Phase II Dose-Randomized Study of Sunvozertinib in Platinum-Pretreated Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Exon 20 Insertion Mutations (WU-KONG1B)

R Regan M. Memmott (Ohio State University Brain and Spine Hospital, Columbus) L Li Zheng (Dizal Pharmaceutical, Shanghai) G Guillermo Streich K Karina Vera (Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina) J Juan Cundom D Daniel Brungs (Medical Oncology, Cancer Care Wollongong and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia) T Thomas John (Experimental Physics) G Geoffrey Liu M Mengzhao Wang (Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing) Y Yun Fan (Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China) D Dongqing Lv (Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Taizhou, China) M Meili Sun (Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China) D Dingzhi Huang (Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China) Q Qunying Hong (ZhongShan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai) X Xingya Li (Department of Medical Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China) Y Ying Hu J Jian Fang Y Yanqiu Zhao (Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China) K Kejing Tang (1State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China, Tianjin, China) X Xia Song (Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore) J Junqiang Zhang Y Yu Yao (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering) Z Zili Meng C Chengzhi Zhou (State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health Guangzhou China) Z Zhangzhou Huang (Department of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China) H Huashan Shi J Junzhen Gao (Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China) J Jianhua Shi A Aiping Zeng (Medical Oncology of Respiratory Medicine, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China) B Bin Yang A Anwen Liu B Bo Jin (Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage (iCCS), Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Cost-Effective Utilization of Fossil Fuel Aimed at Reducing Carbon-Dioxide Emissions, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Lushannan 1, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China) Y Yan Yu (Department of Respiratory Oncology Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital Harbin China) Y Ying Cheng (Institute of Biomedical Research, Yunnan University) J Jianying Zhou (The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China) L Lin Wu (The Department of Thoracic Medical Oncology Hunan Cancer Hospital/The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine Central South University Changsha China) L Ludovic Doucet (Institut de Cancérologie de L’Ouest, Nantes, France) L Laurent Greillier (Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France) D David Planchard J Julien Mazières (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France) F François Ghiringhelli G Gérard Zalcman (Arnaud Scherpereel, MD, PhD, CHU Lille, Univ. Lille, Inserm, U1366-UMR9020—CRCLille—Cancer Research Center of Lille, OncoThAI, ONCOLille, Lille, France; Aaron S. Mansfield, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Francesco Grossi, MD, Medical Oncology Division, Department of Medicine and Technological Innovation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; Sanjay Popat, PhD, FRCP, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Paul Baas, MD, PhD, The Netherlands Cancer Institute and Leiden University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Anna K. Nowak, PhD, MBBS, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; Anne S. Tsao, MD, MBA, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Nobukazu Fujimoto, MD, PhD, Okayama Rosai Hospital, Okayama, Japan; Solange Peters, MD, PhD, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Yolanda Bautista Aragon, MD, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico; Toby Talbot, MD, The Sunrise Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro, Unite...) M Michaël Duruisseaux (Respiratory Department and Early Phase (EPSILYON), Louis Pradel Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon Cancer Institute, Lyon, France) N Nicolas Isambert A Alexis Cortot A Alessandra Bearz (CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy) M Marcello Tiseo V Vincenzo Di Noia (IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy) H Hector Soto Parra (Azienda Ospedaliero—Universitaria “Policlinico—Vittorio Emanuele”, Catania, Italy) M Manolo D'Arcangelo (Onco-Hematology Department, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy) L Lorenzo Antonuzzo (Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy) C Chun SenLim Y Yong Kek Pang K Ki Hyeong Lee (Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju-si, North Chungcheong, Cheongju, South Korea) T Tae Min Kim (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea) Y Yu Jung Kim B Byoung-Yong Shim (The Catholic University of Korea, St Vincent's Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) D Dae Ho Lee J Ji-Youn Han E Enriqueta Felip (Medical Oncology Service, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona) M Manuel Angel Cobo Dols (Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Madrid, Spain) L Luis Paz-Ares Rodríguez (Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid) J Joaquim Bosch-Barrera E Enric Carcereny (Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, IGTP. Medical Oncology, Badalona, Spain) J Javier de Castro Carpeño (Hospital Universitario HM Madrid Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain) J Jesus Corral Jaime (Hospital Universitario de Jerez, Cádiz, Spain) A Andres Barba Joaquin (Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain) G Gonzalo Fernandez Hinojal (Department of Medical Oncology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain) P Pilar Garrido Lopez D David Vicente Baz M Manuel Domine Gomez M Maria-Jose de Miguel-Luken J James Chih-Hsin Yang (National Taiwan University Hospital, NTU Cancer Center, Taipei) Y Yung-Hung Luo (National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan) T Tsung-Ying Yang (Department of Chest Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan) P Ping-Chih Hsu C Chien-Chung Lin P Pasi A. Jänne L Lyudmila Bazhenova (University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, US) B Bruna Pellini R Regan Michelle Memmott (Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University - James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH) E Elaine Shum X Xiuning Le (Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas USA)

