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Clinical Trial
. 2005 Jul;19(7):729-38.
doi: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701630.

Ocular findings in patients with solid tumours treated with the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib ('Iressa', ZD1839) in Phase I and II clinical trials

A B Tullo  1 , B Esmaeli, P I Murray, E Bristow, B J Forsythe, K Faulkner
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Clinical Trial

Ocular findings in patients with solid tumours treated with the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor gefitinib ('Iressa', ZD1839) in Phase I and II clinical trials

A B Tullo et al. Eye (Lond). 2005 Jul.

Abstract

Purpose: To describe the strategy used for large-scale ophthalmological monitoring in the clinical development of the novel anticancer agent gefitinib ('Iressa', ZD1839), an epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, which had demonstrated ocular effects in preclinical animal models.

Methods: In this extensive clinical trial programme, patients in Phase I and II trials underwent frequent and intensive ophthalmological monitoring at baseline and during the trials. Data were reviewed by an external independent Ophthalmology Advisory Board.

Results: Ophthalmological data for 221 patients in Phase I trials of gefitinib and 425 patients in Phase II trials revealed no evidence of any consistent or drug-related ophthalmological toxicity. Interestingly, the baseline data revealed that, in an asymptomatic population, transient ophthalmological events are identified during monitoring.

Conclusions: This study reports the methodology and normative data in an ophthalmological screening programme that should prove useful for future studies.

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