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....The trial was unblinded after 18 months, at which point the median overall survival had been reached in the control arm at 5.4 months (61 percent of patients died); however, neither bavituximab arms had reached median overall survival (fewer than 35 percent of patients died).

"This rigorous phase II trial demonstrates that not only is bavituximab well tolerated when given with docetaxel but it improves response rates, progression free survival and overall survival of second-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced NSCLC," said David Gerber, MD, lead author of the study and an assistant professor of internal medicine at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas who specializes in lung cancer treatment. "If a phase III trial confirms these findings, bavituximab could become a major component of standard treatment for patients with this challenging disease."

Source: American Society for Radiation Oncology