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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
We present the treatment rationale and study design of the TALISMAN (TArceva and docetaxeL In former-Smokers MAle patients with recurrent Non-small-cell lung cancer) study, an open-label, randomized phase II trial of erlotinib (arm A) or intermittent erlotinib and docetaxel (arm B) in male former smokers affected by recurrent squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In arm A, treatment consists of erlotinib 150 mg daily orally until progression or inacceptable toxicity; in arm B, treatment consists of docetaxel 75 mg/m² on day 1 and erlotinib 150 mg orally on days 2-16, recycled every 3 weeks up to 4 cycles followed, in patients not progressed, by erlotinib 150 mg daily orally until disease progression or inacceptable toxicity. The primary endpoint of this study is the rate of patients without progression at 6 months, and secondary objectives include median progression-free survival, median overall survival, activity, and toxicity. In addition, translational research evaluating EGFR and KRAS mutational status will be investigated for both arms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1938-0690
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
70-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment, rationale, and study design of TALISMAN study: a randomized phase II open-label study of second-line erlotinib versus intermittent erlotinib dosing with docetaxel in the treatment of former-smoker men affected by recurrent squamous non-small-cell lung cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Medical Oncology, San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital, Avellino, Italy. cgridelli@libero.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Trial, Phase II