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. 2018 Jan 16;2018(1):CD006847. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006847.pub2

Puri 2013.

Trial name or title A randomized phase 2 trial of pemetrexed (P) and gefitinib (G) versus G as first‐line treatment for patients with stage IV non‐squamous (NS) non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activating epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations
Methods Randomised
Participants Stage IV NS NSCLC, an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) of 0 to 1 and an activating EGFR mutation
Interventions Gefitinib versus pemetrexed
Outcomes PFS
Time to progressive disease
OS
ORR
DCR
Adverse events
Starting date Not known
Contact information Not known
Notes

AUC: Area under curve
 C: carboplatin
 DCR: disease control rate
 ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
 ECOG PS: ECOG Performance Status
 EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor
 G: gefitinib
 NSCLC: non‐small cell lung cancer
 ORR: overall response rate
 OS: overall survival
 P: paclitaxel
 PC: pemetrexed‐cisplatin
 PFS: progression‐free survival
 TXT: first‐line treatment