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. 2009 Dec 15;102(1):8–18. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605483

Table 3a. Antibody-based VEGFi and imaging biomarkers.

References Drug, disease and trial DCE-MRI biomarkers N Drug-induced changes Prognostic and predictive values
Overmoyer et al (2004) Docetaxel±Bevacizumab Breast cancer; Phase 2 kep 26 ↓kep NS
Wedam et al (2006) Bevacizumab Breast cancer; Phase 2 Ktrans, ve 20 ↓Ktrans NS
Jayson et al (2005) HuMV833 (Anti-VEGF) Advanced cancer; Phase 1 Ktrans kep rBV 20 ↓kep NS
Ton et al (2007) CDP791 (Anti-VEGFR-2) Advanced Cancer; Phase 1 Ktrans 31 No DCE-MRI change Dose-related volumetric change NS

Abbreviations: VEGF=vascular endothelial growth factor; DCE-MRI=dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging; kep=rate constant; Ktrans=bi-directional transfer coefficient; rBV=regional blood volume; ve=volume of the extravascular extracellular space (EES).