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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 15, Pages 2530-2535Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.20.1061
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- National Cancer Institute, United States Department of Health and Human Services [CA32102, CA38926, CA35261, CA35431, CA35119, CA22433, CA58658, CA11083, CA46441, CA37981, CA45560, CA58861, CA04919, CA67663, CA12644, CA45807, CA67575, CA35281, CA20319, CA45808, CA35178, CA58416, CA14028, CA76448, CA35090, CA52654, CA58882, CA76447, CA76429, CA35128, CA46282, CA63848, CA46113, CA58723, CA63844, CA46368, CA35192, CA68183, CA45450, CA35176, CA76132, CA13612, CA16385, CA45377, CA63850, CA74647, CA58348, CA42777, CA35279 (CALGB), CA27525, CA21115]
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
- Pfizer Inc
- National Institutes of Health Strategic Partnering to Evaluate Cancer Signatures in Lung Cancer [CA114771]
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Purpose Irinotecan plus cisplatin (IP) improved survival over etoposide plus cisplatin (EP) in Japanese patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (E-SCLC). To confirm those results and discern the potential role of population-related pharmacogenomics (PG) in outcomes, we conducted a large randomized trial of identical design to the Japanese trial in North American patients with E-SCLC. Patients and Methods Patients were randomly assigned to IP ( irinotecan 60 mg/m(2) on days 1, 8, and 15; cisplatin 60 mg/m(2) day 1, every 4 weeks) or EP (etoposide 100 mg/m(2) on days 1 through 3; cisplatin 80 mg/m(2) day 1, every 3 weeks). Blood specimens for genomic DNA analysis were collected before random assignment in 169 patients. Results Of 671 patients, 651 were eligible (324 and 327 patients in the IP and EP arms, respectively). Response rates with IP and EP were 60% and 57%, respectively (P = .56). Median progression-free survival for IP and EP was 5.8 and 5.2 months, respectively (P = .07). Median overall survival for IP and EP was 9.9 and 9.1 months, respectively (P = .71). Severe diarrhea was more common with IP (19% v 3%); severe neutropenia and thrombocytopenia were higher with EP versus IP (68% v 33% and 15% v 4%, respectively). PG analysis showed that ABCB1 (C3435T) T/T (membrane transport) was associated with IP-related diarrhea; UGT1A1 (G-3156A)A/A ( drug metabolism) was associated with IP-related neutropenia. Conclusion This large North American trial failed to confirm the previously reported survival benefit observed with IP in Japanese patients. Both regimens produced comparable efficacy, with less hematologic and greater gastrointestinal toxicity with IP. These results emphasize the potential importance of PG in interpreting trials of cancer therapy.
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