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PROCLAIM: Randomized Phase III Trial of Pemetrexed-Cisplatin or Etoposide-Cisplatin Plus Thoracic Radiation Therapy Followed by Consolidation Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

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Pemetrexed-cisplatin combined with TRT followed by consolidation pemetrexe was not superior to standard chemoradiotherapy for stage III unresectable nonsquamous non-small-cell lung cancer.
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PurposeThe phase III PROCLAIM study evaluated overall survival (OS) of concurrent pemetrexed-cisplatin and thoracic radiation therapy (TRT) followed by consolidation pemetrexed, versus etoposide-cisplatin and TRT followed by nonpemetrexed doublet consolidation therapy.Patients and MethodsPatients with stage IIIA/B unresectable nonsquamous non–small-cell lung cancer randomly received (1:1) pemetrexed 500 mg/m2 and cisplatin 75 mg/m2 intravenously every 3 weeks for three cycles plus concurrent TRT (60 to 66 Gy) followed by pemetrexed consolidation every 3 weeks for four cycles (arm A), or standard therapy with etoposide 50 mg/m2 and cisplatin 50 mg/m2 intravenously, every 4 weeks for two cycles plus concurrent TRT (60 to 66 Gy) followed by two cycles of consolidation platinum-based doublet chemotherapy (arm B). The primary objective was OS. The study was designed as a superiority trial with 80% power to detect an OS hazard ratio of 0.74 with a type 1 error of .05.ResultsEnrollment was stopped early because ...

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Nonparametric Estimation from Incomplete Observations

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