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Combining Avastin with conventional chemotherapy leads to superior efficacy

• The specific chemotherapy agents used in clinical practice vary considerably between tumour types; trials have investigated Avastin in combination with the most frequently used regimens in each indication.

• Avastin has demonstrated efficacy in phase III trials when combined with a variety of chemotherapy agents and regimens
  • mCRC: IFL, XELOX, FOLFOX4^7,28
  • NSCLC: carboplatin/paclitaxel, cisplatin/gemcitabine^8,12
  • mBC: paclitaxel, docetaxel.^9,14

• Large safety studies have explored further combinations in mCRC, NSCLC and mBC.^29–32

 

Chemotherapy agents and regimens used in combination with Avastin in safety studies^29–32