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Table 3 Summary of previous studies on etoposide/cisplatin- or irinotecan/cisplatin-based concurrent chemoradiotherapy for limited-disease small-cell lung cancer

From: Efficacy of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for patients with limited-disease small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective, nationwide, population-based cohort study

Author

Phase

No. of patients

Regimen

Radiation dose

RR (%)

PFS (m), P-value

OS (m), P-value

Grade 3/4 toxicity (%)

Faivre-Finn [4] (2017)

III

247

EP-CCRT BID vs. QD

45 Gy vs. 66 Gy

 

15.4 vs. 13.4; HR = 1.12; p = 0. 26

30 vs. 25; HR = 1.18, p = 0·14; 2 year SR (56% vs. 51%)

Neutropenia (74% vs. 65%) Esophagitis (19% vs. 19%) Radiation pneumonitis (3% vs. 2%)

Kubota [12] (2014)

III

281

EP-CCRT BID followed by IP vs. EP

45 Gy

 

12 vs. 13.2; HR 1.10; p = 0.74

33.6 vs. 38.4; HR = 1·09, p = 0·70; 5-year SR (33.7% vs. 35.8%)

Neutropenia (95% vs. 78%) Anemia (35% vs. 50%) Diarrhea (2% vs. 1%)

Fukuda [11] (2012)

II

34

IP-CCRT

50 Gy

100

14.3

44.5; 2- and 5-year SR (66.7, 46.1%)

Neutropenia 38%; Pneumonitis 6% Diarrhea 3%; Esophagitis 0%

Naidu [10] (2014)

II

36

IP-CCRT BID

45–54 Gy

67

 

19; 1-, 2-, 3-year SR (60, 44, 30%)

Symptomatic pneumonitis 0% Symptomatic esophagitis 13%

Saito [14] (2006)

II

51

EP-CCRT BID followed by IP

45 Gy

88

11.8

23; 2- and 3-year SR (49, 29.7%)

Neutropenia 88%; Infection 33% Electrolyte imbalance 20% Diarrhea 14%

Jeong [20] (2006)

II

20

IP-CCRT

50.4 Gy

85

12

20; 1- and 2-year SR (85, 35%)

Neutropenia 60%; Anemia (20%) Nausea/vomit(55%); Diarrhea (35%)

Hong [13] (2011)

II

19

IP-CCRT QD

54 Gy

89.5

7.6

12.4; 2-year SR (75.0%)

Radiation-induced pneumonitis 53% Neutropenia 32%

Sohn [8] (2007)

II

33

IP-CCRT BID

45–54 Gy

87.9

14.4

26.1; 2-year SR (54.9%)

Neutropenia 81.8%; Diarrhea 21.2% Radiation pneumonitis 9.1%

Han [15] (2005)

II

33

IP followed by EP-CCRT BID

45 Gy

97

12.9

25; 1- and 2-year SR (85.7, 53.9%)

Neutropenia (68% + 100%)a, Febrile neutropenia (20% + 60%)b

  1. RR, response rate; PFS, progression-free survival; OS, overall survival; EP, etoposide/platinum; IP, irinotecan/platinum; CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy; BID, bis in die (twice a day); QD, quaque die (once a day); HR, hazard ratio; SR, survival rate
  2. aGrade 3 or 4 neutropenia occurred during induction chemotherapy in 68% patients and during CCRT in 100% patients
  3. bGrade 3 or 4 febrile neutropenia occurred during induction chemotherapy in 20% patients and during CCRT in 60% patients