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    1 Drug classified under this active ingredient


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    Erbitux
    Merck
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    Erbitux

    EGFR Inhibitor, Monoclonal Antibody. Cetuximab 5 mg/ml.
    VIAL (I.V. infus.): 20 ml, 100 ml. Initial: 400 mg/m2, foll. by 1 x wkly. dose of 250 mg/m2. See lit.
    Tmt. of pts. with (EGFR)-expressing, RAS
    wild-type metast. colorectal canc. in
    comb. with irinotecan-based chemot., in
    1st -line in comb. with FOLFOX, as a single
    agent in pts. who have failed oxaliplatin and irinotecan- based ther. and who
    are intoler. to irinotecan. Tmt. of pts. with
    squamous cell canc. of the head and neck
    (SCCHN), in comb. with rad. ther. for
    local. advanced dis., in comb. with
    platinum-based chemo. for recur. and/
    or metast. dis., as a single agent after fail.
    of platinum-based chemo. for recur.
    and/or metast. dis
    .
    C/I: Severe hypersens, The comb. with
    oxaliplatin-cont. chemot. is contraindic.
    for pts. with mutant RAS metast.
    colorectal canc. (mCRC) or for whom
    RAS mCRC status is unknown.
    Contraind. for concom. used chemot.
    agents or rad. ther. must be
    considered before init. of comb. tmt.

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