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Docetaxel plus nintedanib versus docetaxel plus placebo in patients with previously treated non-small-cell lung cancer (LUME-Lung 1): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised controlled trial

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Reck, Martin, Kaiser, Rolf, Mellemgaard, Anders, Douillard, Jean-Yves, Orlov, Sergey, Krzakowski, Maciej, von Pawel, Joachim, Gottfried, Maya +6 more·2014·The Lancet Oncology

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Background The phase 3 LUME-Lung 1 study assessed the efficacy and safety of docetaxel plus nintedanib as second-line therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Methods Patients from 211 centres in 27 countries with stage IIIB/IV recurrent NSCLC progressing after first-line chemotherapy, stratified by ECOG performance status, previous bevacizumab treatment, histology, and presence of brain metastases, were allocated (by computer-generated sequence through an interactive third-party system, in 1:1 ratio), to receive docetaxel 75 mg/m(2) by intravenous infusion on day 1 plus either nintedanib 200 mg orally twice daily or matching placebo on days 2-21, every 3 weeks until unacceptable adverse events or disease progression. Investigators and patients were masked to assignment. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS) by independent central review, analysed by intention to treat after 714 events in all patients. The key secondary endpoint was overall survival, analysed by intention to treat after 1121 events had occurred, in a prespecified stepwise order: first in patients with adenocarcinoma who progressed within 9 months after start of first-line therapy, then in all patients with adenocarcinoma, then in all patients. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00805194.Findings Between Dec 23, 2008, and Feb 9, 2011, 655 patients were randomly assigned to receive docetaxel plus nintedanib and 659 to receive docetaxel plus placebo. The primary analysis was done after a median follow-up of 7·1 months (IQR 3·8-11·0). PFS was significantly improved in the docetaxel plus nintedanib group compared with the docetaxel plus placebo group (median 3·4 months [95% CI 2·9-3·9] vs 2·7 months [2·6-2·8]; hazard ratio [HR] 0·79 [95% CI 0·68-0·92], p=0·0019). After a median follow-up of 31·7 months (IQR 27·8-36·1), overall survival was significantly improved for patients with adenocarcinoma histology who progressed within 9 months after start of first-line treatment in the docetaxel plus nintedanib group (206 patients) compared with those in the docetaxel plus placebo group (199 patients; median 10·9 months [95% CI 8·5-12·6] vs 7·9 months [6·7-9·1]; HR 0·75 [95% CI 0·60-0·92], p=0·0073). Similar results were noted for all patients with adenocarcinoma histology (322 patients in the docetaxel plus nintedanib group and 336 in the docetaxel plus placebo group; median overall survival 12·6 months [95% CI 10·6-15·1] vs 10·3 months [95% CI 8·6-12·2]; HR 0·83 [95% CI 0·70-0·99], p=0·0359), but not in the total study population (median 10·1 months [95% CI 8·8-11·2] vs 9·1 months [8·4-10·4]; HR 0·94, 95% CI 0·83-1·05, p=0·2720). Grade 3 or worse adverse events that were more common in the docetaxel plus nintedanib group than in the docetaxel plus placebo group were diarrhoea (43 [6·6%] of 652 vs 17 [2·6%] of 655), reversible increases in alanine aminotransferase (51 [7·8%] vs six [0·9%]), and reversible increases in aspartate aminotransferase (22 [3·4%] vs three [0·5%]). 35 patients in the docetaxel plus nintedanib group and 25 in the docetaxel plus placebo group died of adverse events possibly unrelated to disease progression; the most common of these events were sepsis (five with docetaxel plus nintedanib vs one with docetaxel plus placebo), pneumonia (two vs seven), respiratory failure (four vs none), and pulmonary embolism (none vs three).Interpretation Nintedanib in combination with docetaxel is an effective second-line option for patients with advanced NSCLC previously treated with one line of platinum-based therapy, especially for patients with adenocarcinoma.Funding Boehringer Ingelheim.

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Reck, M., Kaiser, R., Mellemgaard, A., Douillard, J.-Y., Orlov, S., Krzakowski, M., von Pawel, J., Gottfried, M., Bondarenko, I., Liao, M., Gann, C.-N., Barrueco, J., Gaschler-Markefski, B., & Novello, S.
Affiliations
  • German Center for Lung Research (DE)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) (DE)
  • Herlev Hospital (DK)
  • The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (PL)
  • Meir Medical Center (IL)
  • Dnipro State Medical University (UA)
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
  • Boehringer Ingelheim (United States) (US)
  • University of Turin (IT)
Venue
The Lancet Oncology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-02
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
143-155
ISSN
1470-2045 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2170030318
Cited by
951
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98.24
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • The Lancet Oncology (publishedVersion)
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  • Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Lung Cancer Research Studies
Keywords
non-small cell lung cancer, docetaxel, nintedanib, second-line therapy, progression-free survival, overall survival, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, EGFR inhibitors, bevacizumab, brain metastases, adenocarcinoma, targeted therapy, combination chemotherapy, drug safety and tolerability
MeSH terms
Docetaxel, Adenocarcinoma of Lung, Adenocarcinoma, Aged, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Asia, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Double-Blind Method, Europe, Female, Humans, Indoles, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Risk Factors, South Africa, Time Factors, Proportional Hazards Models, Odds Ratio, Treatment Outcome, Disease Progression, Disease-Free Survival, Taxoids, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Kaplan-Meier Estimate

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