Mouse xenografts of human NSCLC, pancreatic and colorectal tumour cell lines; tumour growth inhibition depending partly on EGFR status
“Treatment of mice implanted with tumor cell lines derived from NSCLC, pancreatic, and colorectal tumors with necitumumab resulted in varying degrees of tumor growth inhibition, depending, in part, on EGFR status of cells.”
✓ VerifiedFDA pharmacology/toxicology review, p. 12Source ↗
Why that model
Not stated in public reviews
Not reported in the public reviews. Reviewers summarise selectively, so this usually means it wasn't discussed publicly, not that it wasn't studied.
Reviewer's view of the efficacy data
Pharmacology adequately addressed; activity very similar to cetuximab in vitro and in vivo
“The pharmacology of necitumumab has been adequately addressed. It is to note that in several cases, necitumumab has been compared in vitro and in vivo with another anti-EGFR IgG1, cetuximab (Erbitux). In all cases the biological activity was very similar.”