Table 1 The general characteristics of eligible studies in the meta-analysis.

From: Predictive assessment in pharmacogenetics of XRCC1 gene on clinical outcomes of advanced lung cancer patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy

Study

Year

Country

Ethnicity

Number of patients

Median age (year)

Clinical stage

Evaluation criterion

Outcomes

Genotyping methods

Arg194Trp genotype distribution

Arg399Gln genotype distribution

HR

QS

Trp/Trp

Trp/Arg

Arg/Arg

Gln/Gln

Gln/Arg

Arg/Arg

Wang et al.,29

2004

China

Asian

105

56

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

3/11a

19/18a

11/43a

2/8a

9/33a

22/31a

NR

13

(30–74)

Gurubhagavatula et al.,10

2004

USA

Caucasian

103

58

IIIA/B-IV

RECIST

OS/MST

PCR-RFLP

10b

42b

51b

HR

19

(32–77)

Gao et al.,30

2006

China

Asian

57

59

II-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

2/2a

12/11a

5/25a

0/3a

8/15a

11/20a

NR

12

(38–77)

Yuan et al.,31

2006

China

Asian

200

56

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

10/13a

38/46a

24/69a

NR

14

(30–74)

Shi et al.,32

2006

China

Asian

112

60

II-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

9/3a

24/27a

18/30a

4/7a

19/17a

28/37a

NR

13

(22–81)

Jin et al.,33

2006

China

Asian

162

(28–75)

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

10/14a

35/25a

27/51a

NR

14

de las Penas R. et al.,34

2006

Spain

Caucasian

135

62

IIIB-IV

RECIST

OS/MST

TaqMan

18b

63b

49b

HR

20

(31–81)

Wang et al. ,35

2006

China

Asian

135

55

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR/MST

PCR-RFLP

34/35a,c

30/36a

25/40a,d

39/31a

NR

16

(29–74)

Song et al.,36

2007

China

Asian

97

56

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

3/8a

19/22a

8/37a

1/4a

11/29a

18/34a

NR

12

(30–68)

Giachino et al.37

2007

Italy

Caucasian

248

62

IIIA/B-IV

RECIST

ORR/OS/MST

PCR-RFLP

12/17a

18/82a

31/88a

HR

17

(41–79)

Song et al.,38

2007

China

Asian

166

56

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

4/12a

34/32a

14/70a

NR

14

(30–68)

Chen et al., 39

2007

China

Asian

64

55

Advanced

RECIST

ORR/PFS

TaqMan

0/2a

20/40a

2/0a

NR

10

(20–75)

Liu et al.,40

2008

China

Asian

53

61

I-IV

RECIST

OS/MST/TTP

TaqMan

8b

18b

27b

HR

19

(28–74)

Fan et al.,41

2008

China

Asian

81

62.9

IIIB–IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

16/20a,d

13/32a

NR

12

(55–80)

Qiu et al.,42

2009

China

Asian

107

NR

III-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

7/6a

27/23a

14/30a

NR

13

Sun et al.,43

2009

China

Asian

87

59

IV

WHO

ORR

3D DNA microarray

5/6a

18/19a

8/31a

1/3a

8/22a

14/39a

NR

13

(34–79)

Hong et al., 44

2009

China

Asian

164

61

III-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

7/11a

31/42a

19/54a

3/10a

28/53a

26/44a

NR

14

(27–84)

Kalikaki et al.,45

2009

Greece

Caucasian

119

61

IIIA/B-IV

RECIST

ORR/OS/MST

PCR-RFLP

26/60a,d

11/21a

HR

17

(39–85)

Yao et al.,46

2009

China

Asian

108

61

IIIA/B-IV

WHO

ORR/OS/MST

PCR-RFLP

9/48a, 60b

12/28a, 43b

1/4a, 5b

HR

19

(39–79)

Qiu et al.,47

2009

China

Asian

107

NR

III-IV

RECIST

ORR

PCR-RFLP

2/6a

14/26a

32/27a

NR

13

Ding et al.,48

2010

China

Asian

54

60

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR

DNA Sequencing

4/3a

9/10a

12/16a

3/10a

4/6a

18/13a

NR

13

(40–85)

Qian et al.,49

2010

China

Asian

107

NR

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

2/6a

14/26a

32/27a

NR

13

Yuan et al.,6

2010

China

Asian

199

56

IIIA-IV

WHO

OS/PFS/MST

PCR-RFLP

23b

83b

93b

20b

74b

105b

HR

23

(29–74)

Ying et al.,50

2010

China

Asian

80

30–78

IIIB-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

5/7a

17/12a

13/26a

NR

12

Cheng et al.51,52

2011

China

Asian

120

58

Advanced

WHO

ORR/MST

DNA microarray

5/14a

9/44a

21/27a

KM

15

(34–77)

Han et al.,53

2011

Korea

Asian

158

57

IIIB-IV

NR

OS/PFS

TaqMan

8b

63b

87b

HR

12

(19–74)

Zhou et al.,54

2011

China

Asian

111

57

IV

RECIST

ORR/TTP

DNA Sequencing

6/34a,d

29/42a

NR

14

(42–71)

Zhou et al., 55

2011

China

Asian

94

57

IIIB–IV

RECIST

ORR/TTP

DNA Sequencing

11/31a,d

19/33a

KM

14

(42–71)

Han et al.,56

2011

China

Asian

91

56

IV

RECIST

ORR/TTP

DNA Sequencing

8/33a,d

20/30a

NR

10

Xu et al.,57

2011

China

Asian

130

62

IIIB-IV

RECIST

ORR

PCR-RFLP

18/18a

14/26a

12/42a

0/10a

14/40a

30/36a

NR

13

(28–83)

