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Erlotinib Versus Gemcitabine/Carboplatin in Chemo-naive Stage IIIB/IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Exon 19 or 21 Mutation

NCT00874419 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 165

Last updated 2014-09-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR TKIs) such as erlotinib have proved effective in second or third line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC).It is well tolerated without the side effects usually associated with chemotherapy. The mutations in EGFR exons 19 or 21 have been reported to be associated with efficacy of EGFR TKIs.Based on the encouraging preliminary results from the Spanish lung cancer group' prospective study reported that the efficacy of Tarceva as first line treatment for metastatic NSCLC patients with EGFR mutation would delay disease progression,prolong overall survival and be well tolerated, medium Progression-free survival(PFS) was around 12 months and OS reach 24 months，our study is designed to compare PFS between the patients with mutant EGFR treated by gemcitabine/carboplatin and those by erlotinib in the first-line setting. We assumed 11 months of PFS on Tarceva arm versus 6 months on chemotherapy arm with a=0.025(alpha-spend for an interim analysis), 80% power and 12 months enrolment period, 12 months FU duration to calculate the sample size. The sample size is 69 pairs. Considering about 10% drop-out rate, the final sample size is 152 patients.So, chemo-naive staged IIIb/IV patients with EGFR mutations in exon 19 or 21 will be enrolled into this open-label, randomized,multicenter phase III study.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

erlotinib

erlotinib 150 mg oral, once a day

DRUG

gemcitabine/carboplatin

gemcitabine 1000mg/m2 on d1,8 with carboplatin AUC=5 on d1 intravenously, every 3 weeks, up to 4 cycles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sun Yat-sen University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Shanghai Chest Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • RenJi Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tongji University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Caicun Zhou, MD & PhD · Tongji University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2010-07-31
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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Diseases

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