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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Drugs. 2013 May;73(6):517–532. doi: 10.1007/s40265-013-0032-4

Table II. Switch maintenance: completed phase III trials.

CONVENTIONAL CHEMOTHERAPY

YEAR AUTHORS DESIGN PRIMARY OUTCOME RESULTS

2005 Westeel, et al.41 Mitomycin/ifosfamide/cisplatin × 4 cycles → vinorelbine × 6 mos. (n= 573) OS PFS: 5 vs. 3 mos. (p=0.11)
OS: 12.3 vs. 12. 3 mos. (p=0.65)
2009 Fidias, et al.42 Gemcitabine/carboplatin × 4 cycles → immediate vs. delayed docetaxel (n=566) OS PFS: 5.7 vs. 2.7 mos. (p=0.001)
OS: 12.3 vs. 9.7 mos. (p=0.853)
2009 Cilueanu, et al.43 Platinum doublet × 4 cycles → pemetrexed vs. placebo (n=663) PFS PFS: 4.3 vs. 2.6 mos. (p< 0.0001)
OS: 13.4 vs. 10.6 mos. (p=0.012)
TARGETED CHEMOTHERAPY

YEAR AUTHORS DESIGN PRIMARY OUTCOME RESULTS

2009 Miller, et al. (ATLAS)51 Platinum doublet + bevacizumab(bev) ×4 cycles → bev vs. bev + erlotinib (n=1160) PFS PFS: 4.8 vs. 3.7 mos. (p=0.0012)
OS: 15.9 vs. 13.9 mos. (p=0.27)
2010 Cappuzzo, et al. (SATURN)45 Platinum doublet × 4 cycles → erlotinib vs. placebo (n=1949) PFS PFS: 12.3 vs. 11.1 wks (P<0.0001)
OS: 12 vs. 11 mos. (p=0.0088)
2010 Perol, et al.22 Cisplatin/gemcitabine × 4 cycles → Erlotinib vs. BSC (n=464) PFS PFS: 3.7 vs. 2.1 mos. (p=0.001)
OS: 11.8 vs. 10.7 mos. (P> 0.05)
2010 Takeda, et al.48 Platinum doublet × 3 cycles → gefitinib vs. 3 additional cycles platinum doublet (n=604) OS PFS: 4.6 vs. 4.3 mos. (p<0.001)
OS: 13.7 vs. 12.9 mos. (p=0.11)
2011 Gaafar, et al.50 Platinum doublet × 4 cycles → gefitinib vs. placebo (n=173) OS PFS: 4.1 vs. 2.9 mos. (p=0.0015)
OS: 10.9 vs. 94. mos. (p=0.204)
2012 Zhang, et al.49 Platinum doublet ×4 cycles → gefitinib vs. placebo (n=296) PFS PFS: 4.8 vs. 2.6 mos. (p<0.0001)
OS: 18.7 vs. 16.9 mos. (p=0.26)