The results of fastact2 show that chemotherapy plus erlotinib significantly prolonged PFS and OS of patients with NSCLC. However, outcome of the combination therapy are similar to those reported in several trials of single-agent EGFR TKIs. So which is the optimal first-line treatment for patients who harbored a sensitive EGFR mutation? The investigators need a head-to-head study to reply.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
121
Shanghai Chest Hospital
Shanghai, China
progression-free survival
Time frame: 6-month
overall survival
Time frame: 2 years
to evaluate the safety profile between three groups
Toxicity will be graded according to NCI CTCAE, version 4.0. The analysis of safety/tolerability data will be descriptive; toxicity events will be individually tabulated.
Time frame: 6 months
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