Lilly's CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab) Becomes First FDA-Approved Biomarker-Driven Therapy in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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May 13, 2019
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This new indication - the fifth FDA approval for CYRAMZA in an advanced or metastatic cancer - is for the second-line treatment of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are AFP-High (AFP ≥400 ng/mL)

Approximately forty percent of all patients with advanced HCC are AFP-High and are a patient population that can have more aggressive disease and a poorer prognosis

Concurrent with this approval, the FDA has also removed the boxed warning from the CYRAMZA labeling

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