Necitumumab

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Also known as Portrazza

ELI LILLY & Co LLY · Non Small Cell Lung Cancer

Key figures

  • Next catalyst

    None scheduled

    Only dates with a source are listed

  • Phase

    Approved

    Not recorded

  • Linked trials

    2

    From ClinicalTrials.gov

  • Latest FDA action

    Approved

    BLA125547,

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Key information

Indication
Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Source: Conditions from ClinicalTrials.gov (opens in a new tab)
Designations
None recorded
Next catalyst
None scheduled

Development timeline

  1. Preclinical Completed
  2. Phase 1 Completed
  3. Phase 2 Completed
  4. Phase 3 CompletedFirst trial start 2 Nov 20092 linked trials
  5. Filed Completed
  6. Approved Current stageFirst approval 24 Nov 2015

Overview

Mechanism
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Route
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Modality
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Specialties
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Key dates

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FDA designations

No FDA designations are on record for Necitumumab. Editors add each one with its source.

Filed application

No filed application is on record for Necitumumab. Approvals are listed under FDA actions.

FDA advisory committees

No FDA advisory committee meetings are on record for Necitumumab.

Clinical trials

Trials linked to Necitumumab
TrialTitlePhaseStatusEnrollmentPrimary completionResults posted
NCT00981058ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00981058 (opens in a new tab)SQUIREFirst-line Treatment of Participants With Stage IV Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Necitumumab and Gemcitabine-CisplatinPhase 3Completed1,093 (actual)17 Jun 2013 (actual) Yes First posted Results on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT00981058 (opens in a new tab)

Posted results on ClinicalTrials.gov for SQUIRE

  • Overall Survival Time (OS) (Months)
    • Necitumumab + Gemcitabine + Cisplatin vs Gemcitabine + Cisplatin: Hazard Ratio (HR) 0.842 (95% CI 0.736 to 0.962), p-value 0.0120, Log Rank, superiority or other

Serious adverse events (Baseline Up To 156 Months): Necitumumab + Gemcitabine + Cisplatin 262 of 538; Gemcitabine + Cisplatin 208 of 541

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov results for NCT00981058 (opens in a new tab)· imported

Posted results as ClinicalTrials.gov prints them: primary outcome analyses and serious adverse event totals only. Registry facts, not reviewed by HealthTrade and not investment advice; filing-derived results are listed separately.

Publications listing SQUIRE (5), newest first

  1. Multitask learning of longitudinal circulating biomarkers and clinical outcomes: identification of optimal machine-learning and deep-learning models.

    BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026 Jun 30

  2. Efficacy and Safety of Necitumumab Continuation Therapy in the Phase III SQUIRE Study of Patients With Stage IV Squamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer.

    Clinical lung cancer · 2018 Mar

  3. Correlation of EGFR-expression with safety and efficacy outcomes in SQUIRE: a randomized, multicenter, open-label, phase III study of gemcitabine-cisplatin plus necitumumab versus gemcitabine-cisplatin alone in the first-line treatment of patients with stage IV squamous non-small-cell lung cancer.

    Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 2016 Aug

  4. The Effect of Necitumumab in Combination with Gemcitabine plus Cisplatin on Tolerability and on Quality of Life: Results from the Phase 3 SQUIRE Trial.

    Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2016 Jun

  5. Necitumumab plus gemcitabine and cisplatin versus gemcitabine and cisplatin alone as first-line therapy in patients with stage IV squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (SQUIRE): an open-label, randomised, controlled phase 3 trial.

    The Lancet. Oncology · 2015 Jul

Citations from PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine; abstracts are not stored. A publication lists this study’s NCT number and may be a review that cites many studies.

NCT00982111ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00982111 (opens in a new tab)INSPIREFirst-line Treatment of Patients With Stage IV Nonsquamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Necitumumab (IMC-11F8) and Pemetrexed-CisplatinPhase 3Completed633 (actual)14 Nov 2012 (actual) Yes First posted Results on ClinicalTrials.gov for NCT00982111 (opens in a new tab)

Posted results on ClinicalTrials.gov for INSPIRE

  • Overall Survival Time (OS) (Months)
    • Necitumumab + Pemetrexed + Cisplatin vs Pemetrexed + Cisplatin: Hazard Ratio (HR) 1.01 (95% CI 0.84 to 1.21), p-value 0.9561, Log Rank, superiority or other

Serious adverse events: Necitumumab+Pemetrexed+Cisplatin 158 of 304; Pemetrexed+Cisplatin 130 of 312

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov results for NCT00982111 (opens in a new tab)· imported

Posted results as ClinicalTrials.gov prints them: primary outcome analyses and serious adverse event totals only. Registry facts, not reviewed by HealthTrade and not investment advice; filing-derived results are listed separately.

Publications listing INSPIRE (1), newest first

  1. Necitumumab plus pemetrexed and cisplatin as first-line therapy in patients with stage IV non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (INSPIRE): an open-label, randomised, controlled phase 3 study.

    The Lancet. Oncology · 2015 Mar

Citations from PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine; abstracts are not stored. A publication lists this study’s NCT number and may be a review that cites many studies.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Posted results are shown as ClinicalTrials.gov prints them; results from company and journal sources are entered by editors and listed separately. Full result tables are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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FDA actions

Original approvals and new-indication supplements for Necitumumab, newest first
ApplicationActionDateOutcomeReviewSource
BLA125547Action letter for BLA125547 (opens in a new tab) Original 1 Type 1 - New Molecular EntityApprovedstandardDrugs@FDA via openFDA (opens in a new tab)

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EU status (EMA)

Withdrawn

Portrazza (EMEA/H/C/003886)

Authorised
Therapeutic area
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Marketing authorisation holder
Eli Lilly Nederland B.V.
Active substance (INN)
necitumumab
ATC code
L01
Latest EMA decision

Matched by active substance: EMA's INN or active substance equals this drug's name.

Source: European Medicines Agency (EMA), medicines data download. Licence: EMA re-use with acknowledgement. EMA medicines report 2026-10-26.

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