Merck KGaA: Erbitux Meets Primary Endpoint in First-Line Phase III Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Study
Darmstadt, Germany, January 10, 2007 – Merck KGaA announced today that a Phase III study of Erbitux® (cetuximab) plus irinotecan-based therapy met the primary endpoint of increasing median duration of progression-free survival in patients with previously untreated metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). This randomized Phase III international trial, known as CRYSTAL Cetuximab combined with iRinotecan in first line therapY for metaSTatic colorectAL cancer, studied patients treated with Erbitux plus FOLFIRI (irinotecan-based chemotherapy) compared with FOLFIRI alone.
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