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Open-label, multi-center, phase II study of adjuvant pemetrexed plus cisplatin for completely resected stage IB to IIIA adenocarcinoma of the lung: APICAL trial.


ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of postoperative adjuvant pemetrexed plus cisplatin (Pem-Cis) in pathologic stage IB-IIIA lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients.

Methods

A prospective, phase II study was performed in seven institutions in South Korea. Patients with completely resected stage IB-IIIA LUAD received pemetrexed (500 mg/m2) plus cisplatin (75 mg/m2). Adjuvant treatments were administered every 3 weeks for 4 cycles. The primary endpoint was to prove the Pem-Cis's superiority in terms of 2-year disease-free survival rate (DFSR) compared with historical control without adjuvant chemotherapy (50%).

Results

Between August 2015 and February 2018, 105 patients were enrolled in this study. Approximately 31.4% (n=33), 43.8% (n=46), and 24.8% (n=26) of patients had pathologic stage IB, II, and IIIA, respectively. Most of the patients underwent lobectomy (n=98, 93.3%). Moreover, 41.1% and 12.1% of the patients had epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation and anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangement. Four cycles of Pem-Cis were administered in 99 patients (94.3%). At a median follow-up of 57.7 months, the 2-year DFSR was 78.1%. Multivariable analysis showed that pathologic stage IIIA and EGFR mutation were significant risk factors for DFS. Grade 3 adverse events occurred in 10 patients (9.5%), and leukopenia (n=3, 2.9%) was the most common adverse event.

Conclusions

Adjuvant Pem-Cis is superior to historical control without adjuvant treatment in terms of 2-year DFSR; the proportion of patients with stage IB and driver mutations were higher than that of patients in previous trials. Pem-Cis showed favorable tolerability as adjuvant chemotherapy (clinicaltrial.gov; Identifier: NCT02498860).

SUBMITTER: Park CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9459613 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Open-label, multi-center, phase II study of adjuvant pemetrexed plus cisplatin for completely resected stage IB to IIIA adenocarcinoma of the lung: APICAL trial.

Park Cheol-Kyu CK   Oh Hyung-Joo HJ   Yoo Seung Soo SS   Lee Shin Yup SY   Lee Sang Hoon SH   Kim Eun Young EY   Lee Sung Yong SY   Choi Juwhan J   Lee Min Ki MK   Kim Mi-Hyun MH   Jang Tae Won TW   Chung Chaeuk C   Oh In-Jae IJ   Kim Young-Chul YC  

Translational lung cancer research 20220801 8


<h4>Background</h4>We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of postoperative adjuvant pemetrexed plus cisplatin (Pem-Cis) in pathologic stage IB-IIIA lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>A prospective, phase II study was performed in seven institutions in South Korea. Patients with completely resected stage IB-IIIA LUAD received pemetrexed (500 mg/m<sup>2</sup>) plus cisplatin (75 mg/m<sup>2</sup>). Adjuvant treatments were administered every 3 weeks for 4 cycles. The primary endpoint wa  ...[more]

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