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Qinyong Hu1, Qi Wang1, Hengbo Zhu1
1Department of Oncology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Objective:
To compare the therapeutic effect of irinotecan/platinum (IP) and etoposide/platinum (EP) in treatment-naïve extensive small cell lung cancer patients.
Methods:
Systematic computerized searches of PubMed database and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure were performed. Summary odds ratio (OR) or hazard ratio (HR), and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were used to compare IP with EP in previously untreated small cell lung cancer patients.
Results:
A total of 10 randomized trials were included in the analyses. The result showed the patients treated with irinotecan combinations experienced longer overall survival than epotoside, the pooled HR was 0.85 (95% CI = 0.78-0.92). The pooled OR revealed that IP stated better objective overall response than EP regimens (OR = 1.10, 95% CI = 0.92-1.32). Treatment-related deaths were similar between the two groups.
Conclusion:
IP regimens could be used as first-line treatment for extensive stage small cell lung cancer patients.
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