Sentences with phrase «compared with docetaxel»
However, subset analyses of phase III trials suggest that patients with EGFR mutation - positive NSCLCs do not benefit from immunotherapy compared with docetaxel.
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Median overall survival of patients receiving nivolumab was 9.2 months, compared with six months for patients who received docetaxel.
Results also showed 27.7 percent of patients in the ADT plus docetaxel arm had a decline in prostate specific antigen (PSA) to less than 0.2 ng / mL at 12 months compared with 16.8 percent for those taking ADT alone.
Almost 72 % of docetaxel patients were current or former smokers, compared with 81.7 % in the erlotinib group.
A total of 28.9 % of patients receiving docetaxel had not progressed after 6 months, compared with 16.9 % of erlotinib patients.
The drug's manufacturer, Roche, said trials in these patients have shown that giving pertuzumab in combination with the drugs trastuzumab (Herceptin) and docetaxel could extend survival by nearly 16 months compared to standard treatment.
For both populations, though, disease prognosis remains poor: the median progression - free survival for docetaxel - treated patients was 3.4 months, compared with 2.4 months for erlotinib.