Info

ML18147

  1. Design:
  • Phase 3 trial
  • Multi-center
  • Randomized
  • Open-label
  1. Number of patients: 820 patients
  • 409 patients in the bevacizumab plus chemotherapy group
  • 411 patients in the chemotherapy alone group
  1. Patients characteristics:
  • Patients aged ≥18 years with unresectable, histologically confirmed metastatic colorectal cancer progressing up to 3 months after discontinuing first-line bevacizumab plus chemotherapy
  1. Agent:
  • Bevacizumab plus standard second-line chemotherapy
  1. Treatment line:
  • Second-line chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab
  1. Trial Name or NCT Number: NCT00700102
  2. Comparison of two groups:
OutcomeBevacizumab plus chemotherapy groupChemotherapy alone group
Median overall survival (months)11.2 (95% CI 10.4-12.2)9.8 (95% CI 8.9-10.7)
Hazard ratio0.8195% CI 0.69-0.94
Unstratified log-rank test p-value0.0062not reported
Grade 3-5 bleeding or haemorrhage8 (2%)1 (<1%)
Gastrointestinal perforation7 (2%)3 (<1%)
Venous thromboembolisms19 (5%)12 (3%)
Neutropenia65 (16%)52 (13%)
Diarrhoea40 (10%)34 (8%)
Asthenia23 (6%)17 (4%)
Treatment-related deaths43