Amgen's Vectibix, Best Supportive Care Improves Overall Survival vs BSC In Chemorefractory KRAS, RAS Wild-Type mCRC

Amgen

today announced the presentation of detailed results of a Phase 3 study with Vectibix® (panitumumab) and best supportive care (BSC) compared to BSC alone.  The study met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant improvement in overall survival (OS) in patients with chemorefractory wild-type KRAS (exon 2) metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC; n=377 total). This is the first Phase 3 Vectibix study to include an analysis of efficacy of Vectibix by wild-type KRAS (exon 2) and in wild-type RAS tumor mutation status in its primary analysis, providing important information about OS in these populations. These results, in addition to secondary endpoint data, were presented at the 2016 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium (GICS) in San Francisco. The study (GICS abstract #642) showed that patients with wild-type KRAS (exon 2) mCRC treated with Vectibix and BSC achieved a median OS of 10 months compared to 7.4 months for patients treated with BSC alone (hazard ratio [HR]=0.73, 95 percent confidence interval [CI]=0.57-0.93, p=0.0096). Data from a key