PRACTICAL ONCOLOGY JOURNAL ›› 2016, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 28-35.doi: 10.11904/j.issn.1002-3070.2016.01.006

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Maintenance therapy with pemetrexed for advanced non-small cell lung cancer:A Meta-analysis of RCTs

CHENG Long, ZHOU Jianguo, ZHOU Hang   

  1. Department of Oncology,The Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University,Zunyi 563000,China
  • Received:2015-11-18 Online:2016-02-28 Published:2016-02-25

Abstract: Objective This paper aims to assess the clinical efficacy of pemetrexed maintenance therapy in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)through Meta analysis.Methods Systematic literature searches were performed in Cochrane、Pubmed,Web of science,Embase and ClinicalTrials databases.The related references had been traced.We made quality assessment of qualified randomized controlled trials(RCTs)of pemetrexed maintenance therapy compared with best supportive care(BSC)in advanced NSCLC.Besides,we utilized stata 12.0,Revman 5.3 and GRADEpro software to evaluate the overall quality of the evidence,according to the Cochrane collaboration to perform Meta-analysis.Results Three RCTs were eligible and included 1257 patients.Meta-analysis Results suggested that:compared to BSC,pemetrexed maintenance therapy had a statistically significant benefit in improving progression-free survival(PFS)(HR = 0.55,95% CI:0.48~0.64)and overall survival(HR=0.76,95%CI:0.65~0.88).The Objective response(ORR)did not reach statistical significance(RR=0.97,95%CI:0.86~1.10).Conclusion Compared with BSC,pemetrexed maintenance therapy statistically significantly improve PFS and OS,but has no demonstrable impact on ORR in patients with advanced NSCLC.

Key words: Pemetrexed, Non-small cell lung cancer, Maintenance therapy, Meta-analysis

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