Tetsuya Abe1, Koji Takeda2, Yuichiro Ohe2, Shinzoh Kudoh2, Yukito Ichinose2, Hiroaki Okamoto2, Nobuyuki Yamamoto2, Hiroshige Yoshioka2, Koichi Minato2, Toshiyuki Sawa2, Yasuo Iwamoto2, Hideo Saka2, Junki Mizusawa2, Taro Shibata2, Shinichiro Nakamura2, Masahiko Ando2, Akira Yokoyama2, Kazuhiko Nakagawa2, Nagahiro Saijo2, Tomohide Tamura2. 1. Tetsuya Abe and Akira Yokoyama, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata; Koji Takeda, Osaka City General Hospital; Shinzoh Kudoh, Osaka City University; Shinichiro Nakamura, West Japan Oncology Group Data Center; Kazuhiko Nakagawa, Kinki University, Osaka; Yuichiro Ohe, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba; Yukito Ichinose, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka; Hiroaki Okamoto, Yokohama Municipal Citizens Hospital, Kanagawa; Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama; Hiroshige Yoshioka, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki; Koichi Minato, Gunma Cancer Center, Gunma; Toshiyuki Sawa, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu; Yasuo Iwamoto, Hiroshima City Hospital, Hiroshima; Hideo Saka, Nagoya Medical Center; Masahiko Ando, Nagoya University Hospital, Aichi; Junki Mizusawa and Taro Shibata, Japan Clincal Oncology Group Data Center, National Cancer Center; Nagahiro Saijo, Japanese Society of Medical Oncology; and Tomohide Tamura, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. t-abe@niigata-cc.jp. 2. Tetsuya Abe and Akira Yokoyama, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata; Koji Takeda, Osaka City General Hospital; Shinzoh Kudoh, Osaka City University; Shinichiro Nakamura, West Japan Oncology Group Data Center; Kazuhiko Nakagawa, Kinki University, Osaka; Yuichiro Ohe, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba; Yukito Ichinose, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka; Hiroaki Okamoto, Yokohama Municipal Citizens Hospital, Kanagawa; Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Wakayama Medical University School of Medicine, Wakayama; Hiroshige Yoshioka, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki; Koichi Minato, Gunma Cancer Center, Gunma; Toshiyuki Sawa, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Gifu; Yasuo Iwamoto, Hiroshima City Hospital, Hiroshima; Hideo Saka, Nagoya Medical Center; Masahiko Ando, Nagoya University Hospital, Aichi; Junki Mizusawa and Taro Shibata, Japan Clincal Oncology Group Data Center, National Cancer Center; Nagahiro Saijo, Japanese Society of Medical Oncology; and Tomohide Tamura, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This phase III trial aimed to confirm the superiority of weekly docetaxel and cisplatin over docetaxel monotherapy in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Chemotherapy-naïve patients with stage III, stage IV, or recurrent NSCLC age ≥ 70 years with a performance status of 0 or 1 who were considered unsuitable for bolus cisplatin administration were randomly assigned to receive docetaxel 60 mg/m(2) on day 1, every 3 weeks, or docetaxel 20 mg/m(2) plus cisplatin 25 mg/m(2) on days 1, 8, and 15, every 4 weeks. The primary end point was overall survival (OS). RESULTS: In the first interim analysis, OS of the doublet arm was inferior to that of the monotherapy arm (hazard ratio [HR], 1.56; 95% CI, 0.98 to 2.49), and the predictive probability that the doublet arm would be statistically superior to the monotherapy arm on final analysis was 0.996%, which led to early study termination. In total, 276 patients with a median age of 76 years (range, 70 to 87 years) were enrolled. At the updated analysis, the median survival time was 14.8 months for the monotherapy arm and 13.3 months for the doublet arm (HR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.83 to 1.69). The rates of grade ≥ 3 neutropenia and febrile neutropenia were higher in the monotherapy arm, and those of anorexia and hyponatremia were higher in the doublet arm. CONCLUSION: This study failed to demonstrate any survival advantage of weekly docetaxel plus cisplatin over docetaxel monotherapy as first-line chemotherapy for advanced NSCLC in elderly patients.
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PURPOSE: This phase III trial aimed to confirm the superiority of weekly docetaxel and cisplatin over docetaxel monotherapy in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Chemotherapy-naïve patients with stage III, stage IV, or recurrent NSCLC age ≥ 70 years with a performance status of 0 or 1 who were considered unsuitable for bolus cisplatin administration were randomly assigned to receive docetaxel 60 mg/m(2) on day 1, every 3 weeks, or docetaxel 20 mg/m(2) plus cisplatin 25 mg/m(2) on days 1, 8, and 15, every 4 weeks. The primary end point was overall survival (OS). RESULTS: In the first interim analysis, OS of the doublet arm was inferior to that of the monotherapy arm (hazard ratio [HR], 1.56; 95% CI, 0.98 to 2.49), and the predictive probability that the doublet arm would be statistically superior to the monotherapy arm on final analysis was 0.996%, which led to early study termination. In total, 276 patients with a median age of 76 years (range, 70 to 87 years) were enrolled. At the updated analysis, the median survival time was 14.8 months for the monotherapy arm and 13.3 months for the doublet arm (HR, 1.18; 95% CI, 0.83 to 1.69). The rates of grade ≥ 3 neutropenia and febrile neutropenia were higher in the monotherapy arm, and those of anorexia and hyponatremia were higher in the doublet arm. CONCLUSION: This study failed to demonstrate any survival advantage of weekly docetaxel plus cisplatin over docetaxel monotherapy as first-line chemotherapy for advanced NSCLC in elderly patients.
Authors: Mark A Socinski; Tracey Evans; Scott Gettinger; Thomas A Hensing; Lecia VanDam Sequist; Belinda Ireland; Thomas E Stinchcombe Journal: Chest Date: 2013-05 Impact factor: 9.410
Authors: Takehito Shukuya; Keita Mori; Joseph M Amann; Erin M Bertino; Gregory A Otterson; Peter G Shields; Satoshi Morita; David P Carbone Journal: J Thorac Oncol Date: 2016-08-03 Impact factor: 15.609