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Pfizer’s Sutent Fails Colorectal Cancer Trial

Pfizer is discontinuing the SUN 1122 Phase III trial evaluating Sutent plus FOLFIRI (irinotecan plus infusional 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin) versus FOLFIRI alone for the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC).

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By: Tim Wright

Editor-in-Chief, Contract Pharma

Pfizer is discontinuing the SUN 1122 Phase III trial evaluating Sutent plus FOLFIRI (irinotecan plus infusional 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin) versus FOLFIRI alone for the first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC). An independent Data Monitoring Committee found that the addition of Sutent to the chemotherapy regimen would be unable to demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in the primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) compared to FOLFIRI alone. No new s...

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