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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: Rev Econ Stat. 2018 Mar 2;100(1):29–44. doi: 10.1162/REST_a_00670

Table 1.

List of Studied Cancer Drugs

Trade
Name
FDA
Approval
Year
Target
Disease
Pivotal Clinical Trial
Trial
Sites
Patients
Enrolled
Publication
Year
Number of Trial
Authors
First
Author City
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Xeloda 1998 Breast cancer 25 163 1999 10 Dallas
Herceptin 1998 Breast cancer 54 222 1999 11 Chicago
Valstar 1998 Bladder cancer 41 90 2000 6 Chicago
Ontak 1999 Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma 25 71 2001 26 Durham
Temodar 1999 Brain cancer 21 225 2000 22 Houston
Ellence 1999 Breast cancer 39 710 1998 18 Canada
Mylotarg 2000 Acute myeloid leukemia 32 104 2001 17 Seattle, WA
Trisenox 2000 Acute myeloid leukemia 9 40 2001 15 New York
Campath 2001 Chronic lymphocytic leukemia 21 93 2002 11 Houston
Zometa 2001 Hypercalcemia of malignancy 87 287 2001 11 Canada
Zevalina 2002 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 45 200 2002 13 Rochester, MN
Faslodex 2002 Breast cancer 83 400 2002 14 Houston
Eloxatin 2002 Colon cancer 120 463 2003 8 Nashville, TN
Velcadeb 2003 Multiple myeloma 14 202 2003 21 Boston
Bexxar 2003 Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 3 40 2005 7 Stanford, CA
Alimta 2004 Lung cancer 88 456 2003 13 Chicago
Erbitux 2004 Colon cancer 56 329 2004 12 United Kindom
Avastin 2004 Colon cancer 164 923 2004 15 Durham, NC
Dacogen 2006 Myelodysplastic syndromes 23 170 2006 16 Houston
Arranon 2006 Colon cancer 81 463 2007 12 Belgium
Torisel 2007 Kidney cancer 148 626 2007 19 Philadelphia
a

There were two pivotal trials for Zevalin; the second trial had 11 authors, with the same first author also in Rochester, Minnesota.

b

There were two pivotal trials for Velcade; the second trial had fifteen authors, with the first author in New York.