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editorial
. 2018 Jun;10(Suppl 17):S1940–S1944. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.126

Table 1. Results of phase III trials of anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies and chemotherapy in advanced NSCLC in overall population and according to EGFR FISH status.

Treatment BMS 099 (8) FLEX (6,7) SQUIRE (10,17) SWOG S0819 (15)
CBDCA/TXT or TXL CBDCA/TXT or TXL + CET HR and P CDDP/VNR CDDP/VNR + CET HR and P CDDP/GEM CDDP/GEM/NEC HR and P CBDCA/TXL +/– BEVA CBDCA/TXL +/– BEVA + CET HR and P
No. of pts 338 338 568 557 548 [100] 545 [100] 657 656
Squamous histology, N [%] 65 [19] 67 [20] 187 [33] 190 [34] 161 [25] 160 [249]
Outcome in overall population
   ORR, % 25.7 30.7 P=0.0066 29 36 P=0.010 29 31 P=0.40 36 42 P=0.060
   PFS, months 4.24 4.40 HR, 0.9; P=0.2358 4.8 4.8 HR, 0.943; P=0.39 5.5 5.7 HR, 0.85; P=0.02 4.5 4.6 HR, 0.99; P=0.83
   OS, months 8.38 9.69 HR, 0.89; P=0.1685 10.1 11.3 HR, 0.871; P=0.044 9.9 11.5 HR, 0.84; P=0.01 9.2 10.9 HR, 0.93; P=0.22
Outcome according to EGFR FISH status
   EGFR FISH positive, N [%] 27 [26] 27 [25] 53 [36] 49 [37] 97 [18] 111 [20] 201 [31] 199 [30]
      ORR, % 22.0 37.0 P=0.37 26.4 36.7 P=0.26 NR NR NR 43 47 P=0.48
      PFS, months 5.4 5.4 HR, 1.54; P=0.18 4.2 4.4 HR, 0.80; P=0.33 5.1 6.1 HR, 0.71 4.8 5.4 HR, 0.92; P=0.40
      OS, months 8.6 12.5 HR, 1.92; P=0.03 9.9 11.6 HR, 0.91; P=0.44 9.2 12.6 HR, 0.70 9.8 13.4 HR, 0.81; P=0.054
   EGFR FISH negative, N [%] 24 [23] 26 [25] 95 [64] 82 [63] 178 [32] 171 [31] 293 [45] 283 [43]
      ORR, % 16.7 30.8 P=0.33 34.7 32.9 P=0.80 NR NR NR 34 40 P=0.069
      PFS, months 4.3 3.8 HR, 0.65; P=0.15 4.2 5.2 HR, 1.05; P=0.77 5.5 5.6 HR, 1.04 4.3 4.4 HR, 1.01; P=0.50
      OS, months 7.4 7.4 HR, 0.84; P=0.57 10.0 10.6 HR, 0.91; P=0.56 10.7 11.1 HR, 1.02 8.9 9.5 HR, 0.95; P=0.85

EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; FISH, fluorescent in situ hybridization; NSCLC, non-small-cell lung cancer; No. pts, number of patients; ORR, objective response rate; PFS, progression-free survival; OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; NR, not reported; CBDCA, carboplatin; TXT, docetaxel; CET, cetuximab; CDDP, cisplatin; GEM, gemcitabine; VNR, vinorelbine; TXL, paclitaxel; NEC, necitumumab.