Review Article

Advances of Targeted Therapy in Treatment of Unresectable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Table 4

Clinical trials with bevacizumab as second-line treatment.

Study No. of patients Design TreatmentPrimary end pointResults

TML [70]820 Phase 3, open-label, RCT CTx versus bevacizumab + CTxOSHR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.69–0.940.0062

BEBYP [71] 185Phase III, RCT FOLFIRI or mFOLFOX6 versus FOLFIRI or mFOLFOX6 + bevacizumabPFSHR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.49–0.900.0072

ECOG E3200 [72] 829Phase III, open-label, RCTFOLFOX4 + bevacizumab versus FOLFOX4 versus bevacizumabOSHR, 0.750.0011

No.: number; PFS: progression-free survival; CI: confidence interval; RCT: randomized controlled trial; HR: hazard ratio; OS: overall survival; CTx: chemotherapy.