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Brivanib Disappoints in Metastatic KRAS Wild-Type Colorectal Cancer
Brivanib Disappoints in Metastatic KRAS Wild-Type Colorectal Cancer
S London
20120030
2012 Jan 30
Elsevier Global Medical News
Brivanib Disappoints in Metastatic KRAS Wild-Type Colorectal Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2012 Jan 30, S London
SAN FRANCISCO – Eagerly awaited results of the CO.20 trial in metastatic chemorefractory KRAS wild-type colorectal cancer are disappointing, showing no significant gain in the primary endpoint of overall survival from the addition of brivanib to cetuximab. Patients in the phase-III trial who received brivanib – an investigational oral inhibitor of signaling in the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) pathways – lived a median of about nine months, compared...