Icotinib is a highly selective, first-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) approved in China as first-line monotherapy in patients with NSCLC with somatic EGFR mutations. Following complete resection of EGFR-mutant stage-II to -IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), icotinib significantly improves disease-free survival and has fewer side effects than chemotherapy, according to interim results of a phase-3 trial underway in China.
Source: The Lancet Respiratory Medicine