Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Phase-III study of Avastin-Tarceva combo for lung cancer fails to meet primary endpoint

Genentech, Inc and OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc announced that a randomized phase-III study (BeTa Lung) evaluating Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with Tarceva (erlotinib) in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease had progressed following platinum-based chemotherapy did not meet its primary endpoint of improving overall survival compared to Tarceva in combination with placebo.
The details can be read here.

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