Abstract

PURPOSE WU-KONG1B (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03974022 ) is a multinational phase II, dose-randomized study to assess the antitumor efficacy of sunvozertinib in pretreated patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR ) exon 20 insertion mutations (exon20ins). METHODS Eligible patients with advanced-stage EGFR exon20ins NSCLC were randomly assigned by 1:1 ratio to receive sunvozertinib 200 mg or 300 mg once daily (200 and 300 mg-rand cohorts). After predefined interim analysis, additional patients were enrolled and treated with the 300 mg dose once daily. The primary end point was blinded independent review committee (IRC)–assessed confirmed objective response rate (cORR), and the key secondary end point was duration of response (DoR). RESULTS Among 85, 89, and 107 efficacy-evaluable patients in 200 mg-rand, 300 mg-rand, and 300 mg-all (including randomly assigned and nonrandomized patients) cohorts, the cORRs were 45.9% (97.5% CI, 33.6% to 58.5%), 47.2% (97.5% CI, 35.1% to 59.5%), and 45.8% (97.5% CI, 34.8% to 57.0%), respectively, per IRC assessment. The predefined null hypothesis was rejected with statistical significance ( P < .0001). Comparing 300 and 200 mg-rand cohorts, higher cORRs were observed in patients with baseline brain metastasis (52.4% v 28.6%) and previous amivantamab treatment (41.7% v 25%), as well as longer DoR (13.8 v 11.1 months). At 200 and 300 mg once daily, the most common treatment-related adverse events with grade ≥3 included diarrhea (2.2% v 18%), blood creatine phosphokinase increased (6.6% v 12.6%), and anemia (4.4% v 6.3%). CONCLUSION Sunvozertinib is efficacious at both 200 and 300 mg once daily in treating platinum-pretreated patients with advanced EGFR exon20ins NSCLC. The treatment-related adverse events of sunvozertinib were consistent with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, with a more favorable safety profile at 200 mg than 300 mg once daily.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 43, Issue 29
Published October 10, 2025
Pages 3198-3208
ISSN 0732-183X
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Journal Info

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISSN: 0732-183X Health Sciences

Authors (83)

R

Regan M. Memmott

Ohio State University Brain and Spine Hospital, Columbus

L

Li Zheng

Dizal Pharmaceutical, Shanghai

G

Guillermo Streich

K

Karina Vera

Hospital Britanico de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

J

Juan Cundom

D

Daniel Brungs

Medical Oncology, Cancer Care Wollongong and Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

T

Thomas John

Experimental Physics

G

Geoffrey Liu

M

Mengzhao Wang

Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing

Y

Yun Fan

Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, China

D

Dongqing Lv

Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Taizhou, China

M

Meili Sun

Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China

D

Dingzhi Huang

Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China

Q

Qunying Hong

ZhongShan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai

X

Xingya Li

Department of Medical Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

Y

Ying Hu

J

Jian Fang

Y

Yanqiu Zhao

Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital, Zhengzhou, China

K

Kejing Tang

1State Key Laboratory of Experimental Hematology, National Clinical Research Center for Blood Diseases, Haihe Laboratory of Cell Ecosystem, Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Tianjin 300020, China, Tianjin, China

X

Xia Song

Department of Biomedical Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Singapore Singapore

J

Junqiang Zhang

Y

Yu Yao

Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

Z

Zili Meng

C

Chengzhi Zhou

State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease National Center for Respiratory Medicine Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health Guangzhou China

