TY - JOUR
T1 - Phase III trial comparing carboplatin, paclitaxel, and bexarotene with carboplatin and paclitaxel in chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer
T2 - SPIRIT II
AU - Blumenschein, George R.
AU - Khuri, Fadlo R.
AU - Von Pawel, Joachim
AU - Gatzemeier, Ulrich
AU - Miller, Wilson H.
AU - Jotte, Robert M.
AU - Le Treut, Jacques
AU - Sun, Show Li
AU - Zhang, Jinkun K.
AU - Dziewanowska, Zofia E.
AU - Negro-Vilar, Andres
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether addition of the synthetic rexinoid bexarotene (Targretin; Eisai Inc, Woodcliff Lake, NJ) to standard first-line carboplatin and paclitaxel therapy provides additional survival benefit in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients and Methods: Patients with stage IIIB disease with pleural effusion, or stage IV NSCLC and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 to 1, were randomly assigned to bexarotene 400 mg/m2/d combined with carboplatin and paclitaxel, or assigned to carboplatin and paclitaxel alone. Bexarotene patients also received lipid-lowering agents on or before day 1. The primary efficacy end point was overall survival; secondary efficacy and supportive analyses were also conducted. Results: A total of 612 patients (306 per arm) were enrolled onto the study. In the intent-to-treat population, no significant difference in survival occurred between the two arms. However, a subpopulation (approximately 40%) of bexarotene-treated patients who experienced National Cancer Institute grade 3/4 hypertriglyceridemia had significantly longer median survival than control patients (12.4 v 9.2 months; log-rank, P = .014). Bexarotene-treated patients with grade 3/4 hypertriglyceridemia who received the most benefit included those who were male, were smokers, experienced 6-month prior weight loss ≥ 5%, and had stage IV disease. The incidence and severity of most adverse events were similar between arms, although hyperlipidemia, neutropenia, fatigue, leukopenia, arthralgia, and diarrhea were more frequent in the bexarotene arm. Conclusion: Although the addition of bexarotene to chemotherapy did not improve survival in the overall study population, occurrence of high-grade hypertriglyceridemia in bexarotene-treated patients strongly correlated with increased survival, suggesting that bexarotene may benefit a segment of first-line NSCLC patients.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine whether addition of the synthetic rexinoid bexarotene (Targretin; Eisai Inc, Woodcliff Lake, NJ) to standard first-line carboplatin and paclitaxel therapy provides additional survival benefit in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Patients and Methods: Patients with stage IIIB disease with pleural effusion, or stage IV NSCLC and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 to 1, were randomly assigned to bexarotene 400 mg/m2/d combined with carboplatin and paclitaxel, or assigned to carboplatin and paclitaxel alone. Bexarotene patients also received lipid-lowering agents on or before day 1. The primary efficacy end point was overall survival; secondary efficacy and supportive analyses were also conducted. Results: A total of 612 patients (306 per arm) were enrolled onto the study. In the intent-to-treat population, no significant difference in survival occurred between the two arms. However, a subpopulation (approximately 40%) of bexarotene-treated patients who experienced National Cancer Institute grade 3/4 hypertriglyceridemia had significantly longer median survival than control patients (12.4 v 9.2 months; log-rank, P = .014). Bexarotene-treated patients with grade 3/4 hypertriglyceridemia who received the most benefit included those who were male, were smokers, experienced 6-month prior weight loss ≥ 5%, and had stage IV disease. The incidence and severity of most adverse events were similar between arms, although hyperlipidemia, neutropenia, fatigue, leukopenia, arthralgia, and diarrhea were more frequent in the bexarotene arm. Conclusion: Although the addition of bexarotene to chemotherapy did not improve survival in the overall study population, occurrence of high-grade hypertriglyceridemia in bexarotene-treated patients strongly correlated with increased survival, suggesting that bexarotene may benefit a segment of first-line NSCLC patients.
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U2 - 10.1200/JCO.2007.12.2689
DO - 10.1200/JCO.2007.12.2689
M3 - Article
C2 - 18398153
AN - SCOPUS:42949179105
SN - 0732-183X
VL - 26
SP - 1879
EP - 1885
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 11
ER -