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    P1.07 - Poster Session/ Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 221)

    • Event: WCLC 2015
    • Type: Poster
    • Track: Small Cell Lung Cancer
    • Presentations: 1
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      P1.07-013 - Real-Life 2-Year Therapeutic Strategies in the Management of 525 Small-Cell Lung Cancers: The ESCAP Study Preliminary Results (ID 1657)

      09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): G. De Faverges

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      Background:
      In the last years, new drugs and strategies have emerged in the management of lung cancer (LC). The French College of General Hospital Respiratory Physicians therefore promoted a prospective multicenter epidemiological study: the ESCAP study. This study was aimed to describe the therapeutic strategies implemented during the first 2-year after diagnosis in patients with LC followed in French General Hospital chest departments. We report below descriptive results for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).

      Methods:
      For each patient with a LC diagnosed in 2010, a standardized form was completed at diagnosis and following each change in treatment strategy up to at least 2 years after diagnosis.

      Results:
      53 centers participated in the ESCAP study, and included 3,943 LC patients. Of these, 525 patients had a SCLC. Characteristics of SCLC patients at diagnosis were: mean age +/- standard deviation (SD), 65.6 +/- 10.8 years; male, 77%; never-smokers, 4.8%. The mean follow-up in SCLC patients was 10.5 months (SD: 8.8) and median number of strategies was 2 (Interquartile range: 1-3). Main strategy characteristics are summarized in the following table.

      First strategy (N=525) Second strategy (N=309) Third strategy (N=153)
      Duration (months): mean+/-SD 5.4 +/- 4.5 3.6 +/- 3.5 2.7 +/- 2.4
      Curative surgery 2% 1% -
      Radiotherapy 10% 47% 20%
      Radiochemotherapy 15% - -
      Chemotherapy 75% 55% 61%
      Exclusive supportive care 8% 14% 27%
      Patients died during the strategy 195 (37%) 134 (43%) 90 (59%)
      Patients with a new strategy 309 (59%) 153 (50%) 54 (35%)
      As regards first strategy, cisplatin (46%) and carboplatin (42%) were the most frequent used drugs associated with etoposide. As regards second strategy, the most frequently used drugs were topotecan (22%), etoposide (21%), or carboplatin (20%). Few patients received targeted therapy (< 1% in strategies 1 and 2).

      Conclusion:
      The ESCAP study describes the 2-year management of SCLC on real-life settings in France. Its preliminary results showed that 3 or 4 strategies were not uncommon in the management of SCLC patients.

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