First-line Treatment of Patients With Stage IV Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Necitumumab (IMC-11F8) and Pemetrexed-Cisplatin

Summary

The research study is testing the investigational drug necitumumab in the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The aim of this study is to determine if necitumumab, given together with a standard chemotherapy combination consisting of cisplatin and pemetrexed will be more effective in improving participant disease than the standard chemotherapy combination alone.

Timeline

Start

2009-11-02

Primary completion

2012-11-14

Completion

2020-12-23

Publications

• Paz-Ares L, Mezger J, Ciuleanu TE, Fischer JR, von Pawel J, Provencio M, Kazarnowicz A, Losonczy G, de Castro G Jr, Szczesna A, Crino L, Reck M, Ramlau R, Ulsperger E, Schumann C, Miziara JE, Lessa AE, Dediu M, Balint B, Depenbrock H, Soldatenkova V, Kurek R, Hirsch FR, Thatcher N, Socinski MA; INSPIRE investigators. Necitumumab plus pemetrexed and cisplatin as first-line therapy in patients with stage IV non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (INSPIRE): an open-label, randomised, controlled phase 3 study. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Mar;16(3):328-37. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)70046-X. Epub 2015 Feb 18.

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