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SUBMITTER: Rini B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4666535 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rini Brian B Szczylik Cezary C Tannir Nizar M NM Koralewski Piotr P Tomczak Piotr P Deptala Andrzej A Dirix Luc Y LY Fishman Mayer M Ramlau Rodryg R Ravaud Alain A Rogowski Wojciech W Kracht Karolyn K Sun Yu-Nien YN Bass Michael B MB Puhlmann Markus M Escudier Bernard B
Cancer 20120612 24
<h4>Background</h4>This study evaluated the tolerability and antitumor activity of AMG 386, a peptibody (a peptide Fc fusion) that neutralizes the interaction of angiopoietin-1 and angiopoietin-2 with Tie2 (tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin-like and EGF-like domains 2), plus sorafenib in patients with clear cell metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) in a randomized controlled study.<h4>Methods</h4>Previously untreated patients with mRCC were randomized 1:1:1 to receive sorafenib 400 mg orally ...[more]