Oncology Xagena
The first-line treatment with Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ), an anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with chemotherapy has demonstrated improvements in overall survival ( OS ), progression-free survival ( P ...
Hyperprogressive disease ( HPD ) is a paradoxical boost in tumour growth described in a subset of cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors ( ICIs ). Researchers retrospectively col ...
Positive results from the phase 3 PAOLA-1 trial in women with advanced ovarian cancer. were announced. The trial, in the first-line maintenance setting, compared Olaparib ( Lynparza ) added to stand ...
Detailed results from the phase III CASPIAN trial were presented at IASLC 2019 World Conference on Lung Cancer hosted by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer in Barcelona, Spain. ...
Neoadjuvant, or pre-surgical, treatment with Nivolumab ( Opdivo ) plus Ipilimumab ( Yervoy ) resulted in an overall major pathologic response ( MPR ) rate of 33% of treated patients with early-stage, ...
Some patients with metastatic prostate cancer respond to a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors after hormonal therapy and chemotherapy have failed, according to early results from a clinical t ...
The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Keytruda ( Pembrolizumab ), an anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with Inlyta ( Axitinib ), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, for the first-line treatme ...
Non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma ( NccRCC ) and clear cell renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation ( sccRCC ) have historically been underrepresented in clinical trials. Even with ta ...
In KEYNOTE-189, Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ) plus Pemetrexed ( Alimta ) and Platinum provided superior overall survival ( OS ) ( hazard ratio, HR 0.49, P less than 0.00001 ) and progression-free surviva ...
Clinical data for Larotrectinib ( Vitrakvi ), an oral, selective, and CNS-active TRK inhibitor, in adult and pediatric patients with TRK fusion cancers, were presented at the European Society for Medi ...
In a phase 1b trial, Avelumab ( Bavencio ) plus Axitinib ( Inlyta ) as first-line had encouraging antitumor activity for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma ( aRCC ) ( Lancet Oncol 2018;19:451 ...
Role of aromatase inhibitors and Zoledronic acid ( Zometa ) as adjuvant treatment of premenopausal endocrine-responsive breast cancer patients is debated. Letrozole ( Femara ) has never been tested ...
The PARP inhibitor, Olaparib ( Lynparza ) has shown clinical activity in subsets of recurrent ovarian cancer patients. Researchers have hypothesized increased DNA damage by Olaparib may complement a ...
The PROSPER trial has shown a clinically and statistically significant improvement in metastasis-free survival ( hazard ratio, HR=0.292 [ 95% CI 0.241, 0.352 ], p less than 0.0001 ) with Enzalutamide ...
Activation of the PD-1 pathway has been implicated in resistance to BCG ( Bacillus Calmette–Guérin ) therapy. Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ), a checkpoint inhibitor with significant activity in patients ...
