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Table 3 First-Line and Second-Line Treatment Regimens

From: Retrospective analysis of real-world treatment patterns and clinical outcomes in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer starting first-line systemic therapy in the United Kingdom

Regimen

Patients, n (%)

1 L therapy

(n = 1003)

2 L therapy

(n = 287)

Chemotherapy

 Carboplatin-based doublet or triplet therapya

499 (49.8)

57 (19.9)

 Carboplatin

3 (0.3)

0

 Cisplatin-based doublet or triplet therapya

172 (17.1)

7 (2.4)

 Docetaxel

5 (0.5)

17 (5.9)

 Docetaxel + nintedanib

4 (0.4)

16 (5.6)

 Gemcitabine

3 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

 Nintedanib

0

1 (0.3)

 Paclitaxel

0

4 (1.4)

 Pemetrexed

9 (0.9)

0

 Vinorelbine

3 (0.3)

1 (0.3)

Immuno-oncology therapy

 Atezolizumab

0

32 (11.1)

 Nivolumab

5 (0.5)

20 (7.0)

 Pembrolizumab

174 (17.3)

96 (33.4)

Targeted therapyb

 Afatinib

67 (6.7)

5 (1.7)

 Alectinib

2 (0.2)

2 (0.7)

 Ceritinib

6 (0.6)

3 (1.0)

 Crizotinib

11 (1.1)

4 (1.4)

 Erlotinib

12 (1.2)

5 (1.7)

 Gefitinib

24 (2.4)

3 (1.0)

 Osimertinib

4 (0.4)

13 (4.5)

  1. 1 L first line; 2 L second line; ALK anaplastic lymphoma kinase; EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; IV intravenous, ROS ROS proto-oncogene 1
  2. a Triplet therapy indicates carboplatin (IV) + vinorelbine (IV) + vinorelbine (oral), cisplatin (IV) + vinorelbine (IV) + vinorelbine (oral), or cisplatin (IV) + etoposide (IV) + etoposide (oral)
  3. b EGFR, ALK, or ROS inhibitor