Abstract:Objective To investigate the efficacy of anlotinib or gefitinib combined with sintilimab in the treatment of Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) positive advanced lung adenocarcinoma.Methods From January 2020 to June 2022, 84 patients with KRAS positive advanced lung adenocarcinoma were selected and divided into group A and group B with 42 patients in each group by random number table method. Group A was treated with anlotinib combined with sintilimab, and group B was treated with gefitinib combined with sintilimab in a 3-week cycle for 3 consecutive cycles. The recent clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared, the changes of serum tumor markers [carcino-embryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin 19 fragment antigen 21-1 (CYFRA21-1), pro-gastrin-releasing peptide (ProGRP) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE)] and T cell immune indicators (CD4+, CD8+ and CD4+/CD8+) before and after treatment were observed, and the occurrence and survival of adverse drug reactions were counted.Results Group A lost 1 case to follow-up, and finally included 41 cases. In group B, 1 case was lost to follow-up, 1 case dropped out midway, and 40 cases were finally included. Comparison of recent clinical efficacy between the two groups showed statistically significant difference (P<0.05). The disease control rate of group B was 87.50%, which was higher than that of group A (68.29%) (P<0.05). After treatment, serum CEA, CYFRA21-1, ProGRP and NSE levels in the two groups were decreased compared with before treatment (P<0.05), CD4+, CD4+/CD8+ were increased compared with before treatment (P<0.05), and CD8+ were decreased compared with before treatment (P<0.05). After treatment, the serum CEA, CYFRA21-1, ProGRP and NSE levels in group B were lower than those in group A (P<0.05), CD4+, CD4+/CD8+ were higher than those in group A (P<0.05), and CD8+ were lower than those in group A (P<0.05). The incidence of skin reaction in group B was higher than that in group A (P<0.05), and the incidence of hand-foot syndrome was lower than that in group A (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the proportion of leukopenia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, liver injury, hypothyroidism and hypertension between the two groups (P>0.05). Kaplan-Meier survival curve analysis showed that progression-free survival and overall survival in group B were higher than those in group A (P<0.05). The median progression-free survival and overall survival of group B were 8.5(5.5, 10.5) months and 11.0(9.5, 11.5) months, respectively, which were longer than those of group A [7.0(4.5, 9.5) months and 9.5(7.0, 11.0) months] (P<0.05).Conclusion In the treatment of KRAS positive advanced lung adenocarcinoma, compared with sintilimab combined with anlotinib, sintilimab combined with gefitinib has a better therapeutic effect, which can increase the disease control rate, reduce the level of serum tumor markers, and improve T cell immune function and survival, the adverse reactions are mainly mild to moderate (grade 1/2), and are recovered after symptomatic treatment, with certain safety.