Ramucirumab is a human monoclonal antibody (IgG1) against vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2), a type II trans-membrane tyrosine kinase receptor expressed on endothelial cells. By binding to VEGFR2, ramucirumab prevents binding of its ligands (VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D), thereby preventing VEGF-stimulated receptor phosphorylation and down...
Ramucirumab is indicated for the treatment of advanced or metastatic gastric or gastro-esophageal junction adenocarcinoma as a single agent or in combination with paclitaxel for patients who progress after prior fluoropyrimidine- or platinum-containing chemotherapy. It is indicated, in combination with erlotinib, for the first-line treatment of metastatic no...
Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China
Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, Chongqing, China
Gansu Provincial Hospital, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth (All Protocol Activities), Middletown, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Bergen (All Protocol Activities), Montvale, New Jersey, United States
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Suffolk - Commack (All Protocol Activities), Commack, New York, United States
UCL- Saint Luc, Bruxelles, Belgium
Institut Curie, Paris, France
Prinses Maxima Centrum, Utrecht, Netherlands
Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Site KR82003, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Site KR82005, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Site KR82001, Guro-gu, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Moffitt Cancer Center - Magnolia Campus, Tampa, Florida, United States
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Washington University School of Medicine - Siteman Cancer Center, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
The Oncology Institute of Hope & Innovation, Anaheim, California, United States
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
A site selected by Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Wakayama, Japan
Baylor University Medical Center, Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
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