Study of Cetuximab in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin Expressing EGFR

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cetuximab is effective in the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the skin expressing EGFR.

Timeline

Start

2005-10

Primary completion

2009-04

Completion

2009-06

Publications

• Background Maubec E, Duvillard P, Velasco V, Crickx B, Avril MF. Immunohistochemical analysis of EGFR and HER-2 in patients with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. Anticancer Res. 2005 Mar-Apr;25(2B):1205-10.
• Background Alam M, Ratner D. Cutaneous squamous-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2001 Mar 29;344(13):975-83. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200103293441306. No abstract available.
• Background Shimizu T, Izumi H, Oga A, Furumoto H, Murakami T, Ofuji R, Muto M, Sasaki K. Epidermal growth factor receptor overexpression and genetic aberrations in metastatic squamous-cell carcinoma of the skin. Dermatology. 2001;202(3):203-6. doi: 10.1159/000051637.
• Background Huang SM, Bock JM, Harari PM. Epidermal growth factor receptor blockade with C225 modulates proliferation, apoptosis, and radiosensitivity in squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck. Cancer Res. 1999 Apr 15;59(8):1935-40.
• Background Barbara A Burtness, Yi Li, William Flood, Bassam I Mattar, Arlene A Forastiere. Phase III trial comparing cisplatin (C) + placebo (P) to C + anti-epidermal growth factor antibody (EGF-R) C225 in patients (pts) with metastatic/recurrent head & neck cancer (HNC). Journal of Clinical Oncology,2002 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings. Abstract 901.
• Background Nemunaitis JJ, Eiseman I, Cunningham C et al. A phase I trial of CI-1033, a pan-erbB tyrosine kinase inhibitor, given daily for 14 days every 3 weeks, in patients with advanced solid tumors. Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 22: page 243, 2003 (abstr 974).
• Results Maubec E, Petrow P, Scheer-Senyarich I, Duvillard P, Lacroix L, Gelly J, Certain A, Duval X, Crickx B, Buffard V, Basset-Seguin N, Saez P, Duval-Modeste AB, Adamski H, Mansard S, Grange F, Dompmartin A, Faivre S, Mentre F, Avril MF. Phase II study of cetuximab as first-line single-drug therapy in patients with unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Sep 1;29(25):3419-26. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.34.1735. Epub 2011 Aug 1.

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