LUX-head and neck 2: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial of afatinib as adjuvant therapy after chemoradiation (CRT) in primary unresected, high/intermediate-risk, squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (HNSCC) patients (pts).
Burtness B, Haddad R, Dinis J, Trigo Perez J, Yokota T, Viana L, Romanov I, Vermorken J, Bourhis J, Tahara M, Segalla J, Psyrri A, Vasilevskaya I, Nangia C, Chaves-Conde M, Wang B, Gibson N, Ehrnrooth E, Harrington K, Cohen E. LUX-head and neck 2: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial of afatinib as adjuvant therapy after chemoradiation (CRT) in primary unresected, high/intermediate-risk, squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (HNSCC) patients (pts). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: 6001-6001. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.6001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease-free survivalPhase III trialsIII trialsEGFR inhibitionMedian disease-free survivalRecurrent/metastatic diseaseErbB family blocker afatinibPre-planned interim analysisECOG PS 0Median treatment durationSquamous cell cancerDefinitive chemoradiationECOG PSEligible ptsAdvanced HNSCCConcurrent cisplatinN2 diseasePrimary endpointAdjuvant therapyMetastatic diseasePS 0Complete responseDisease recurrenceMedian ageNodal stage