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  • EGFR Inhibitor
    4 Drugs classified under this drug class


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    Caprelsa 100 mg
    Sanofi
    RX
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    Caprelsa 100 mg

    EGFR Inhibitor, Kinase Inhibitor. Vandetanib 100 mg.
    FC TABS: 30 x 100mg. Recom.
    dose 300mg 1x dly. Pts. must be given
    patient alert card and be informed of
    risks Assess QTc interval prior to init.
    tmt. Can reduce dosage if necess.
    See lit.
    Tmt. aggressive and sympt. medullary
    thyroid cancer (MTC) in pts. with
    unresectable locally advanced or
    metastatic dis. Pts.in whom Rearranged
    during Transfection (RET) mutation is not
    known or is neg., a possible lower benefit
    should be taken into account. See lit.
    C/I: Hypersens. to active subst. or excip;
    congenital long QTc syndrome; pts. with
    QTc interval > 480msec.; concomit. use
    of arsenic, cisapride,erythromycin, iv.
    toremifene, mizolastine moxifloxacin,
    class Ia and III antiarrhythmics. See lit.

    Erbitux
    Merck
    RX
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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.

    Gefitinib Teva
    SLE
    RX
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    Gefitinib Teva

    EGFR Inhibitor. Gefitinib 250 mg.
    F.C. TAB.:30. 250 mg (1 tab.)×1/d with / without food. See lit.
    Tmt. of  adult pts. with local. advanced or metastat. Non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with activat. mutations of EGFR‐TK.
    C/I: Hypersens.
    Lact.

     

    Iressa
    Astra Zeneca
    RX
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    Iressa

    EGFR Inhibitor. Gefitinib 250 mg.
    F.C. TABS: 30. Swall. whole 1 tab dly, with/
    out food, as monother. in advanced
    non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
    prev. receiv. tmt. with cytotox.
    chemother. Not recommend. child/
    adolesc. No adjust reqd. in pt. age,
    bdy. wt., gender, ethnicity, ren. funct.
    Poorly tol. diarrh./skin adverse drug reacts: Brief (up to 14 days) ther.
    interrupt foll. by reinstate 250 mg
    dose.
    Tmt. local advanced/metastat. NSCLC
    who have prev. received chemother.
    C/I: Hypersens.

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