A ramucirumab egy humanizált vascularis endothelialis növekedési faktor receptor-2 elleni monoklonális antitest, amely megakadályozza a vascularis endothelialis növekedési faktor-A, -C és -D ligandok kötődését. Gátolja továbbá a p44/p42 mitogén aktiválta proteinkinázok ligand által stimulált aktivációját, ezzel neutralizálva a humán endothelsejtek ligand által indukált proliferációját és migrációját. A REGARD (Ramucirumab monotherapy for previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma) és a RAINBOW (Ramucirumab plus paclitaxel versus placebo plus paclitaxel in patients with previously treated advanced gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma) vizsgálatok eredményei alapján a ramucirumab befogadásra került másodvonalbeli kezelésként, mint monoterápia és paclitaxellel történő kombinációban a lokálisan recidiváló és nem reszekábilis vagy metasztatizáló gyomorrákban (beleértve a gastrooesophagealis junctio adenocarcinomáját is). Az eddigi adatok alapján előrehaladott szolid daganatokban szenvedő betegeknél a progressziómentes túlélést és a teljes túlélést megnyújthatja a ramucirumab adása, de emellett az összes nemkívánatos esemény kockázatát is megemelheti (fáradtság, neutropenia, vérzés, hányinger, stomatitis). A szerzők áttekintik a ramucirumabbal végzett vizsgálatokat. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(40), 1587–1594.
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