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Second-line erlotinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: Subgroup analyses from the TRUST study.

Authors: Heigener, DF  Wu, YL  Van Zandwijk, N  Mali, P  Horwood, K  Reck, M 
Citation: Heigener DF, etal., Lung Cancer. 2011 Mar 23.
RGD ID: 5131629
Pubmed: PMID:21439671   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.02.017   (Journal Full-text)

Erlotinib is a highly potent inhibitor of epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine-kinase activity that significantly prolongs overall survival in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and improves symptom control and quality of life compared with placebo. The safety and efficacy of erlotinib has been investigated in a large, international, phase IV, open-label study (TRUST) in patients (n=6665) with advanced stage IIIB/IV NSCLC. An analysis of efficacy and safety outcomes is reported for patients receiving erlotinib as second-line therapy in TRUST (n=3224). Best response data were available for all 3224 patients. Complete response, partial response and stable disease were achieved in 25 (<1%), 368 (14%) and 1444 (54%) patients, respectively, for a disease control rate of 68%. Median progression-free and overall survivals were 13.6 weeks and 8.6 months, respectively; 1-year survival was 39.4%. Safety data were available for all patients. Of these, 389 patients (12%) had an erlotinib-related adverse event (AE) other than pre-specified AEs defined in the protocol; only 96 patients (3%) had an erlotinib-related AE >/=grade 3. Of 1376 patients (43%) with serious AEs (SAEs), only 122 (4%) had treatment-related SAEs and most were gastrointestinal disorders (mainly diarrhoea and nausea). No treatment-related SAE occurred in >/=1% of patients. Data on the incidence of erlotinib-related rash were collected for all patients, 2302 (71%) of whom experienced rash. Of these rash events, 83% were of grade 1/2. These data confirm the good efficacy and tolerability of second-line erlotinib in a broad range of patients with NSCLC. Clinical trial number: NCT00949910.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
lung non-small cell carcinoma  IMP 5131629 RGD 
lung non-small cell carcinoma  ISOEGFR (Homo sapiens)5131629; 5131629 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Egfr  (epidermal growth factor receptor)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Egfr  (epidermal growth factor receptor)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
EGFR  (epidermal growth factor receptor)


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