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    Poster Session (ID 8)

    • Event: ACLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Session
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    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 11/07/2018, 00:00 - 00:00, Poster Hall
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      P018 - Afatinib Named Patient Use Program in Advanced NSCLC with Progression on Prior Therapy: Experience from Asian Centers (ID 93)

      00:00 - 00:00  |  Author(s): W. Lim

      • Abstract

      Background:
      A global named patient use (NPU) program for afatinib in patients with advanced/metastatic NSCLC who had progressed during prior therapy was conducted between May 2010 and January 2016 (Cappuzzo et al (2018). Here we describe outcomes for patients at Asian centers, including 840 patients treated at centers in Taiwan.


      Method:
      Eligible patients had progressed after clinical benefit on prior erlotinib/gefitinib and/or had an activating EGFR/HER2 mutation, had exhausted all other treatments, and were ineligible for afatinib trials. Patients received afatinib (starting dose: 30