A Phase III Trial Evaluating Fruquintinib Efficacy and Safety in 3+ Line Colorectal Cancer Patients （FRESCO)

Summary

Fruquintinib administered at 5mg once daily(QD) in 4 weeks treatment cycle (three weeks on and one week off) was well tolerated and demonstrated encouraging preliminary clinical antitumor activity in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) in phase Ib and phase 2 study. This study is aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Fruquintinib in the treatment of patients with metastatic CRC who have progressed after second line or above standard chemotherapy

Timeline

Start

2014-12

Primary completion

2017-01

Completion

2017-01-17

Publications

• Results Li J, Qin S, Xu RH, Shen L, Xu J, Bai Y, Yang L, Deng Y, Chen ZD, Zhong H, Pan H, Guo W, Shu Y, Yuan Y, Zhou J, Xu N, Liu T, Ma D, Wu C, Cheng Y, Chen D, Li W, Sun S, Yu Z, Cao P, Chen H, Wang J, Wang S, Wang H, Fan S, Hua Y, Su W. Effect of Fruquintinib vs Placebo on Overall Survival in Patients With Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: The FRESCO Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2018 Jun 26;319(24):2486-2496. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.7855.
• Qin S, Xu RH, Shen L, Xu J, Bai Y, Yang L, Deng Y, Chen ZD, Zhong H, Pan H, Guo W, Shu Y, Yuan Y, Zhou J, Xu N, Liu T, Ma D, Wu C, Cheng Y, Chen D, Li W, Sun S, Yu Z, Cao P, Chen H, Wang J, Wang S, Wang H, Wang N, Zhang B, Zhang Q, Su W, Guo X, Li J. Subgroup Analysis by Liver Metastasis in the FRESCO Trial Comparing Fruquintinib versus Placebo Plus Best Supportive Care in Chinese Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Onco Targets Ther. 2021 Aug 11;14:4439-4450. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S307273. eCollection 2021.
• Xu R, Qin S, Guo W, Bai Y, Deng Y, Yang L, Chen Z, Zhong H, Pan H, Shu Y, Yuan Y, Zhou J, Xu N, Liu T, Ma D, Wu C, Cheng Y, Xu J, Chen D, Li W, Sun S, Yu Z, Cao P, Li J, Chen H, Wang J, Wang S, Wang H, Wang N, Zhang B, Han R, Su W, Guo X, Li J. Subgroup analysis by prior anti-VEGF or anti-EGFR target therapy in FRESCO, a randomized, double-blind, Phase III trial. Future Oncol. 2021 Apr;17(11):1339-1350. doi: 10.2217/fon-2020-0875. Epub 2020 Dec 16.
• Li J, Guo W, Bai Y, Deng Y, Yang L, Chen Z, Zhong H, Xu R, Pan H, Shu Y, Yuan Y, Zhou J, Xu N, Liu T, Ma D, Wu C, Cheng Y, Xu J, Chen D, Li W, Sun S, Yu Z, Cao P, Shen L, Chen H, Wang S, Wang H, Fan S, Guo X, Wang N, Han R, Zhang B, Qin S. Safety Profile and Adverse Events of Special Interest for Fruquintinib in Chinese Patients with Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Analysis of the Phase 3 FRESCO Trial. Adv Ther. 2020 Nov;37(11):4585-4598. doi: 10.1007/s12325-020-01477-w. Epub 2020 Sep 8.

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