CW June 2005Issue Number 6 June 2005 ISSN 10593802 Adding Bevacizumab Improves Response RatesA metastatic colorectal cancer clinical trial (TREE-2) adding bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech) to each of 3 chemotherapy regimens tested in a prior trial (TREE-1) found the addition of bevacizumab to be well tolerated and to improve overall response rate (ORR) in each case. Bevacizumab is a recombinant humanized monoclonal IgG1 antibody that binds to and inhibits the biologic activity of human vascular endothelial growth factor.
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