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. 2016 May 20;7(26):39823–39833. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.9503

Table 1. Characteristics of the randomized trials included in the meta-analysis.

Study Year Phase Line of treatment Drug delivery Dominant ethnicity Treatment comparison Number of patients Median age (years) Female Never smoker Activating EGFR-mutant Jadad score
Aerts 2013 II Second line Intercalated Caucasian E+DOC or E+PEM 116 62.5 43 9 NA 3
E 115 64 40 7 NA
Auliac 2014 II Second line Intercalated Caucasian E+DOC 75 59.1 14 9 NA 3
DOC 76 59.7 18 2 NA
Boutsikou 2013 III First line Concurrent Caucasian E+DOC+CBP 52 62.5 12 8 NA 3
DOC+CBP 61 65 4 8 NA
Dittrich 2014 II Second line Concurrent Caucasian E+PEM 76 64 30 10 NA 3
PEM 83 61 34 14 NA
Gatzemeier 2007 III First line Concurrent Caucasian E+GEM+DDP 580 60 125 NA NA 3
E 579 59.1 142 NA NA
Giaccone 2004 III First line Concurrent Caucasian G+GEM+DDP 365 59 85 NA NA 4
G 363 61 101 NA NA
Herbst 2004 III First line Concurrent Caucasian G+TAX+CBP 345 61 146 NA NA 3
G 345 63 133 NA NA
Herbst 2005 III First line Concurrent Caucasian E+TAX+DDP 539 62.7 217 72 NA 4
E 540 62.6 207 44 NA
Hirsch 2011 II First line Intercalated Caucasian E+TAX+CBP 71 31 21 12 3
E 72 NA 44 19 10
Janne 2012 II First line Concurrent Caucasian E+TAX+CBP 100 60 58 79 33 3
E 81 58 49 64 33
Lee 2013 II Second line Intercalated Asian E+PEM 78 55.8 58 78 NA 3
E or PEM 162 54.9 99 162 NA
Mok 2009 II First line Intercalated Asian E+GEM+DDP or CBP 76 57.5 22 24 2 3
GEM+DDP or CBP 78 57 24 28 5
Soria 2015 III Second line Concurrent Asian G+PEM 133 60 87 88 127 5
PEM 132 58 84 91 134
Wu 2013 III First line Intercalated Asian E+GEM+DDP or CBP 226 59 94 112 49 5
GEM+DDP or CBP 225 57.3 85 107 48
Yu 2014 II First line Intercalated Asian G+PEM+DDP 58 55.3 25 29 14 3
PEM+DDP 59 54.9 34 39 18

Abbreviations: E: erlotinib; G: gefitinib;,DOC: doctaxel; Pem: pemetrexed; TAX: paclitaxel; Gem: gemcitabine; CBP: carboplatin; DDP: cisplatin; NA: not available.