Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of all the studies included in the meta-analysis

From: The efficacy and safety of anti-EGFR target agents in patients with potentially resectable metastatic colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Author

Year

Country

Treatment regimens

Number of patients

Follow-up

(months)

Outcomes

Experiment

Control

Experiment

Control

Van Cutsem

2009

Belgium

Cetuximab

 + FOLFIRI

FOLFIRI

599

599

Experiment: 29.9

Control: 29.4

PFS OS ORR

R0 resection rate

Bokemeyer

2011

Germany

Cetuximab

 + FOLFOX-4

FOLFOX-4

169

168

NA

PFS OS ORR

R0 resection rate

Maughan

2011

England

Oxaliplatin and fluoropyrimidine + cetuximab

Oxaliplatin and fluoropyrimidine

815

815

Experiment: 78

Control: 76

PFS OS ORR

R0 resection rate

Tveit

2012

Norway

Cetuximab

 + Nordic FLOX

Nordic FLOX

194

185

NA

PFS OS ORR

R0 resection rate

Ye

2013

China

Cetuximab

 + FOLFIRI or mFOLFOX6

FOLFIRI or mFOLFOX6

70

68

25.0

PFS OS ORR

R0 resection rate

Qin

2018

China

Cetuximab + FOLFOX-4

FOLFOX-4

193

200

Experiment: 44.4

Control: 48.7

PFS OS ORR

R0 resection rate

Modest

2019

Germany

Panitumumab

 + mFOLFOXIRI

mFOLFOXIRI

63

33

Experiment: 44.2

Control: 66.3

PFS OS ORR

R0 resection rate

Douillard

2014

France

Panitumumab

 + FOLFOX4

FOLFOX4

546

550

Experiment: 15.3

Control: 18.5

PFS OS ORR

R0 resection rate

  1. FOLFIRI Irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin, FOLFOX-4 Leucovorin, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin, FOLFOXIRI Fluorouracil/folinic acid, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan, FLOX Bolus fluorouracil/folinic acid and oxaliplatin, FOLFOX 5-fluorouracil, folinic acid, and oxaliplatin, NA Not available, PFS Progression-free survival, OS Overall survival, ORR Objective response rate