Pemetrexed Versus Erlotinib in the Second-line Treatment of Patients with Advanced-stage Non-squamous NSCLC Harboring Wild-type EGFR Gene

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/16:00089327 RIV/00216208:11140/16:10317531 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10317531

Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Pemetrexed Versus Erlotinib in the Second-line Treatment of Patients with Advanced-stage Non-squamous NSCLC Harboring Wild-type EGFR Gene

Original language description

Background: Pemetrexed and erlotinib represent different agents commonly used for the second-line treatment of patients with advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients and Methods: We analyzed data of 137 patients with advanced-stage non-squamous NSCLC treated with pemetrexed or erlotinib in the second line. All patients harbored a wild-type epidermal growth factor receptor gene. Genetic testing was performed using a combination of denaturing capillary electrophoresis and direct Sanger sequencing. Results: overall response rate and disease control rate in patients treated with pemetrexed was 20.8% and 62.5% vs. 6.3% and 53.2% in patients treated with erlotinib (p=0.022; p=0.358). Median progression-free and overall survival in patients treated with pemetrexed was 1.6 and 11.3 months vs. 1.9 and 11.4 months in patients treated with erlotinib (p=0.470 and p=0.942, respectively). Erlotinib was associated with skin rash and diarrhea; pemetrexed was associated with hematological toxicity and fatigue. Conclusion: A similar efficacy and different, although well-tolerated, toxicity profile of both pemetrexed and erlotinib was shown.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FD - Oncology and haematology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LO1503" target="_blank" >LO1503: BIOMEDIC</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Anticancer Research

ISSN

0250-7005

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

36

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GR - GREECE

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

447-453

UT code for WoS article

000367450000064

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84973410369