A phase II first-line study of gemcitabine, carboplatin, and Bevacizumab in advanced stage nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer

Christelle Clément-Duchêne, Yelena Krupitskaya, Kristen Ganjoo, Philip Lavori, Alex McMillan, Atul Kumar, Gary Zhao, Sukhmani Padda, Lisa Zhou, Melanie San Pedro-Salcedo, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Heather A. Wakelee

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Abstract

Background: Bevacizumab improves responses and progression-free survival when added to first-line paclitaxel/carboplatin or cisplatin/gemcitabine for patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer. This study was designed to evaluate toxicities and efficacy of gemcitabine/carboplatin/ bevacizumab. Methods: Patients with untreated advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer, with no evidence of brain metastases and not on anticoagulation were eligible. Patients received gemcitabine 1000 mg/m on days 1 and 8; carboplatin area under the curve 5 day 1; and bevacizumab 15 mg/kg day 1 every 3 weeks for up to six cycles. Bevacizumab was then continued every 3 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Results: From July 2006 to December 2008, 48 patients were enrolled: 23 (48%) men, 25 (52%) women, and 19 (40%) never smokers. One patient never received therapy and is not included in the analysis. Median cycle number was 8 (1-42) with 37 patients (78.7%) completing ≥4 cycles of three drugs. Dose reductions occurred in 34 (72.3%) patients. Grade 3/4 toxicities included neutropenia (47%/15%), thrombocytopenia (11%/15%), anemia (6%/0%), dyspnea (6%/2%), bacterial pneumonia (4%/0%), and hypertension (4%/2%). No neutropenic fevers occurred. One patient died of hemoptysis. Grade 3 bleeding occurred in three other patients. There were seven (14.9%) partial responses. Median time to first event (progression/death/toxicity requiring discontinuation) was 6.4 months (95% confidence interval: 4.8-7.9 months). The median overall survival (OS) was 12.8 months (95% confidence interval: 10.0-16.5). The OS is 57% at 1 year and 10% at 2 years. Conclusions: Although perhaps skewed by a high proportion of nonsmokers and women, treatment with gemcitabine/carboplatin/bevacizumab has an acceptable toxicity profile with promising median OS despite a low response rate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1821-1825
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Thoracic Oncology
Volume5
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2010

Keywords

  • Antiangiogenic agents
  • Lung cancer
  • Non-small cell

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