Health-related quality-of-life in a randomized phase III first-line study of gefitinib versus carboplatin/paclitaxel in clinically selected patients from Asia with advanced NSCLC (IPASS)

• Main Authors: Sumitra Thongprasert, Emma Duffield, Nagahiro Saijo, Yi Long Wu, James Chih Hsin Yang, Da Tong Chu, Meilin Liao, Yuh Min Chen, Han Pin Kuo, Shunichi Negoro, Kwok Chi Lam, Alison Armour, Patrick Magill, Masahiro Fukuoka
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=80054882063&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/50311
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Introduction: Evaluation of health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) and symptom improvement were preplanned secondary objectives for the overall population and posthoc analyses for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation-positive/negative subgroups in IPASS. Methods: HRQoL was assessed using...