Second Phase III Study Of Avastin(R) (Bevacizumab) In 1st Line Metastatic Breast Cancer Meets Its Primary Endpoint

Roche announced that a phase III study in metastatic breast cancer investigating Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with docetaxel chemotherapy compared to docetaxel alone, met its primary endpoint of improving the instance patients live without their disease advancing. The findings come

from the first analysis of the phase III “Avastin and Docetaxel” (”AVADO”, BO17708) study which investigated the addition of docetaxel to bevacizumab administered either at 7.

Original post by Women’s Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today

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