In SCLC patients, Group B receiving lanreotide had better survival than Group A (comparison with Groups A and C, p=0.029).
In plain wordsIn SCLC patients, survival was better with Group B lanreotide than with Group A, which received chemotherapy then lanreotide maintenance.
- Peptide
- Lanreotide
- Outcome
- IncreaseSurvival versus Group A
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Group A: chemotherapy only during chemotherapy cycles, then lanreotide maintenance
- Outcome group
- Mortality · Cancer
- Studied dose
- 30 mg after each chemotherapy cycle · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- P value
- 0.029 P
- Group B versus Groups A and C, survival
Source sentences
Group B had a survival benefit in comparison to Groups A and C (p=0.029).
6 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
130 previously untreated SCLC patients--54 with limited disease (LD) and positive somatostatin receptors were included in the study.
All patients were treated with paclitaxel 190 mg/m2+carboplatin AUC=5.5 for up to 6 cycles.
47/130 patients (Group A, control group) received only CHT.
Forty eight hours after each CHT 43/130 patients (Group B) were also administered 30 mg somatuline® (lanreotide) by a single subcutaneous (s.c.) injection to stimulate somatostatin receptors (SSTRS) for 2 weeks.
40/130 patients (Group C) received 60 mg somatuline® autogel to stimulate SSTRS for 4 weeks.
Patients in Groups A and B after the completion of the CHT continued maintenance therapy with somatuline.