PAPILLON

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Official title

A Randomized, Open-label Phase 3 Study of Combination Amivantamab and Carboplatin-Pemetrexed Therapy, Compared With Carboplatin-Pemetrexed, in Patients With EGFR Exon 20ins Mutated Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Phase

Phase 3

Status

Active not recruiting

Conditions

Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

Interventions

Amivantamab; Pemetrexed; Carboplatin; Pemetrexed

Arms

• Arm A: Amivantamab + Chemotherapy · Experimental
• Arm B: Chemotherapy Alone · Experimental

Enrollment

308

Primary outcomes

• Progression-Free Survival (PFS) According to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) Version 1.1 as Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR)

Sponsor

Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Start

Oct 13, 2020

Primary completion

May 3, 2023

Results posted

Yes

Registry record

NCT04538664 · updated Aug 31, 2026

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• Zhou C, Tang KJ, Liu B, Kim SW, Kitazono S, Ono A, Thiagarajan M, Hung JY, Boyer M, CIl T, Yao Y, Nagarkar R, Xie J, Bhattacharya A, Wortman-Vayn H, Baig M, Agrawal T, Lorenzini P, Lee SH, Cho BC. Amivantamab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy for first-line treatment of participants with EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer: PAPILLON Asia subgroup analysis. Lung Cancer. 2026 Mar;213:109302. doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2026.109302. Epub 2026 Feb 2. PubMed 41671628
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• Zhou C, Tang KJ, Cho BC, Liu B, Paz-Ares L, Cheng S, Kitazono S, Thiagarajan M, Goldman JW, Sabari JK, Sanborn RE, Mansfield AS, Hung JY, Boyer M, Popat S, Mourao Dias J, Felip E, Majem M, Gumus M, Kim SW, Ono A, Xie J, Bhattacharya A, Agrawal T, Shreeve SM, Knoblauch RE, Park K, Girard N; PAPILLON Investigators. Amivantamab plus Chemotherapy in NSCLC with EGFR Exon 20 Insertions. N Engl J Med. 2023 Nov 30;389(22):2039-2051. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2306441. Epub 2023 Oct 21. PubMed 37870976