LAURA

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Official title

A Phase III, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, International Study of Osimertinib as Maintenance Therapy in Patients With Locally Advanced, Unresectable EGFR Mutation-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Stage III) Whose Disease Has Not Progressed Following Definitive Platinum-based Chemoradiation Therapy (LAURA).

Phase

Phase 3

Status

Active not recruiting

Conditions

Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (Stage III)

Interventions

Osimertinib 80mg/40mg; Placebo Osimertinib 80mg/40mg

Arms

• Osimertinib · Experimental
• Placebo Osimertinib · Placebo comparator

Enrollment

216

Primary outcomes

• Progression-free Survival (PFS) by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR)

Sponsor

AstraZeneca

Start

Jul 19, 2018

Primary completion

Jan 5, 2024

Results posted

Yes

Registry record

NCT03521154 · updated Aug 4, 2026

• Kato T, Dong X, Takahashi T, Soparattanapaisarn N, Geater SL, Wang CL, Arriola E, Moiseenko F, Thompson L, Grainger E, Armenteros-Monterroso E, Evans A, Bolanos A, Ramalingam SS, Lu S. Osimertinib after definitive CRT in unresectable stage III EGFR-mutated NSCLC: safety outcomes from the phase III LAURA study. Lung Cancer. 2026 Aug;218:109486. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2026.109486. Epub 2026 Jun 6. PubMed 42296617
• Lu S, Kato T, Dong X, Ahn MJ, Quang LV, Soparattanapaisarn N, Inoue T, Wang CL, Huang M, Yang JC, Cobo M, Ozguroglu M, Casarini I, Sriuranpong V, Cronemberger E, Takahashi T, Runglodvatana Y, Chen M, Huang X, Grainger E, Ghiorghiu D, van der Gronde T, Ramalingam SS. A plain language review of results from the LAURA study: osimertinib after chemoradiotherapy for patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer that cannot be removed by surgery. Future Oncol. 2026 May;22(11):1247-1262. doi: 10.1080/14796694.2026.2652543. Epub 2026 Apr 27. PubMed 42037107
• Arriola E, Casarini I, Ozguroglu M, Huang M, Takahashi T, Lai X, Goto K, Maneenil K, Lee KH, Cobo M, Valdiviezo N, Evans A, Bolanos A, Huang X, Lai R, Ramalingam SS. Patient-reported outcomes from the LAURA study: osimertinib in patients with unresectable stage III EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer after definitive chemoradiotherapy. Eur J Cancer. 2026 Jun 3;240:116744. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2026.116744. Epub 2026 Apr 12. PubMed 42019226
• Murat-Onana ML, Ramalingam SS, Janne PA, Gray JE, Ahn MJ, John T, Yatabe Y, Huang X, Rukazenkov Y, Javey M, Brown H, Li-Sucholeiki X. EGFR mutation testing across the osimertinib clinical program. Lung Cancer. 2025 Jun;204:108549. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108549. Epub 2025 Apr 18. PubMed 40311309
• Lu S, Ahn MJ, Reungwetwattana T, Ozguroglu M, Kato T, Yang JC, Huang M, Fujiki F, Inoue T, Quang LV, Sriuranpong V, Vicente D, Fuentes C, Chaudhry AA, Poole L, Armenteros Monterroso E, Rukazenkov Y, van der Gronde T, Ramalingam SS. Osimertinib after definitive chemoradiotherapy in unresectable stage III epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer: analyses of central nervous system efficacy and distant progression from the phase III LAURA study. Ann Oncol. 2024 Dec;35(12):1116-1125. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.08.2243. Epub 2024 Sep 16. PubMed 39289145
• Lu S, Kato T, Dong X, Ahn MJ, Quang LV, Soparattanapaisarn N, Inoue T, Wang CL, Huang M, Yang JC, Cobo M, Ozguroglu M, Casarini I, Khiem DV, Sriuranpong V, Cronemberger E, Takahashi T, Runglodvatana Y, Chen M, Huang X, Grainger E, Ghiorghiu D, van der Gronde T, Ramalingam SS; LAURA Trial Investigators. Osimertinib after Chemoradiotherapy in Stage III EGFR-Mutated NSCLC. N Engl J Med. 2024 Aug 15;391(7):585-597. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2402614. Epub 2024 Jun 2. PubMed 38828946
• Tu CY, Hsia TC, Lin YC, Liang JA, Li CC, Chien CR. Efficacy of Definitive Radiotherapy for Patients with Clinical Stage IIIB or IIIC Lung Adenocarcinoma and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutations Treated Using First- or Second-Generation EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Can Respir J. 2024 Mar 5;2024:8889536. doi: 10.1155/2024/8889536. eCollection 2024. PubMed 38476120
• Lu S, Casarini I, Kato T, Cobo M, Ozguroglu M, Hodge R, van der Gronde T, Saggese M, Ramalingam SS. Osimertinib Maintenance After Definitive Chemoradiation in Patients With Unresectable EGFR Mutation Positive Stage III Non-small-cell Lung Cancer: LAURA Trial in Progress. Clin Lung Cancer. 2021 Jul;22(4):371-375. doi: 10.1016/j.cllc.2020.11.004. Epub 2021 Jan 6. PubMed 33558193