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Table 1 First-line treatment decisions

From: Treatment decisions, clinical outcomes, and pharmacoeconomics in the treatment of patients with EGFR mutated stage III/IV NSCLC in Germany: an observational study

n, %

EGFR Mut+

n = 334

EGFR Mut-

n = 2481

EGFR Mx

n = 131

Total

N = 2946

Agent

 Carboplatin

74 (22.2)

1203 (48.5)

62 (47.3)

1339 (45.5)

 Cisplatin

60 (18.0)

897 (36.2)

43 (32.8)

1000 (33.9)

 Pemetrexed

39 (11.7)

754 (30.4)

38 (29.0)

831 (28.2)

 Gemcitabine

37 (11.1)

603 (24.3)

36 (27.5)

676 (22.9)

 Vinorelbine

43 (12.9)

586 (23.6)

41 (31.3)

670 (22.7)

 Paclitaxel

21 (6.3)

284 (11.4)

8 (6.1)

313 (10.6)

 Gefitinib

177 (53.0)

6 (0.2)

0

183 (6.2)

 Bevacizumab

18 (5.4)

142 (5.7)

1 (0.8)

161 (5.5)

 Docetaxel

3 (0.9)

97 (3.9)

1 (0.8)

101 (3.4)

 Etoposide

1 (0.3)

76 (3.1)

3 (2.3)

80 (2.7)

 Erlotinib

12 (3.6)

46 (1.9)

3 (2.3)

61 (2.1)

 Other

0

19 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

20 (0.7)

 Cetuximab

0

3 (0.1)

0

3 (0.1)

Type of treatment

 Combination chemotherapy

117 (35.0)

1947 (78.5)

103 (78.6)

2167 (73.6)

 Monochemotherapya

10 (3.0)

319 (12.9)

23 (17.6)

352 (11.9)

 TKI

189 (56.6)

49 (2.0)

3 (2.3)

241 (8.2)

 Chemotherapy + bevacizumab and/or cetuximab

18 (5.4)

141 (5.7)

1 (0.8)

160 (5.4)

 Not classifiableb

0

19 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

20 (0.7)

 Other

0

6 (0.2)

0

6 (0.2)

  1. Patients with at least one specification of chemotherapy – multiple answers were permitted. Individual agents and treatment type ranked in order of decreasing use in the total population. Mut+, mutation-positive; Mut-, mutation-negative; Mx, mutation unknown/non-evaluable; TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor. aCarboplatin, cisplatin, docetaxel, etoposide, gemcitabine, paclitaxel, pemetrexed, vinorelbine. bTherapy schemes included ‘other’ substances (from free text entries)