A phase III trial investigated the efficacy of carboplatin and a taxane with and without cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody against EGFR, in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. This trial did not reveal an improvement in the primary end point of progression-free survival (according to an independent radiological review committee) with the addition of cetuximab to the carboplatin and taxane regimen. A retrospective investigation of potential biomarkers did not reveal any significant association between these biomarkers and cetuximab efficacy.
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Stinchcombe, T., Socinski, M. Biomarkers in NSCLC for selecting cetuximab therapy. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 7, 426–428 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2010.99
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