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Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ramucirumab in the treatment of colorectal cancer
Valentina GambardellaSusana RosellóAndrés CervantesJuan Miguel CejalvoNoelia Tarazonasubject
0301 basic medicineOncologymedicine.medical_specialtyBevacizumabAngiogenesisColorectal cancermedicine.medical_treatmentDrug Evaluation PreclinicalAngiogenesis InhibitorsDiseaseAntibodies Monoclonal HumanizedToxicologyRamucirumab03 medical and health scienceschemistry.chemical_compoundClinical Trials Phase II as Topic0302 clinical medicineInternal medicinemedicineAnimalsHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicPharmacologyChemotherapyClinical Trials Phase I as TopicNeovascularization Pathologicbusiness.industryAntibodies MonoclonalCancerGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseVascular endothelial growth factorDisease Models Animal030104 developmental biologyClinical Trials Phase III as Topicchemistry030220 oncology & carcinogenesisColorectal Neoplasmsbusinessmedicine.drugdescription
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. The prognosis of colorectal cancer patients still remains dismal and half of them will develop metastatic disease. Angiogenesis plays an essential role in colorectal tumorigenesis, and the VEGF pathway is one of the targets that has been validated up to now. The use of antiangiogenics along with chemotherapy has become an accepted standard for colorectal cancer.This review discusses the efficacy and safety profile of ramucirumab, a fully human immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody against the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR-2), for the treatment of second-line metastatic colorectal cancer upon progression to first-line chemotherapy including anti-angiogenics.Ramucirumab in combination with chemotherapy represents a valid option in second-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer patients, who progressed on previous bevacizumab-based combinations. This agent demonstrates a similar benefit in terms of overall survival to other angiogenesis inhibitors (bevacizumab and ziv-aflibercept) used in this setting.
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2016-03-10 | Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology |