Ficlatuzumab and Cetuximab in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC)

"Ficlatuzumab Concentrate for Injection, 20 mg/mL, is formulated in 10 mM histidine buffer pH 5.8. The formulation also includes 142 mM arginine (for isotonicity) and 0.01% polysorbate 80. The product is sterile filtered and aseptically filled into washed and depyrogenated 5 mL glass vials.The product is a clear to slightly opalescent, colorless to slightly yellow, solution.~Ficlatuzumab Concentrate for Injection is to be administered by IV infusion as an admixture with normal saline solution. The admixture solution in an IV bag is connected to an infusion set containing a 0.22 µm low protein-binding in line filter. The filtered admixture solution is clear to slightly opalescent.~Ficlatuzumab is to be stored under refrigerated conditions (2o C- 8oC)"

"Cetuximab is supplied as a 50-mL, single-use vial containing 100 mg of cetuximab at a concentration of 2 mg/mL in phosphate buffered saline. The solution should be clear and colorless and may contain a small amount of easily visible white amorphous cetuximab particulates. Cetuximab can be administered via infusion pump or syringe pump, it must not be administered as an IV push or bolus. Cetuximab must be administered with the use of a low protein binding 0.22-micrometer in-line filter. Maximum infusion rate should not exceed 5 mL/min.~Store vials under refrigeration at 2C to 8C (36F to 46F). DO NOT FREEZE. Following the cetuximab infusion, a one-hour observation period is recommended."