Recommended Citation
Stinchcombe TE, Zhang Y, Vokes EE, Schiller JH, Bradley JD, Kelly K, Curran WJ, Jr., Schild SE, Movsas B, Clamon G, Govindan R, Blumenschein GR, Socinski MA, Ready NE, Akerley WL, Cohen HJ, Pang HH, and Wang X. Pooled analysis of individual patient data on concurrent chemoradiotherapy for stage iii non-small-cell lung cancer in elderly patients compared with younger patients who participated in us national cancer institute cooperative group studies. J Clin Oncol 2017;Sep 1;35(25):2885-2892.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2017
Publication Title
Journal of clinical oncology
Abstract
Purpose Concurrent chemoradiotherapy is standard treatment for patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. Elderly patients may experience increased rates of adverse events (AEs) or less benefit from concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Patients and Methods Individual patient data were collected from 16 phase II or III trials conducted by US National Cancer Institute-supported cooperative groups of concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone or with consolidation or induction chemotherapy for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer from 1990 to 2012. Overall survival (OS), progression-free survival, and AEs were compared between patients age ≥ 70 (elderly) and those younger than 70 years (younger). Unadjusted and adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for survival time and CIs were estimated by single-predictor and multivariable frailty Cox models. Unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio (ORs) for AEs and CIs were obtained from single-predictor and multivariable generalized linear mixed-effect models. Results A total of 2,768 patients were classified as younger and 832 as elderly. In unadjusted and multivariable models, elderly patients had worse OS (HR, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.09 to 1.31 and HR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.07 to 1.29, respectively). In unadjusted and multivariable models, elderly and younger patients had similar progression-free survival (HR, 1.01; 95% CI, 0.93 to 1.10 and HR, 1.00; 95% CI, 0.91 to 1.09, respectively). Elderly patients had a higher rate of grade ≥ 3 AEs in unadjusted and multivariable models (OR, 1.35; 95% CI, 1.07 to 1.70 and OR, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.10 to 1.74, respectively). Grade 5 AEs were significantly higher in elderly compared with younger patients (9% v 4%; P < .01). Fewer elderly compared with younger patients completed treatment (47% v 57%; P < .01), and more discontinued treatment because of AEs (20% v 13%; P < .01), died during treatment (7.8% v 2.9%; P < .01), and refused further treatment (5.8% v 3.9%; P = .02). Conclusion Elderly patients in concurrent chemoradiotherapy trials experienced worse OS, more toxicity, and had a higher rate of death during treatment than younger patients.
Medical Subject Headings
Age Factors; Aged; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Chemoradiotherapy; Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic; Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic; Female; Humans; Lung Neoplasms; Male; Neoplasm Staging; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
PubMed ID
28493811
Volume
35
Issue
25
First Page
2885
Last Page
2892
