Lung cancer trial recreated using patient records – no new drugs needed
NCT ID NCT06675695
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This completed study looked at nearly 5,000 people with non-small cell lung cancer to see if information from electronic health records could produce the same results as a famous clinical trial called FLAURA. Researchers compared patients who started taking osimertinib to those on older drugs (erlotinib or gefitinib) using real-world data. The goal was not to test a new treatment, but to learn whether real-world data can be trusted to answer important medical questions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that real-world data can reliably mimic clinical trials, potentially speeding up future research and reducing costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a new treatment trial. It cannot prove cause and effect, and results may not match the original trial due to data limitations.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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4,864 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR sensitizing mutation (EGFRm+) Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) who are treatment-naïve and eligible for first-line treatment with an EGFR-TKI
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Market availability of osimertinib began April 18, 2018. Study Period: ENCORE database 1 (EDB1): Patient identification period: 01/01/2011-04/30/2024 with follow-up information through data cut-off date on 04/30/2024 ENCORE database 2 (EDB2): Follow-up information through 02/24/2023 (there is no specific time period restrictions for patient eligibility) ENCORE database 4 (EDB4): Patient identification period: 10/01/2018-09/30/2023 with follow-up information through data cut-off date on 09/30/2023. Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>= 18 * New users of first-line antineoplastic system therapy: osimertinib, gefitinib, or erlotinib for advanced/metastatic disease * Mention of 'adenocarcinoma' histology ('non-squamous' in EDB1) * Line of therapy setting needs to be 'advanced' (EDB1), 'metastatic' (EDB2) or there needs to be evidence of metastatic disease at time of treatment initiation (EDB4) * Evidence of any EGFR mutation in the 180 days before/on treatment initiation * Treatment needs to be first-line for advanced (EDB1) or metastatic (EDB2) disease or patients with prior exposure to any potential antineoplastic treatment commonly used in the advanced/metastatic NSCLC setting are excluded (EDB4) * ECOG 0 or 1 in the 90 days before/on treatment initiation Exclusion Criteria: * Missing age * Concurrent primary malignancies (EDB2) * Missing date of diagnosis or clinician note in the EHR (EDB2) * Only one visit at provider site (EDB2) * Metastatic (includes leukemias and multiple myeloma) for a malignancy diagnosed prior to the malignancy of interest with the presence of low grade (inclusive of grades 1 and 2) neuroendocrine histology (EDB2) * Participation in any clinical trial at any point in treatment history (EDB4)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02120, United States
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