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. 2021 Apr 3;12(10):1598–1604. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.13957

TABLE 1.

Demographics of patients treated with afatinib in the named patient use (NPU) program

Total Final dose 50 mg n = 25 (41.7%) Final dose <50 mg n = 35 (58.3%) p‐value
Age (years) mean ± SD a 64.3 ± 10.5 64.2 ± 10.5 64.3 ± 10.7 NS b
Sex, female/male 39/21 15/10 24/11 NS
Histology, adeno/squamous 59/1 24/1 35/0 NS
Stage, III/ IV 4/56 2/23 2/33 NS
EGFR mutation NS
Ex 19 del/L858R 11/7 4/2 7/5
Negative 19 7 12
Not tested 23 12 11
Final dose (50/40/30) 25/25/10 25/0/0 0/25/10
Prior TKI, gefitinib/erlotinib 43/17 18/7 25/10 NS
Line of afatinib treatment NS
3/4/5 2/27/19 0/8/9 2/19/10
6/7/8/9/10 6/1/3/1/1 3/1//1/1 3/0/1/0/0
Subsequent treatment NS
Supportive care only 32 15 17
One more regimen 17 7 10
Two or three regimens 11 3 8
Response rate (%) 21.7 16.0 25.7 NS
Disease control rate (%) 76.7 64.0 85.7
PR/SD/PD/NE (number) c 13/33/12/2 4/12/7/2 9/21/5/0
a

SD, standard deviation.

b

NS, not significant.

c

PR, partial remission; SD, stable disease; PD, progressive disease; NE, not evaluable.