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OE05: reconstructed Kaplan–Meier curves

Updated 2026-09-25 · reconstructed by TrialCurve from a CC BY-licensed publication

Neoadjuvant cisplatin and fluorouracil versus epirubicin, cisplatin, and capecitabine followed by resection in patients with oesophageal adenocarcinoma (UK MRC OE05): an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial. Curves rebuilt as patient-level data (Guyot 2012) and checked against the statistics printed on the figure.

PublicationLancet Oncol. 2017 Sep;18(9):1249–60. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30447-3
DOI10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30447-3
RegistryNCT00041262
PhasePhase 3
ConditionsEsophageal Cancer
Interventionscisplatin, epirubicin hydrochloride, fluorouracil, conventional surgery, neoadjuvant therapy
SponsorMedical Research Council
Enrolment1300
Source licenceFigure published under CC BY 4.0

Overall survival

From figure panel · curves cross-checked by two independent readings · curve source: pixel measurement confirmed by vision model

Reconstructed from the published curve. Median: ECX 2.2 years; CF 2.0 years. Survival at 2 years: ECX 53%; CF 51%. Hazard ratio ECX vs CF 0.90 (95% CI 0.77–1.05).

0%20%40%60%80%100%01234567YearsECXCF
ArmNEventsMedian (Years)
ECX4463022.2
CF4513282.0

Landmark survival (reconstructed)

TimeECXCF
1 yr77.9%77.0%
2 yr52.8%50.6%
3 yr42.2%39.3%
5 yr31.7%29.3%
7 yr30.2%25.0%

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About these data

Pseudo-IPD reproduces the published curves and numbers at risk; the rows are not real patients. Cite the publication (DOI above) and TrialCurve. The source figure is © the authors (CC BY 4.0); the charts here are redrawn from the reconstruction.

Load these data in R or Python
# R
library(survival)
d <- read.csv("https://trialcurve.com/data/trials/oe05-1.csv")
survfit(Surv(time, event) ~ arm, data = d)
coxph(Surv(time, event) ~ arm, data = d)

# Python
import pandas as pd
from lifelines import KaplanMeierFitter
d = pd.read_csv("https://trialcurve.com/data/trials/oe05-1.csv")
for arm, g in d.groupby("arm"):
    KaplanMeierFitter().fit(g.time, g.event, label=arm).plot_survival_function()

Suggested citation: Lancet Oncol. 2017 Sep;18(9):1249–60. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30447-3 doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30447-3. Reconstructed data: TrialCurve (2026), https://trialcurve.com/trials/oe05

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