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Randomized, Phase III Study of Gemcitabine or Erlotinib Maintenance Therapy Versus Observation, With Predefined Second-Line Treatment, After Cisplatin-Gemcitabine Induction Chemotherapy in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Pérol, Maurice, Chouaid, Christos, Pérol, David, Barlési, Fabrice, Gervais, Radj, Westeel, Virginie, Crequit, Jacky, Léna, Hervé, Vergnenègre, Alain, Zalcman, Gérard, Monnet, Isabelle, Le Caer, Hervé, Fournel, Pierre, Falchero, Lionel, Poudenx, Michel, Vaylet, Fabien, Ségura-Ferlay, Céline, Devouassoux-Shisheboran, Mojgan, Taron, Miquel, Milleron, Bernard·2012·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Purpose: This phase III study investigated whether continuation maintenance with gemcitabine or switch maintenance with erlotinib improves clinical outcome compared with observation in patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease was controlled after cisplatin-gemcitabine induction chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: Four hundred sixty-four patients with stage IIIB/IV NSCLC without tumor progression after four cycles of cisplatin-gemcitabine were randomly assigned to observation or to gemcitabine (1,250 mg/m 2 days 1 and 8 of a 3-week cycle) or daily erlotinib (150 mg/day) study arms. On disease progression, patients in all three arms received pemetrexed (500 mg/m 2 once every 21 days) as predefined second-line therapy. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS). Results: PFS was significantly prolonged by gemcitabine (median, 3.8 v 1.9 months; hazard ratio [HR], 0.56; 95% CI, 0.44 to 0.72; log-rank P < .001) and erlotinib (median, 2.9 v 1.9 months; HR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.54 to 0.88; log-rank P = .003) versus observation; this benefit was consistent across all clinical subgroups. Both maintenance strategies resulted in a nonsignificant improvement in overall survival (OS); patients who received second-line pemetrexed or with a performance status of 0 appeared to derive greater benefit. Exploratory analysis showed that magnitude of response to induction chemotherapy may affect the OS benefit as a result of gemcitabine maintenance. Maintenance gemcitabine and erlotinib were well tolerated with no unexpected adverse events. Conclusion: Gemcitabine continuation maintenance or erlotinib switch maintenance significantly reduces disease progression in patients with advanced NSCLC treated with cisplatin-gemcitabine as first-line chemotherapy. Response to induction chemotherapy may affect OS only for continuation maintenance.

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Pérol, M., Chouaid, C., Pérol, D., Barlési, F., Gervais, R., Westeel, V., Crequit, J., Léna, H., Vergnenègre, A., Zalcman, G., Monnet, I., Le Caer, H., Fournel, P., Falchero, L., Poudenx, M., Vaylet, F., Ségura-Ferlay, C., Devouassoux-Shisheboran, M., Taron, M., & Milleron, B.
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Journal of Clinical Oncology
Published
2012-10-01
Volume
30
Issue
28
Pages
3516-3524
ISSN
  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
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Pérol, M., Chouaid, C., Pérol, D., Barlési, F., Gervais, R., Westeel, V., Crequit, J., Léna, H., Vergnenègre, A., Zalcman, G., Monnet, I., Le Caer, H., Fournel, P., Falchero, L., Poudenx, M., Vaylet, F., Ségura-Ferlay, C., Devouassoux-Shisheboran, M., Taron, M., & Milleron, B. (2012). Randomized, Phase III Study of Gemcitabine or Erlotinib Maintenance Therapy Versus Observation, With Predefined Second-Line Treatment, After Cisplatin-Gemcitabine Induction Chemotherapy in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2011.39.9782

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