A Study of Famitinib in Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer

Summary

Famitinib is a tyrosin-inhibitor agent targeting at c-Kit, VEGFR2, PDGFR, VEGFR3, Flt1 and Flt3, and it's anti-angiogenesis effect has been viewed in preclinical tests. Phase I study has shown that the toxicity is manageable. The purpose of this study is to determine whether Famitinib can improve progression free survival compared with placebo in patients with advanced colorectal cancer who failed in previous at least two lines of chemotherapy.

Timeline

Start

2012-04

Primary completion

2014-09

Completion

2014-10

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The median PFS was 2.8 and 1.5 months in the famitinib and placebo groups (hazard ratio = 0.60, 95% confidence interval = 0.41-0.86, P = 0.004). PMID 29273089 ↗

paper Famitinib prolonged PFS in refractory mCRC patients with acceptable tolerability. PMID 29273089 ↗

Publications

• Xu RH, Shen L, Wang KM, Wu G, Shi CM, Ding KF, Lin LZ, Wang JW, Xiong JP, Wu CP, Li J, Liu YP, Wang D, Ba Y, Feng JP, Bai YX, Bi JW, Ma LW, Lei J, Yang Q, Yu H. Famitinib versus placebo in the treatment of refractory metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicenter, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, phase II clinical trial. Chin J Cancer. 2017 Dec 22;36(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s40880-017-0263-y.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Famitinib	Small molecule	25 mg	Oral

Indications