Hong et al.,58

2011

China

Asian

262

NR

I-IV

NR

OS/MST

TaqMan

20b

77b

165b

HR

13

Joerger et al.,59

2012

Switzerland

Caucasian

131

59.7

IIIB–IV

RECIST

ORR/OS/PFS/MST

DNA Sequencing

5/12a

18/45a

17/34a

HR

23

(37–79)

Li et al.,60

2012

China

Asian

89

59.08

III–IV

RECIST

ORR

DNA Sequencing

6/39a,d

20/24a

NR

13

(21–84)

Xu et al.,61

2012

China

Asian

149

62

IIIB-IV

RECIST

ORR

PCR-RFLP

9/9a

24/38a

16/53a

NR

13

(28–83)

Zha et al.,62

2012

China

Asian

52

63

IIIA-IIIB

WHO

ORR

PCR-LDR

13/15a,d

13/11a

NR

12

(45–75)

Ke et al.,63

2012

China

Asian

460

55

I-IV

NR

ORR/OS

PCR-CTPP

44/19a

45/52a

104/196a

36/15a

85/92a

72/160a

HR

14

(32–79)

Liao et al.,64

2012

China

Asian

62

57

IIIB-IV

NR

ORR/OS/PFS/MST

SNPstream UHT

1/4

9/22

9/17

HR

19

(36–78)

Liao et al.,64

2012

China

Asian

45

63

IIIB-IV

NR

OS/PFS/MST

SNPstream UHT

2b

24b

19b

HR

16

(43–83)

Liu et al.,65

2013

China

Asian

62

58

Advanced

RECIST

ORR

TaqMan

4/23a

15/20a

NR

10

(37–72)

Li et al.,66

2013

China

Asian

83

63.07

IIIA-IV

WHO

ORR

PCR-RFLP

1/5a

3/25a

21/28a

NR

9

Yang et al.,67

2013

China

Asian

54

56

IIIB–IV

RECIST

ORR/MST

PCR-RFLP

3/1a

10/4a

13/23a

NR

15

(30–73)

Sheng et al.,68

2013

China

Asian

62

58

Advanced

RECIST

ORR

TaqMan

1/4a

3/19a

15/20a

NR

10

(37–72)

Lee et al.,69

2013

Korea

Asian

382

NR

III-IV

NR

ORR/OS/MST

Sequenome MS-based genotyping assay

5/16a

64/75a

110/100a

HR

18

Liu et al.,70

2013

China

Asian

200

56

IIIB-IV

NR

ORR

PCR-RFLP

10/13a

38/46a

24/69a

NR

11

(30–74)

Zhao et al.,71

2013

China

Asian

147

60

IIIB-IV

RECIST

ORR/OS/PFS/MST

TaqMan

1/6a

20/35a

32/51a

8/5a

24/31a

21/56a

HR

23

(32–82)

Deng et al.,72

2013

China

Asian

97

57

IIIB-IV

RECIST

ORR/PFS

PCR-RFLP and DNA Sequencing

9/35a,d

16/37a

NR

15

(31–79)

Zhou et al., 73

2014

China

Asian

204

61

NR

RECIST

ORR/OS/MST

MALDI-TOF-MS

23/78a,d

38/65a

KM

16

(45–75)

Peng et al.,7

2014

China

Asian

235

58

IIIA-IV

RECIST

ORR/OS/PFS/MST

PCR-CTTP

3/6a

41/74a

40/71a

HR

20

(29–84)

Zhang et al.,74

2014

China

Asian

375

60.9

IIIA-IV

NR

ORR/OS/PFS/MST

MassARRAY

23/41a

44/90a

60/118a

24/29a

54/94a

49/125a

HR

21

Jin et al.,75

2014

China

Asian

378

62.4

I-IV

NR

ORR/OS/DFS

PCR-RFLP

25/29a

48/71a

71/134a

28/19a

64/96a

52/119a

HR

14

(36–78)

Sullivan et al.,76

2014

Spain

Caucasian

161

63.7

IIIA-IV

RECIST

ORR/OS/PFS

TaqMan

11/8a,c

78/64a

13/14a

39/33a

37/25a

NR

15

(36–85)

Liu et al.,77

2014

China

Asian

82

59.85

Advanced

NR

ORR

PCR-RFLP

4/5a

16/19a

11/27a

2/6a

14/23a

13/24a

NR

6

(29–78)

Kalikaki et al.,78

2015

Greece

Caucasian

107

60.0

IIIB-IV

RECIST

OS/PFS/MST

PCR-RFLP

23/44a,d

16/22a

HR

22

(37–78)

  1. Note: NR: not reported; QS, quality score; HR: hazard ratio; ORR: objective response rate; OS, overall survival (months); KM, Kaplan-Meier curve; DFS, disease-free survival (months); PFS, progression-free survival (months); MST, median survival time (months); TTP, time to progression (months); 3D, 3-dimensional; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; PCR-RFLP, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism; RECIST, Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors; WHO, World Health Organization; MALDI-TOF-MS, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of light mass spectrometry; PCR-LDR, PCR-ligase detection reaction; PCR-CTPP, duplex PCR with the confronting-two-pair primer; Sequenome MS-based genotyping assay, sequenome mass spectrometry-based genotyping assay; SNPstream UHT, SNPstream ultra high throughput; PCR-CTTP, PCR with confronting two-pair primers.
  2. aNumber of patients for ORR; in front of oblique line is good responder (complete response (CR) + partial response (PR)) and behind oblique line is poor responder (stable disease (SD) + progressive disease (PD)).
  3. bNumber of patients for OS.
  4. cNumber of patients for Trp/Trp and Trp/Arg genotypes.
  5. dNumber of patients for Gln/Gln and Gln/Arg genotypes.