Regulatory approval

Published by the Food and Drug Administration.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to cetuximab in combination with encorafenib for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with a BRAF V600E mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test, after prior therapy.

This is written in the approval document as:

ERBITUX is an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antagonist indicated for treatment of in combination with encorafenib, for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) with a BRAF V600E mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test, after prior therapy.

Citation

ImClone LLC. Erbitux (cetuximab) [package insert]. U.S. Food and Drug Administration website. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2021/125084s279lbl.pdf. Revised September 2021. Accessed October 30, 2024.

Therapeutic response

Precision oncology relationships for therapeutic response derived from this regulatory approval.

Type	Biomarker(s)	Cancer type	Therapy(ies)
Sensitivity (+)	BRAF p.V600E	Colorectal Adenocarcinoma	Cetuximab, Encorafenib