BACKGROUND:Docetaxel in combination with cisplatin or gemcitabine are active chemotherapy reigimes against non-small-cell lung cancer. We compared the efficacy and safety of a combination of cisplatin and docetaxel (group 1) with that of gemcitabine and docetaxel (group 2) in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in a prospective, randomised, multicentre trial. METHODS:Patients with stage IIIB or IV lung cancer who had not had prior chemotherapy were allocated either to group 1 and treated with docetaxel (100 mg/m(2), day 1) and cisplatin (80 mg/m(2), day 2) or to group 2 and treated with gemcitabine (1100 mg/m(2), days 1 and 8) and docetaxel (100 mg/m(2), day 8). All patients received recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (150 mg/m(2)). All patients received recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (150 mg/m(2)) had appropriate standard premedication. Response and toxicity were assessed using WHO criteria. Analysis was by intention to treat. FINDINGS:441 patients were randomly assigned to receive docetaxel/cisplatin (group 1, n=219) or gemcitabine/docetaxel (group 2, n=222). 14 patients in group 1 and 21 patients in group 2 were not evaluable. Objective response rates were similar in the two groups: group 1, 32.4% (95% CI 26.2-38.6%; 1.4% complete response and 31% partial response); group 2, 30.2% (24.5-36.2%; 0.9% complete response and 29.3% partial response). The two groups did not differ in median duration of response, time to tumour progression, overall survival, or 1 year or 2 year survival rates. INTERPRETATION: Both drug combinations had comparable activity in patients with advanced cancer who had not previously had chemotherapy; however, gemcitabine and docetaxel had the most favourable toxicity profile.
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BACKGROUND:Docetaxel in combination with cisplatin or gemcitabine are active chemotherapy reigimes against non-small-cell lung cancer. We compared the efficacy and safety of a combination of cisplatin and docetaxel (group 1) with that of gemcitabine and docetaxel (group 2) in the treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in a prospective, randomised, multicentre trial. METHODS:Patients with stage IIIB or IV lung cancer who had not had prior chemotherapy were allocated either to group 1 and treated with docetaxel (100 mg/m(2), day 1) and cisplatin (80 mg/m(2), day 2) or to group 2 and treated with gemcitabine (1100 mg/m(2), days 1 and 8) and docetaxel (100 mg/m(2), day 8). All patients received recombinant humangranulocyte colony-stimulating factor (150 mg/m(2)). All patients received recombinant humangranulocyte colony-stimulating factor (150 mg/m(2)) had appropriate standard premedication. Response and toxicity were assessed using WHO criteria. Analysis was by intention to treat. FINDINGS: 441 patients were randomly assigned to receive docetaxel/cisplatin (group 1, n=219) or gemcitabine/docetaxel (group 2, n=222). 14 patients in group 1 and 21 patients in group 2 were not evaluable. Objective response rates were similar in the two groups: group 1, 32.4% (95% CI 26.2-38.6%; 1.4% complete response and 31% partial response); group 2, 30.2% (24.5-36.2%; 0.9% complete response and 29.3% partial response). The two groups did not differ in median duration of response, time to tumour progression, overall survival, or 1 year or 2 year survival rates. INTERPRETATION: Both drug combinations had comparable activity in patients with advanced cancer who had not previously had chemotherapy; however, gemcitabine and docetaxel had the most favourable toxicity profile.
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