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A phase I/II study of decitabine in combination with panitumumab in patients with wild-type (wt) KRAS metastatic colorectal cancer.
Investigational new drugs - 1 Oct 2013
Garrido-Laguna I, McGregor K A, Wade M, Weis J, Gilcrease W, Burr L, Soldi R, Jakubowski L, Davidson C, Morrell G, Olpin J D, Boucher K, Jones D, Sharma S
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PURPOSE: KRAS mutations are predictive of lack of response to monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against EGFR in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Most wild-type KRAS patients, however, are also resistant. Retrospective data suggest that EGFR silencing play a role in resistance to therapy. We conducted a study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of decitabine (a hypomethylating agent) in combination with panitumumab...
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