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ArticleCancer medicine2018

Efficacy of icotinib in advanced lung squamous cell carcinoma.

Shuai Liang, Yan Xu, Fenlai Tan, Lieming Ding, Yongbin Ma, Mengzhao Wang

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  1. [Advances of Molecular Targeted Therapy in EGFR-mutated Squamous Cell Lung Cancer].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2024
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Shuai LiangDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4133-3429
Yan XuDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Fenlai TanZhejiang Betta Pharmaceuticals, Hangzhou, China.
Lieming DingZhejiang Betta Pharmaceuticals, Hangzhou, China.
Yongbin MaZhejiang Betta Pharmaceuticals, Hangzhou, China.
Mengzhao WangDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are controversial data supporting the efficacy of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in patients with advanced lung squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). In this study, the efficacy of icotinib in unselected and EGFR-mutated patients with lung SCC was assessed.

methodsWe retrospectively analyzed the survival time of unselected advanced lung SCC patients treated with icotinib for at least 5 months between June 2013 and June 2016, and selected appropriate EGFR-mutated advanced lung ADC patients to have 1:1 ratio of propensity score matching with EGFR-mutated advanced lung SCC patients, and matching factors were age, sex, clinical stage, Karnofsky performance status (KPS), smoking history, EGFR mutation type, and treatment lines.

resultsA total of 487 unselected advanced lung SCC patients were available for analysis of icotinib treatment efficacy. The progression-free survival (PFS) was 13.0 months (95% CI 12.2-13.8), the overall survival (OS) was 16.0 months (95% CI 14.7-17.3), and the objective response rate (ORR) was 41.3%. After propensity score matching, 78 EGFR-mutated lung SCC and 78 EGFR-mutated lung ADC patients were selected and compared. Although no statistical difference was found, ADC patients were associated with a longer PFS (15.8 months vs 12.7 months, P = 0.275) and OS (24.2 months vs 18.5 months, P = 0.150), and a better ORR (59.0% vs 48.7%, P = 0.199) than compared with SCC patients when treated with icotinib.

conclusionIcotinib has a modest therapeutic effect in patients with advanced lung SCC, especially for the population with EGFR mutations.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Squamous CellCrown EthersErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm StagingQuinazolinesRetrospective StudiesAntineoplastic AgentsCrown EthersErbB ReceptorsicotinibQuinazolinesadenocarcinomaEGFREGFR-TKIsicotinibsquamous cell carcinoma

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PMCPMC6143949

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