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  P3.10 - Poster Session 3 - Chemotherapy (ID 210)

  • Event: WCLC 2013
  • Type: Poster Session
  • Track: Medical Oncology
  • Presentations: 1
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  • Coordinates: 10/30/2013, 09:30 - 16:30, Exhibit Hall, Ground Level

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    P3.10-015 - Final analysis of dose escalation study of carboplatin plus pemetrexed followed by maintenance pemetrexed for elderly patients (≥75 years old) with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (ID 1349)

    09:30 - 09:30  |  Author(s): A. Hirooka
    • Abstract

    Background
    This study was designed to determine the recommended dose of carboplatin plus pemetrexed in elderly (≥75 years old), chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Patients and methods: Patients received escalated doses of carboplatin and pemetrexed every 3 weeks for 4 cycles. Patients with an objective response and stable disease continued pemetrexed therapy until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity was observed.

    Methods
    Patients received escalated doses of carboplatin area under the concentration–time curve (AUC) of 4 (cohort 0) or 5 (cohort 1) or 6 (cohort 2) and pemetrexed 500mg/m2 every 3 weeks for 4 cycles. Patients with an objective response and stable disease continued pemetrexed therapy until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity was observed.

    Results
    In cohort 0, a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) was not observed in three patients, and no DLTs were seen in the first three patients of cohort 1. In cohort 2, DLTs were observed in three of the seven patients: two of grade 4 thrombocytopenia and one of grade 3 febrile neutropenia. And in additional cohort 1, no DLTs were seen in the next four patients. Therefore, the combination of carboplatin at an area under the concentration–time curve (AUC) of 5, plus 500 mg/m[2 ]pemetrexed, was determined to be the recommended dose for elderly patients (≥75 years old) with advanced non-squamous NSCLC. Of a total of 17 patients, 10 received a median of 5 cycles of pemetrexed maintenance therapy without unexpected or cumulative toxicities. No complete responses and 8 partial responses were observed, and the study had an overall response rate of 47.1%. The median progression-free survival time was 5.5 monthes (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.4–8.9 monthes) and the median overall survival time was 12.6 monthes (95% CI, 7.4–17.9 monthes) in he final analysis of this study.

    Conclusion
    Figure 1 This combination was a tolerable and effective regimen, and recommended dose was carboplatin (AUC of 5) / pemetrexed (500 mg/m2) every 3 weeks, in chemotherapy-naïve, elderly (≥75 years old) patients with advanced non-squamous NSCLC.