A phase II and biomarker study of ramucirumab, a human monoclonal antibody targeting the VEGF receptor-2, as first-line monotherapy in patients with advanced hepatocellular cancer.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on October 02, 2013

Authors

Andrew X Zhu1, Richard S Finn, Mary Mulcahy, Jayne Gurtler, Weijing Sun, Jonathan D Schwartz, Rita P Dalal, Adarsh Joshi, Rebecca R Hozak, Yihuan Xu, Marek Ancukiewicz, Rakesh K Jain, Francis W Nugent, Dan G Duda, Keith Stuart

Author Affiliations

1: Authors' Affiliations: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago Illinois; East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana; Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and company, Bridgewater, New Jersey; Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana; and Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Burlington, Massachusetts.

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A Study of Ramucirumab (IMC-1121B) Drug Product (DP) and Best Supportive Care (BSC) Versus Placebo and BSC as 2nd-Line Treatment in Participants With Hepatocellular Carcinoma After 1st-Line Therapy With Sorafenib (REACH) | NCT01140347

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