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ABSTRACT: Background
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CT) followed by radiotherapy (RT) and surgery showed a median survival of 28.7 months in resectable stage IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients (pts). Here, we evaluate the impact of concomitant cetuximab to the same neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) in selected patients (pts) with NSCLC, stage IIIB.Methods
Resectable stage IIIB NSCLC received three cycles of CT (cisplatin 100 mg/m2 and docetaxel 85 mg/m2 d1, q3w) followed by RT (44 Gy in 22 fractions) with concomitant cetuximab (250 mg/m2, q1w) and subsequent surgery. The primary endpoint was 1-year progression-free survival (PFS).Results
Sixty-nine pts were included in the trial. Fifty-seven (83%) pts underwent surgery, with complete resection (R0) in 42 (74%) and postoperative 30 day mortality of 3.5%. Responses were: 57% after CT-cetuximab and 64% after CRT-cetuximab. One-year PFS was 50%. Median PFS was 12.0 months (95% CI: 9.0-15.6), median OS was 21.3 months, with a 2- and 3-yr survival of 41% and 30%, respectively.Conclusions
This is one of the largest prospective phase 2 trial to investigate the role of induction CRT and surgery in resectable stage IIIB disease, and the first adding cetuximab to the neoadjuvant strategy. This trial treatment is feasible with promising response and OS rates, supporting an aggressive approach in selected pts.
SUBMITTER: Curioni-Fontecedro A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6734655 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Curioni-Fontecedro Alessandra A Perentes Jean Yannis JY Gelpke Hans H Xyrafas Alexandros A Bouchaab Hasna H Mach Nicolas N Matzinger Oscar O Stojcheva Nina N Frueh Martin M Weder Walter W Cathomas Richard R Gargiulo Piera P Bubendorf Lukas L Pless Miklos M Betticher Daniel D Peters Solange S
British journal of cancer 20190416 10
<h4>Background</h4>Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CT) followed by radiotherapy (RT) and surgery showed a median survival of 28.7 months in resectable stage IIIB non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients (pts). Here, we evaluate the impact of concomitant cetuximab to the same neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) in selected patients (pts) with NSCLC, stage IIIB.<h4>Methods</h4>Resectable stage IIIB NSCLC received three cycles of CT (cisplatin 100 mg/m<sup>2</sup> and docetaxel 85 mg/m<sup>2</sup> d1 ...[more]