Z

Zhangzhou Huang

Department of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China

H

Huashan Shi

J

Junzhen Gao

Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, China

J

Jianhua Shi

A

Aiping Zeng

Medical Oncology of Respiratory Medicine, Guangxi Medical University Cancer Hospital, Nanning, China

B

Bin Yang

A

Anwen Liu

B

Bo Jin

Joint International Center for CO2 Capture and Storage (iCCS), Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Cost-Effective Utilization of Fossil Fuel Aimed at Reducing Carbon-Dioxide Emissions, Advanced Catalytic Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Lushannan 1, Changsha, Hunan 410082, China

Y

Yan Yu

Department of Respiratory Oncology Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital Harbin China

Y

Ying Cheng

Institute of Biomedical Research, Yunnan University

J

Jianying Zhou

The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

L

Lin Wu

The Department of Thoracic Medical Oncology Hunan Cancer Hospital/The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine Central South University Changsha China

L

Ludovic Doucet

Institut de Cancérologie de L’Ouest, Nantes, France

L

Laurent Greillier

Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Marseille, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France

D

David Planchard

J

Julien Mazières

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

F

François Ghiringhelli

G

Gérard Zalcman

Arnaud Scherpereel, MD, PhD, CHU Lille, Univ. Lille, Inserm, U1366-UMR9020—CRCLille—Cancer Research Center of Lille, OncoThAI, ONCOLille, Lille, France; Aaron S. Mansfield, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Francesco Grossi, MD, Medical Oncology Division, Department of Medicine and Technological Innovation, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; Sanjay Popat, PhD, FRCP, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Paul Baas, MD, PhD, The Netherlands Cancer Institute and Leiden University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Anna K. Nowak, PhD, MBBS, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia; Anne S. Tsao, MD, MBA, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Nobukazu Fujimoto, MD, PhD, Okayama Rosai Hospital, Okayama, Japan; Solange Peters, MD, PhD, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Yolanda Bautista Aragon, MD, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico; Toby Talbot, MD, The Sunrise Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, Truro, Unite...

M

Michaël Duruisseaux

Respiratory Department and Early Phase (EPSILYON), Louis Pradel Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon Cancer Institute, Lyon, France

N

Nicolas Isambert

A

Alexis Cortot

A

Alessandra Bearz

CRO Aviano, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS, Aviano, Italy

M

Marcello Tiseo

V

Vincenzo Di Noia

IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

H

Hector Soto Parra

Azienda Ospedaliero—Universitaria “Policlinico—Vittorio Emanuele”, Catania, Italy

M

Manolo D'Arcangelo

Onco-Hematology Department, Santa Maria delle Croci Hospital, Ravenna, Italy

L

Lorenzo Antonuzzo

Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy

C

Chun SenLim

Y

Yong Kek Pang

K

Ki Hyeong Lee

Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju-si, North Chungcheong, Cheongju, South Korea

T

Tae Min Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

Y

Yu Jung Kim

B

Byoung-Yong Shim

The Catholic University of Korea, St Vincent's Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

D

Dae Ho Lee

J

Ji-Youn Han

E

Enriqueta Felip

Medical Oncology Service, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona

M

Manuel Angel Cobo Dols

Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, Madrid, Spain

L

Luis Paz-Ares Rodríguez

Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid

J

Joaquim Bosch-Barrera

E

Enric Carcereny

Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, IGTP. Medical Oncology, Badalona, Spain

J

Javier de Castro Carpeño

Hospital Universitario HM Madrid Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain

J

Jesus Corral Jaime

Hospital Universitario de Jerez, Cádiz, Spain

A

Andres Barba Joaquin

Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

G

Gonzalo Fernandez Hinojal

Department of Medical Oncology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain

P

Pilar Garrido Lopez

D

David Vicente Baz

M

Manuel Domine Gomez

M

Maria-Jose de Miguel-Luken

J

James Chih-Hsin Yang

National Taiwan University Hospital, NTU Cancer Center, Taipei

Y

Yung-Hung Luo

National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

T

Tsung-Ying Yang

Department of Chest Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

P

Ping-Chih Hsu

C

Chien-Chung Lin

P

Pasi A. Jänne

L

Lyudmila Bazhenova

University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, US

B

Bruna Pellini

R

Regan Michelle Memmott

Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University - James Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH

E

Elaine Shum

X

Xiuning Le

Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas USA