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Table 2 Initial treatment response to different initial afatinib doses

From: The clinical efficacy of Afatinib 30 mg daily as starting dose may not be inferior to Afatinib 40 mg daily in patients with stage IV lung Adenocarcinoma harboring exon 19 or exon 21 mutations

Variables

All patients

Afatinib 30 mg daily

Afatinib 40 mg daily

P value

Initial response to afatinib treatment -n (%)

   

0.1486

 Complete response

1 (2%)

1 (3%)

0 (0%)

 

 Partial response

39 (81%)

21 (72%)

18 (95%)

 

 Stable disease

8 (17%)

7 (24%)

1 (5%)

 

Disease control rate with afatinib treatment (%)

48 (100%)

29 (100%)

19 (100%)

0.1486

Response rate with afatinib treatment (%)

40 (83%)

22 (76%)

18 (95%)

0.0862