Comparing different initial doses of afatinib used as first-line treatment for patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma

Y. Tsai (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)

Source: International Congress 2017 – Clinical research in lung cancer: new valuable results on lung cancer detection, prognostic biomarkers, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
Y. Tsai (Kaohsiung, Taiwan). Comparing different initial doses of afatinib used as first-line treatment for patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma. 2047

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
A phase III randomised study comparing two different dose-intensity regimens as induction chemotherapy followed by thoracic irradiation in patients with advanced locoregional nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 162s
Year: 2003

Improved results after preoperative concurrent chemotherapy and high dose radiation therapy in selected cases with stage III N2 lung cancer?
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Treatment of lung cancer
Year: 2012

A phase II study of docetaxel in combination with carboplatin in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer patients
Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, 186s
Year: 2002

A phase II trial in patients with extensive disease small-cell lung cancer with irinotecan, carboplatin and etoposide regimen as a first line treatment
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 781s
Year: 2006

A three-arms phase III randomised trial comparing combinations of platinum derivatives, ifosfamide and/or gemcitabine in stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 318s
Year: 2001

Phase II open-label study to investigate efficacy and safety of PTK787/ZK 222584 (PTK/ZK) orally administered once daily at 1250 mg as second-line monotherapy in patients (pts) with stage IIIB/IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Lung cancer treatment
Year: 2006


Docetaxel in combination with carboplatin in the treatment of Stage IIIb and IV non-small cell lung cancer patients. A Phase II study
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 77s
Year: 2005

Biweekly administration of docetaxel and gemcitabine for elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A phase II study
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 772s
Year: 2006

Phase I trial of lipoplatinÔ and gemcitabine as second line chemotherapy in patients with refractory or resistant advanced non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC)
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 241s
Year: 2007

A phase I trial of combined carboplatin and topotecan as 2nd line treatment in patients (pts) with nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Source: Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, 30s
Year: 2003

First-line carboplatin plus pemetrexed with pemetrexed maintenance in HIV-positive patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer: the phase II IFCT-1001 CHIVA trial
Source: Eur Respir J, 56 (2) 1902066; 10.1183/13993003.02066-2019
Year: 2020



Bevacizumab shows survival benefit for non-small lung cancer patients who received subsequent pemetrexed treatment but not had a therapeutic effect in clinical practice
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Treatment of lung cancer
Year: 2012


Phase I/II study of biweekly docetaxel/cisplatin with concurrent thoracic radiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Source: Annual Congress 2005 - Chemotherapy and palliative care
Year: 2005


Biweekly carboplatin-gemcitabine administration in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). A phase II study
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Therapy of thoracic malignancies
Year: 2007


Phase II trial of docetaxel and carboplatin in previously untreated patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 376s
Year: 2001

The selective EGFR tyrosine-kinase inhibitor erlotinib in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) – a single institution experience of TRUST – a worldwide open label non randomized phase IV trial
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Therapy of lung cancer
Year: 2007


Phase II study of gemcitabine plus irinotecan as second-line chemotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Management of thoracic malignancies
Year: 2009

A phase III randomised trial assessing the activity of first-line ifosfamide-gemcitabine (IG), a non-platinum chemotherapy (CT), in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Treatment of lung cancer
Year: 2011


Efficacy of next treatment received after nivolumab progression in patients with advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer
Source: ERJ Open Res, 4 (2) 00120-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00120-2017
Year: 2018



Phase I trial of pemetrexed, carboplatin and sorafenib as first-line treatment in patients with metastatic NSCLC
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Treatment of lung cancer
Year: 2010