BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pfizer announced today the initiation of a Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of sunitinib malate, in combination with a standard chemotherapy regimen, in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) - cancer originating in the colon that has spread to other parts of the body. In addition, new data from a Phase I study being presented this week at the World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer (WCGC) in Barcelona showed that sunitinib malate is active and generally well-tolerated in combination with a standard chemotherapy regimen, FOLFIRI, in previously untreated patients with mCRC. These data support further evaluation of sunitinib malate in mCRC in a Phase III program.
