Cetuximab Rechallenge in Irinotecan-pretreated mCRC, KRAS, NRAS and BRAF Wild-type Treated in 1st Line With Anti-EGFR Therapy (CRICKET).

Summary

This is a multicentric, phase II single-arm study in which KRAS, NRAS and BRAF wild-type, irinotecan-resistant metastatic colorectal cancer patients progressing after an initial response to a first-line cetuximab-containing therapy, receive a rechallenge third-line treatment with cetuximab plus irinotecan.

Timeline

Start

2014-10

Primary completion

2017-06-19

Completion

2018-06-15

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper Primary end point was met because lower limit of 95% CI of response rate was higher than 5%. PMID 30476968 ↗

Publications

• Ciardiello D, Martinelli E, Troiani T, Mauri G, Rossini D, Martini G, Napolitano S, Famiglietti V, Del Tufo S, Masi G, Santini D, Avallone A, Pietrantonio F, Lonardi S, Di Maio M, Zampino MG, Fazio N, Bardelli A, Siena S, Cremolini C, Sartore-Bianchi A, Ciardiello F. Anti-EGFR Rechallenge in Patients With Refractory ctDNA RAS/BRAF wt Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Nonrandomized Controlled Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Apr 1;7(4):e245635. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.5635.
• Martini G, Ciardiello D, Famiglietti V, Rossini D, Antoniotti C, Troiani T, Napolitano S, Esposito L, Latiano TP, Maiello E, Del Re M, Lonardi S, Aprile G, Santini D, Masi G, Avallone A, Normanno N, Pietrantonio F, Pinto C, Ciardiello F, Cremolini C, Martinelli E. Cetuximab as third-line rechallenge plus either irinotecan or avelumab is an effective treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer patients with baseline plasma RAS/BRAF wild-type circulating tumor DNA: Individual patient data pooled analysis of CRICKET and CAVE trials. Cancer Med. 2023 Apr;12(8):9392-9400. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5699. Epub 2023 Mar 7.
• Cremolini C, Rossini D, Dell'Aquila E, Lonardi S, Conca E, Del Re M, Busico A, Pietrantonio F, Danesi R, Aprile G, Tamburini E, Barone C, Masi G, Pantano F, Pucci F, Corsi DC, Pella N, Bergamo F, Rofi E, Barbara C, Falcone A, Santini D. Rechallenge for Patients With RAS and BRAF Wild-Type Metastatic Colorectal Cancer With Acquired Resistance to First-line Cetuximab and Irinotecan: A Phase 2 Single-Arm Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2019 Mar 1;5(3):343-350. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.5080.

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