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. 2006 Apr 25;94(10):1375–1382. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603115

Table 2. Overall response at the end of induction chemotherapy and at study end (ITT population).

    After local treatment
  After induction chemotherapy ITT population Chemoradiotherapy
Radiotherapy alone
Response, n (%) Total (n=104) Total (n=89) Stage IIIA (n=11) Stage IIIB (n=32) Total (n=43) Stage IIIA (n=11) Stage IIIB (n=35) Total (n=46)
Overall response (%) 46 (44) 47 (53) 7 (64) 18 (56) 25 (58) 5 (45) 17 (49) 22 (48)
95% Confidence interval 31–89 38–74 42–73 17–77 31–66 33–63
Complete response 0 3 (3) 1 (9) 1 (3) 2 (5) 0 1 (3) 1 (2)
Partial response 46 (44) 44 (49) 6 (55) 17 (53) 23 (53) 5 (45) 16 (46) 21 (46)
No change 45 (43) 7 (8) 1 (9) 2 (6) 3 (7) 0 4 (11) 4 (9)
Progressive disease 9 (9) 19 (21) 2 (18) 5 (16) 7 (16) 6 (55) 6 (17) 12 (26)
Early progressiona 4 (4) 8 (9) 0 4 (13) 4 (9) 0 4 (11) 4 (9)
Nonevaluable 8 (9) 1 (9) 3 (9) 4 (9) 0 4 (11) 4 (9)
a

Progression before the first assessment of the response, that is before completion of two cycles of induction chemotherapy (6 weeks) or before completion of local treatment (3 weekly administrations of docetaxel plus 6 weeks of radiation (chemoradiotherapy arm) or at least 6 weeks of radiation (radiotherapy only arm)).