Trial reportSignal transduction and targeted therapy2025
Adjuvant icotinib for resected EGFR-mutated stage II-IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer (ICTAN, GASTO1002): a randomized comparison study.
Trial report in Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01996098 (A Multicenter, Randomized, Phase III Trial of Chemotherapy Followed by 6-month or 12-month Icotinib Versus Chemotherapy as Adjuvant Therapy in Stage IIA-IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Multicenter, Randomized, Phase III Trial of Chemotherapy Followed by 6-month or 12-month Icotinib Versus Chemotherapy as Adjuvant Therapy in Stage IIA-IIIA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutation
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Three-year adjuvant treatment of icotinib in stage II-IIIA EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma (ICWIP): a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Trial
- Adjuvant targeted therapy in high-risk stage IB epidermal growth factor receptor-mutant lung cancer: Role of ground-glass opacity components.JTCVS open · 2026Article
- Adjuvant epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor in resected stage N2 non-small cell lung cancer harboringTranslational lung cancer research · 2026Article
- Review
- Targeted Therapy-Induced Interstitial Lung Disease in NSCLC: Mechanisms, Clinical Signatures, and a Precision Medicine Roadmap.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Review
- Adjuvant Icotinib in EGFR-mutated stage IB non-small cell lung cancer with high-risk factors: A retrospective case series.PloS one · 2025Article
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Abstract
The efficacy, safety and ideal treatment duration of an adjuvant epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) for patients with resected EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were not known until 2014, when this study was initiated. In this phase 3 ICTAN trial (GASTO1002, NCT01996098), patients with completely resected, EGFR-mutated, stage II-IIIA NSCLC after adjuvant chemotherapy were assigned in a 1:1:1 ratio to receive icotinib (125 mg, three times daily) for 12 months, to receive icotinib for 6 months, or to undergo observation. The primary endpoint was disease-free survival (DFS). This trial was terminated early. A total of 251 patients were randomized. Adjuvant icotinib for 12 months significantly improved DFS (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.40, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.27-0.61; P < 0.001) and overall survival (OS; HR: 0.55, 95% CI, 0.32-0.96; P = 0.032) compared with observation. Adjuvant icotinib of 6 months also significantly improved DFS (HR: 0.41, 95% CI, 0.27-0.62; P < 0.001) and OS (HR: 0.56, 95% CI, 0.32-0.98; P = 0.038) compared with observation. Adjuvant icotinib for 12 months did not improve DFS (HR: 0.97; P = 0.89) or OS (HR: 1.00; P = 0.99) compared with 6 months of this drug. Rates of adverse events of grade 3 or higher were 8.3%, 6.0% and 2.4% for the 12-month icotinib, 6-month icotinib, and observation groups, respectively. Adjuvant icotinib for 12 months or 6 months following adjuvant chemotherapy improved DFS and OS compared with observation in patients with resected EGFR-mutated stage II-IIIA NSCLC with a manageable safety profile, supporting it as a potential treatment option.
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