-TKI 70% 50% 100% 74% 70%
Objective response rate of second-line EGFR-TKI - - - - 43%
Adverse events other than ILD Rash (n = 5) Rash (n = 1) Diarrhea (n = 3) Diarrhea (n = 8) Rash (n = 14)
Liver dysfunction (n = 3) Paronychia (n = 1) Nausea (n = 1) Rash (n = 8) Liver dysfunction (n = 5)
Paronychia (n = 1) Paronychia (n = 5) Diarrhea (n = 5)
Nausea (n = 1) Nausea (n = 1) Paronychia (n = 4)
Sepsis (n = 1) Nausea (n = 3)
Leukocytopenia (n = 1)
Dose reduction of first-line EGFR-TKI Yes/No 3/20 1/3 3/0 5/18 9/27
Dose reduction of second-line EGFR-TKI Yes/No - - - - 12/24
Prognosis Alive/Dead 11/12 2/2 1/2 12/11 13/23
Table 3. Patients with Drug-Induced Lung Disease.

From: Retrospective Analysis of the Incidence of Drug-Induced Interstitial Lung Disease by Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors and Survival in Patients Aged 75 Years or Older with Lung Cancer

Age (years) Gender Performance status Smoking index EGFR gene mutation Causative TKI Duration of administration (days) Treatment for ILD Other adverse events (CTCAE version 5)
88 Male 2 480 Exon19 deletion Gefitinib 327 Withdrawal of TKI None
88 Male 1 600 Exon19 deletion Gefitinib 855 Intravenous corticosteroid None
84 Female 1 0 L858R First-line osimertinib 242 Intravenous corticosteroid None
82 Female 0 0 Exon19 deletion First-line osimertinib 53 Intravenous corticosteroid None
77 Female 1 0 L858R First-line osimertinib 285 Intravenous corticosteroid Skin rash (grade 2)
76 Male 0 2820 Exon19 deletion First-line osimertinib 58 Withdrawal of TKI Skin rash (grade 2)
76 Female 1 0 L858R Second-line osimertinib 430 Withdrawal of TKI None
87 Male 1 500 L858R Second-line osimertinib 69 Intravenous corticosteroid Paronychia (grade 2)
81 Male 1 450 Exon19 deletion Second-line osimertinib 31 Intravenous corticosteroid Aspartate aminotransferase increased (grade 1)
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