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Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials

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The present systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of anti‑EGFR therapy in combination with radiotherapy (RT) or with chemoradiation compared with the existing standard of care for the treatment of locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LAHNSCC). The PubMed, SCOPUS, EMBASE and COCHRANE databases were searched and 12 phase III randomized controlled trials were included. The effectiveness of the anti‑EGFR monoclonal antibody cetuximab was evaluated in nine trials. Nimotuzumab (one trial), zalutumumab (one trial) and panitumumab (one trial) were the monoclonal antibodies evaluated in the remaining three trials. One study tested the effectiveness of adding cetuximab to radical RT and found that patients with LAHNSCC exhibited improvement in locoregional control (LRC), overall survival (OS) and progression‑free survival (PFS) compared with those of patients treated with RT alone. A total of three studies tested the effectiveness of adding an anti‑EGFR agent to chemoradiation. Of these, a single institution study in which patients received cisplatin at 30 mg/m2 weekly, instead of the standard doses of 100 mg/m2 every 3 weeks or 40 mg/m2 every week, reported significant improvement in PFS with the addition of nimotuzumab to chemoradiotherapy without an improvement in overall survival. However, the other two studies indicated that, when added to standard chemoradiation, the anti‑EGFR monoclonal antibodies cetuximab or zalutumumab did not improve survival outcomes. Two phase III trials evaluated RT plus an anti‑EGFR agent compared with chemoradiation alone. Of these, one study reported inferior outcomes with cetuximab‑RT in terms of OS and LRC, whereas the other study with panitumumab plus RT failed to prove the non‑inferiority. Two trials evaluated induction chemotherapy followed by cetuximab‑RT compared with chemoradiotherapy and reported no benefits in terms of OS or PFS. Furthermore, one study evaluated induction chemotherapy followed by cetuximab‑RT compared with induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy and found no improvement in OS or PFS. Finally, three phase III trials tested the effectiveness of cetuximab plus RT in the treatment of human papillomavirus‑positive oropharyngeal carcinoma, and found it to be inferior compared with cisplatin‑RT in terms of OS, PFS and failure‑free survival. Based on the aforementioned findings, it is difficult to conclude that anti‑EGFR therapy in any form has an advantage over conventional chemoradiation in the treatment of LAHNSCC.
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Nair LM, Ravikumar R, Rafi M, Poulose JV, Jose N, Pisharody K and Thommachan KC: Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials. Med Int 4: 41, 2024.
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Nair, L.M., Ravikumar, R., Rafi, M., Poulose, J.V., Jose, N., Pisharody, K., & Thommachan, K.C. (2024). Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials. Medicine International, 4, 41. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2024.165
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Nair, L. M., Ravikumar, R., Rafi, M., Poulose, J. V., Jose, N., Pisharody, K., Thommachan, K. C."Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials". Medicine International 4.4 (2024): 41.
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Nair, L. M., Ravikumar, R., Rafi, M., Poulose, J. V., Jose, N., Pisharody, K., Thommachan, K. C."Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials". Medicine International 4, no. 4 (2024): 41. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2024.165
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Nair LM, Ravikumar R, Rafi M, Poulose JV, Jose N, Pisharody K and Thommachan KC: Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials. Med Int 4: 41, 2024.
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Nair, L.M., Ravikumar, R., Rafi, M., Poulose, J.V., Jose, N., Pisharody, K., & Thommachan, K.C. (2024). Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials. Medicine International, 4, 41. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2024.165
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Nair, L. M., Ravikumar, R., Rafi, M., Poulose, J. V., Jose, N., Pisharody, K., Thommachan, K. C."Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials". Medicine International 4.4 (2024): 41.
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Nair, L. M., Ravikumar, R., Rafi, M., Poulose, J. V., Jose, N., Pisharody, K., Thommachan, K. C."Anti‑epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: A systematic review of phase III clinical trials". Medicine International 4, no. 4 (2024): 41. https://doi.org/10.3892/mi.2024.165
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