Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability of Gefitinib as 1st Line in Caucasian Patients With EGFR Mutation Positive Advanced NSCLC (IFUM)
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This study is carried out to see how Caucasian patients with lung cancer which has EGFR mutation will respond to gefitinib (IRESSA™) as a first line treatment. Safety data will also be collected and analysed to confirm that treatment with gefitinib is safe and well tolerated.
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An Open Label, Multicentre, Single Arm Study to Characterise the Efficacy, Safety and Tolerability of Gefitinib 250 mg (IRESSA™) as First line Treatment in Caucasian Patients, who have Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Mutation Positive Locally Advanced or Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
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Inclusion criteria
- Locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (i.e. cancer that has spread from where it started) which is EGFR mutation positive
- Caucasian female or male patients aged 18 years or over
- Measurable disease, i.e. at least one lesion, not previously irradiated, as ≥ 10 mm in the longest diameter (≥ 15 mm in short axis for lymph node )
Exclusion criteria
- Prior adjuvant chemotherapy or other systemic anti-cancer treatment less than 6 month, or palliative radiotherapy less than 4 weeks prior to start of study treatment.
- Brain metastases or spinal cord compression, unless treated and stable without steroids
- Any clinically significant illness, which will jeopardize the patients' safety and their participation in the study.
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Interventional model
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1,060 participants in 1 patient group
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