Phase III Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of LA-EP2006 and Peg-Filgrastim

Summary

The study will assess the efficacy of LA-EP2006 compared to Neulasta® with respect to the mean duration of severe neutropenia during treatment with myelosuppressive chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.

Timeline

Start

2012-03

Primary completion

2013-08

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Background Blackwell K, Donskih R, Jones CM, Nixon A, Vidal MJ, Nakov R, Singh P, Schaffar G, Gascon P, Harbeck N. A Comparison of Proposed Biosimilar LA-EP2006 and Reference Pegfilgrastim for the Prevention of Neutropenia in Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer Receiving Myelosuppressive Adjuvant or Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Pegfilgrastim Randomized Oncology (Supportive Care) Trial to Evaluate Comparative Treatment (PROTECT-2), a Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial. Oncologist. 2016 Jul;21(7):789-94. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2016-0011. Epub 2016 Apr 18.
• Blackwell K, Gascon P, Jones CM, Nixon A, Krendyukov A, Nakov R, Li Y, Harbeck N. Pooled analysis of two randomized, double-blind trials comparing proposed biosimilar LA-EP2006 with reference pegfilgrastim in breast cancer. Ann Oncol. 2017 Sep 1;28(9):2272-2277. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdx303.

Drugs

Indications