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. 2016 Aug;5(4):373–376. doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2016.07.01

Table 1. Overall survival (OS) of advanced or metastatic NSCLC patients following treatment with TKIs (phase IIB/III trials).

Drug Study design ΔOS (months) Reference
Nintedanib Docetaxel vs. docetaxel plus nintedanib (N=1,314; LUME-Lung 1)* 2.3 (HR =0.83) Reck et al. (12)
Gefitinib Platinium-based doublet chemotherapy, followed by either placebo or gefitinib (N=296; INFORM) 15.9 (HR =0.39) Zhang et al. (13)
Afatinib Cisplatin plus pemetrexate vs. cisplatin, pemetrexate plus afatinib (N=345; LUX-Lung 3)** 12.2 (HR =0.54) Yang et al. (8)
Afatinib Cisplatin plus gemcitabine vs. cisplatin, gemcitabine plus afatinib (N=364; LUX-Lung 6)** 13.0 (HR =0.64) Yang et al. (8)
Afatinib Afatinib vs. erlotinib (N=795; LUX-Lung 8)*** 1.1 (HR =0.81) Soria et al. (14)
Afatinib Afatinib vs. gefitinib (N=319; LUX-Lung 7)**** Alive at 24 months: 18% vs. 8% (P=0.018) Park et al. (9)
Dacomitinib Dacomitinib vs. gefitinib (N=440; ARCHER1050) Awaited Q1/2017 www.clinicaltrials.gov (10)

*, adenocarcinoma only; **, meta-analysis for del19 patients; ***, squamous histology only; ****, OS data not yet mature.