Phase III Trial to Evaluate the Elortinib vs Gefitinib in Advanced NSCLC With EGFR Exon 19 or 21 Mutations
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01024413 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : December 2, 2009
Last Update Posted : March 1, 2017
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Thoracic Neoplasms | Drug: erlotinib Drug: gefitinib | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 256 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Randomized, Controlled Phase III Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Elortinib vs Gefitinib in Advanced Non-small-cell Lung Cancer With EGFR Exon 19 or 21 Mutations |
Study Start Date : | July 2009 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | June 2015 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | June 2015 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: erlotinib
erlotinib 150 mg oral till disease progression
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Drug: erlotinib
study arm.erlotinib 150 mg oral till disease progression
Other Name: Tarceva |
Active Comparator: gefitinib
gefitinib 250mg oral till disease progression.
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Drug: gefitinib
study arm.gefitinib 250 mg oral till disease progression
Other Name: Iressa |
- progression-free survival [ Time Frame: two years ]
- overall survival [ Time Frame: three years ]
- Safety events [ Time Frame: two years ]
- Pharmacoeconomic [ Time Frame: two years ]
- Response rate [ Time Frame: one year ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Older Adult |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Histologically or cytologically confirmed stage IIIB (wet) or IV NSCLC.
- Patients with positive EGFR exon19 or exon21 mutation as confirmed by direct sequencing histologically.
- Signing the informed consent form.
- The vital organ functions are tolerant to therapy.
- Have recovered to CTCAE2 grade below from toxicity of previous chemotherapy and radiotherapy
- PS 0-2 scores.
- Functional reserve of bone marrow is adequate, e.g. white blood cell count ≥3.0×109/L, planet count ≥90×109/L, and HB≥80×109/L.
- Serum bilirubin is 2 times less than the upper limit of normal (ULN), ALT and AST are 3 times less than ULN; for liver metastases, ALT and AST need to be 5 times less than ULN; creatinine should be 2 times less than ULN.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Informed consent is not provided.
- Women of pregnancy or breastfeeding.
- Have difficulty in swallowing.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01024413
China, Guangdong | |
Guangdong General Hospital | |
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510080 |
Principal Investigator: | Wu Yi Long, MD | Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital |
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Responsible Party: | Yi-Long Wu, Professor, Chinese Society of Lung Cancer |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01024413 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
C-TONG0901 |
First Posted: | December 2, 2009 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 1, 2017 |
Last Verified: | February 2017 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Thoracic Neoplasms Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Protein Kinase Inhibitors Respiratory Tract Diseases |
Lung Neoplasms Erlotinib Gefitinib Epidermal growth factor receptor genes |
Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Erlotinib Hydrochloride Gefitinib |
Antineoplastic Agents Protein Kinase Inhibitors Enzyme Inhibitors Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |