Table 3.

Response rate in patients with measurable disease treated with three vs two drugs first-line chemotherapy

Response rate	Group A (3 drugs; n.pts 195)	Group B (2 drugs; n.pts 192)
CR	4 (2 %)	3 (1.5 %)
PR	82 (42 %)	54 (28.1 %)
ORR (CR + PR)	86 (44 %)	57 (29.6 %)	p = 0.005
SD	52 (26.7 %)	56 (29.3 %)
PD	57 (29.3 %)	79 (41.1 %)

_{CR complete response, PR partial response, SD stable disease, PD progressive disease, ORR overall response rate}