A Study of IRESSA Treatment Beyond Progression in Addition to Chemotherapy Versus Chemotherapy Alone

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy and safety of gefitinib in patients who have progressed on first line gefitinib, comparing continuing gefitinib in addition to cisplatin plus pemetrexed combination chemotherapy versus cisplatin plus pemetrexed combination chemotherapy alone.

Timeline

Start

2012-03-15

Primary completion

2014-05-05

Completion

2019-11-20

Publications

• Soria JC, Wu YL, Nakagawa K, Kim SW, Yang JJ, Ahn MJ, Wang J, Yang JC, Lu Y, Atagi S, Ponce S, Lee DH, Liu Y, Yoh K, Zhou JY, Shi X, Webster A, Jiang H, Mok TS. Gefitinib plus chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy in EGFR-mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer after progression on first-line gefitinib (IMPRESS): a phase 3 randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Aug;16(8):990-8. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00121-7. Epub 2015 Jul 6.

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