Afatinib versus cisplatin-based chemotherapy for EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma (LUX-Lung 3 and LUX-Lung 6): analysis of overall survival data from …

JCH Yang, YL Wu, M Schuler, M Sebastian… - The lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background We aimed to assess the effect of afatinib on overall survival of patients with
EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma through an analysis of data from two open …

Phase II study of afatinib, an irreversible ErbB family blocker, in demographically and genotypically defined lung adenocarcinoma

J De Grève, T Moran, MP Graas, D Galdermans… - Lung Cancer, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives Afatinib, an oral irreversible ErbB family blocker, has demonstrated efficacy in
patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive advanced lung …

Afatinib versus cisplatin plus gemcitabine for first-line treatment of Asian patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring EGFR mutations (LUX-Lung 6) …

YL Wu, C Zhou, CP Hu, J Feng, S Lu, Y Huang… - The lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Afatinib—an oral irreversible ErbB family blocker—improves progression-free
survival compared with pemetrexed and cisplatin for first-line treatment of patients with …

Efficacy and safety of erlotinib versus chemotherapy in second-line treatment of patients with advanced, non-small-cell lung cancer with poor prognosis (TITAN): a …

T Ciuleanu, L Stelmakh, S Cicenas, S Miliauskas… - The lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Erlotinib, docetaxel, and pemetrexed are approved for the second-line
treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but no head-to-head data from large …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of dose adjustment on the safety and efficacy of afatinib for EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma: post hoc analyses of the randomized LUX …

JCH Yang, LV Sequist, C Zhou, M Schuler, SL Geater… - Annals of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Afatinib 40 mg/day is approved for first-line treatment of EGFR mutation-positive
non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In the case of drug-related grade≥ 3 or selected …

Targeted therapies: Afatinib—new therapy option for EGFR-mutant lung cancer

AY Helena, W Pao - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2013 - nature.com
On 15 July 2013, the FDA approved afatinib as a first-line treatment for patients with
metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer whose tumours harbour exon 19 deletions or exon 21 …

Afatinib, erlotinib and gefitinib in the first-line therapy of EGFR mutation-positive lung adenocarcinoma: a review

J Koehler, M Schuler - Oncology Research and Treatment, 2013 - karger.com
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) consists of several histomorphologically defined
phenotypes that display an enormous genetic variability. In recent years, epidermal growth …

LUX-Lung 6: A randomized, open-label, phase III study of afatinib (A) versus gemcitabine/cisplatin (GC) as first-line treatment for Asian patients (pts) with EGFR …

YL Wu, C Zhou, CP Hu, JF Feng, S Lu, Y Huang, W Li… - 2013 - ascopubs.org
8016 Background: A is an oral, irreversible, ErbB Family Blocker, blocking signaling from
EGFR (ErbB1), HER2 (ErbB2) and ErbB4. A was superior to first-line pemetrexed/cisplatin in …

[HTML][HTML] Afatinib versus gefitinib in patients with EGFR mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: overall survival data from the phase IIb LUX-Lung 7 trial

L Paz-Ares, EH Tan, K O'Byrne, L Zhang, V Hirsh… - Annals of …, 2017 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background In LUX-Lung 7, the irreversible ErbB family blocker, afatinib,
significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS), time-to-treatment failure (TTF) and …

Afatinib versus cisplatin plus pemetrexed in Japanese patients with advanced non‐small cell lung cancer harboring activating EGFR mutations: Subgroup analysis of …

T Kato, H Yoshioka, I Okamoto, A Yokoyama… - Cancer …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In LUX‐Lung 3, afatinib significantly improved progression‐free survival (PFS) versus
cisplatin/pemetrexed in EGFR mutation‐positive lung adenocarcinoma patients and overall …