Bevacizumab and Erlotinib in Treating Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer That Did Not Respond to Previous Treatment With Gemcitabine

Summary

RATIONALE: Monoclonal antibodies, such as bevacizumab, can block tumor growth in different ways. Some block the ability of tumor cells to grow and spread. Others find tumor cells and help kill them or carry tumor-killing substances to them. Bevacizumab may also stop the growth of pancreatic cancer by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth. Giving bevacizumab together with erlotinib may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well giving bevacizumab together with erlotinib works in treating patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer that did not respond to previous treatment with gemcitabine.

Timeline

Start

2006-02

Primary completion

2009-01

Completion

2010-03

Publications

• Results Ko AH, Venook AP, Bergsland EK, Kelley RK, Korn WM, Dito E, Schillinger B, Scott J, Hwang J, Tempero MA. A phase II study of bevacizumab plus erlotinib for gemcitabine-refractory metastatic pancreatic cancer. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2010 Nov;66(6):1051-7. doi: 10.1007/s00280-010-1257-5. Epub 2010 Feb 4.
• Results Ko AH, Dito E, Schillinger B, et al.: A phase II study of bevacizumab (BEV) and erlotinib (ERL) in patients with gemcitabine (GEM)-refractory metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (PanCa). [Abstract] American Society of Clinical Oncology 2007 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, 19 -21 January 2007, Orlando, Florida A-187, 2007.

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