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Phase III trial of maintenance gefitinib or placebo after concurrent chemoradiotherapy and docetaxel consolidation in inoperable stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: SWOG S0023

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Kelly, Karen, Chansky, Kari, Gaspar, Laurie E., Albain, Kathy S., Jett, James, Ung, Yee C., Lau, Derick H.M., Crowley, John J. +1 more·2008·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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PURPOSE: Early clinical studies with gefitinib showed promising efficacy and mild toxicity in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Thus, gefitinib was an ideal agent to evaluate in a maintenance setting in stage III disease. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Untreated patients with stage III NSCLC, a performance score of 0 to 1, and adequate organ function were eligible. All patients received cisplatin 50 mg/m(2) on days 1 and 8 plus etoposide 50 mg/m(2) on days 1 to 5, every 28 days for two cycles with concurrent thoracic radiation (1.8- to 2-Gy fractions per day; total dose, 61 Gy) followed by three cycles of docetaxel 75 mg/m(2). Patients whose disease did not progress were randomly assigned to gefitinib 250 mg/d or placebo until disease progression, intolerable toxicity, or the end of 5 years. The planned sample size was 672 patients to confer power of 0.89 to detect a 33% increase over the expected median survival time of 21 months (one-sided P = .025, log-rank test). Random assignment was stratified by stage, histology, and measurable versus nonmeasurable disease. RESULTS: Enrollment began in July 2001. An unplanned interim analysis conducted in April 2005 rejected the alternative hypothesis of improved survival at the P = .0015 level for 243 randomly assigned patients. The study closed, and preliminary results were reported. Now, with a median follow-up time of 27 months, median survival time was 23 months for gefitinib (n = 118) and 35 months for placebo (n = 125; two-sided P = .013). The toxic death rate was 2% with gefitinib compared with 0% for placebo. CONCLUSION: In this unselected population, gefitinib did not improve survival. Decreased survival was a result of tumor progression and not gefitinib toxicity.

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Kelly, K., Chansky, K., Gaspar, L. E., Albain, K. S., Jett, J., Ung, Y. C., Lau, D. H. M., Crowley, J. J., & Gandara, D. R.
Affiliations
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
Venue
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Published
2008-05-20
Volume
26
Issue
15
Pages
2450-2456
ISSN
  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
OpenAlex
W2153865661
Cited by
573
References
31
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FWCI
48.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (publishedVersion)
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Funders
  • AstraZeneca
  • Sanofi
  • National Institutes of Health (2u10ca038926-25, 5r01ca037663-18)
  • National Cancer Institute (CA35192, U10CA004919, CA 35176, CA-11083, CA52654, CA-45377, U10CA035261, CA35281, CA 74811, CA-35261, CA-46282, CA 20319, CA-32102, U10CA074647, CA 45450, CA35119, CA 42777, U10CA045377, CA04919, U10CA058882, U10CA074811, U10CA014028, U10CA045560, U10CA063848, U10CA035178, CA 74647, U10CA045808, CA35128, CA46368, CA46441, CA 63845, U10CA046368, CA45808, CA 45461, CA67575, U10CA035090, CA 14028, U10CA020319, U10CA086780, U10CA011083, CA-58882, CA35178, CA-45807, U10CA013612, CA 37663, U10CA035119, U10CA063850, CA35431, U10CA032102, U10CA046282, U10CA045461, U10CA052654, U10CA045450, U10CA042777, U10CA035281, CA 13612, U10CA063845, U10CA045807, U10CA063844, U10CA035431, CA-35262, U10CA035192, CA 38926, U10CA035262, CA63844, CA86780, U10CA035176, U10CA035128, CA-63850, CA-63848, CA45560, U10CA067575, CA-35090, U10CA046441)
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
gefitinib, maintenance therapy, non-small cell lung cancer, stage III NSCLC, inoperable lung cancer, concurrent chemoradiotherapy, cisplatin, etoposide, thoracic radiotherapy, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors, survival, toxic death
MeSH terms
Docetaxel, Gefitinib, Adenocarcinoma, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, Cisplatin, Combined Modality Therapy, Etoposide, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Staging, Prognosis, Quinazolines, Remission Induction, Survival Rate, Maximum Tolerated Dose, Taxoids

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