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. 2021 May;9(10):913. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-5032

Table 8. References for studies on cisplatin–based chemoradiotherapy regimen (continued).

CIS-CRT Study LRC DC Response
Author Arms 2-yr LRC Diff in LRC 3-yr DC 5-yr DC Diff in DC Overall resp Diff in resp
HDC vs. RT Pignon et al. (1) CRT vs. LRT CRT improves LRC, P=0.04 ICT improves DC, P=0.001
ICT vs. LRT
Adelstein et al. (2) A. RT alone 27.4% (CR) C>A, P=0.002; A vs. B, P=0.07
B. CRT 40.2% (CR)
C. Split CRT 49.4% (CR)
Cooper et al. (5) A. RT alone 72% B>C, P=0.01 77%, ns P=0.46
B. CRT 82% 80%, ns
Bernier et al. (6) A. RT alone 69%, 5-yr LRC B>A, P=0.007 75% P=0.61
B. CRT 88%, 5-yr LRC 79%
LDC vs. RT Bachaud et al. (9) A. RT alone 59% B>A, P=0.05 81% (2-yr) 49% None reported
B. CRT 84% 73% (2-yr) 58%
Sharma et al. (10) A. RT alone 53%, overall P=0.26 97%, overall P=0.05 67% (CR) B>A, P=0.04
B. CRT 66%, overall 90%, overall 81% (CR)
Ghosh-Laskar
et al. (11)
A. RT alone 32%, 5-yr LRC B>A, P=0.01 None reported
B. CRT 49%, 5-yr LRC
HDC vs. LDC Lee et al. (12) A. HDC-CRT 92% P=0.81
B. LDC-CRT 91%
Helfenstein et al. (13) A. HDC-CRT
B. LDC-CRT
Bauml et al. (14) A. HDC-CRT
B. LDC-CRT
Szturz et al. (15) A. HDC-CRT Unable to merge data Unable to merge data 80.0% No diff
B. LDC-CRT 89.0%
Tsan et al. (16) A. HDC-CRT 71% (1-yr) P=0.81
B. LDC-CRT 60% (1-yr)
Noronha et al. (17) A. HDC-CRT 73% A>B, P=0.014
B. LDC-CRT 59%

Cis, cisplatin; CRT, chemoradiation; LRC, locoregional control; DC, distant control; Diff, difference; Resp, response; HDC, high dose cisplatin (80–100 mg/m2 3-weekly, 2–3 cycles); LDC, low dose cisplatin (30–50 mg/m2 weekly, 6–9 cycles); RT, radiotherapy; LRT, locoregional treatment; CR, complete response; ns, not specified.