ALIMTA Improves Survival In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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The type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have may now influence their treatment regimen and, in turn, survival outcome according to the results of a major study published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Publication of the study was announced by Eli Lilly and Company.
The 1,725-patient study, the largest Phase III clinical trial in the first-line NSCLC setting, evaluated ALIMTA (pemetrexed for injection) plus cisplatin versus GEMZAR (gemcitabine HCl for injection) plus cisplatin, a standard of treatment in this setting. The trial met its primary endpoint of non-inferiority relative to overall survival.
Additionally, in a pre-planned histological analysis, patients with either adenocarcinoma or large-cell carcinoma had a statistically superior and clinically relevant improvement in overall survival when treated with the pemetrexed regimen in the first-line setting.
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Source: Eli Lilly and Company
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