Study name Setting Treatment Pts (n) RR (CR+PR) (%) mPFS (months) mOS (months)
IDEAL-1
(phase II)
2nd and 3rd-line gefitinib (250 mg)
(500 mg)
103
106
18.4
19.0
2.7
2.8
7.6
8.0
IDEAL-2
(phase II)
3rd-line gefitinib (250 mg)
(500 mg)
102
114
12
9
N.R.
N.R.
7.0
6.0
ISEL
(phase III)
2nd and 3rd-line gefitinib (250 mg)
placebo
1129
563
8 (p<0.0001)
1
N.R
N.R.
5.6
5.1
BR.21
(phase III)
2nd and 3rd-line erlotinib (150 mg)
placebo
448
243
9 (p<0.0001)
<1
2.2 (p<0.001)
1.8
6.7 (p=0.001)
4.7
IPASS
(phase III)
1st-line
EGFR
Mutation positive patients
gefitinib (250 mg)
chemotherapy
609
608
43 (p<0.001)
32.2
5.7
5.8
18.6
17.3
gefitinib (250 mg)
chemotherapy
132
129
71.2 (p<0.001)
47.3
9.5 (p<0.001)
6.3
N.R
N.R.
RR: response rate, CR: complete response, PR: partial response, mPFS: median progression free survival, mOS: median overall survival, N.R.: not reported
Table 4: Clinical trials of EGFR-TKIs for advanced NSCLC.