Review Article

Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Elderly Patients: Patient Features and Therapeutic Management

Table 3

Subset analysis of elderly population in clinical trials of angiogenesis inhibitors for NSCLC.

StudyAge.TreatmentOS (month)HR for OS (95% CI)PFS (month)HR for PFS (95% CI)

AVAiL [32]≥65103CG + BEV (15 mg/kg)NR0.88NR0.84
<65248CG + BEV (15 mg/kg)NR1.09NR0.85
ECOG4599, PointBreak [33] ≥75114BEV + CP9.61.10 (0.74–1.60)5.60.95 (0.62–1.44)
<75787BEV + CP13.40.76 (0.66–0.87)6.10.69 (0.60–79)
SAiL [34] >65623Chemotherapy + BEV14.6NR8.2NR
≤651589Chemotherapy + BEV14.6NR7.6NR
ARIES [35] ≥651013Chemotherapy + BEV12.11.17 (1.06–1.28)6.81.01 (0.92–1.10)
<65954Chemotherapy + BEV14.216.41
REVEL [36, 37]≥70127RAM + DTXNR1.07 (0.80–1.43)NR0.94 (0.73–1.22)
<70591RAM + DTXNR0.81 (0.70–0.94)NR0.73 (0.64–0.83)

RR = response rate, OS = overall survival, PFS = progression free survival, HR = hazard ratio, NR = not reported, CG = carboplatin/gemcitabine, BEV = bevacizumab, CP = carboplatin/paclitaxel, DTX = docetaxel, and RAM = ramucirumab.