A novel intratumoral chemotherapy agent delivered by direct injection permits the dispersion of cytotoxic drugs into cancer cells to eradicate tumors, according to data from a phase 1/2 trial of INT230-6 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors.
A novel intratumoral chemotherapy agent delivered by direct injection permits the dispersion of cytotoxic drugs into cancer cells to eradicate tumors, according to data from a phase 1/2 trial of INT230-6 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced solid tumors.
According to data from a preliminary phase 1b clinical trial, a novel approach using the investigational toll-like receptor 9 (TLR-9) agonist CMP-001 in combination with pembrolizumab may have the potential to reverse resistance to anti–PD-1 therapy.
At the recent International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer World Conference, attention was focused on 2 new targeted therapies—TAK-788 and poziotinib—for non–small-cell lung cancer associated with EGFR and HER2 exon 20 insertions or mutations.
Atlanta, GA—Mogamulizumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting CC chemokine receptor type 4 (CCR4), significantly reduced the risk for disease progression or death in patients with untreated cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) compared with vorinostat (Zolinza), reported Youn H. Kim, MD, Director, Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Lymphoma Program, Stanford Medicine, California, at ASH 2017. Patients [ Read More ]
Atlanta, GA—Sotatercept, an investigational activin receptor IIA ligand trap, when used alone or in combination with ruxolitinib (Jakafi), safely increases hemoglobin levels in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasm–associated myelofibrosis, according to data from a phase 2, investigator-initiated clinical trial, presented at ASH 2017. Ruxolitinib is the only medication approved by the [ Read More ]
Atlanta, GA—Treatment with ivosidenib, an IDH1 inhibitor, resulted in an objective response rate (ORR) of 41.6% in a phase 1 dose-escalation and expansion clinical trial in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and IDH1 mutation. Ivosidenib induced a complete response (CR) or a CR with a partial [ Read More ]
The cancer drug pipeline continues to boast many new therapies, reinforcing the recent trends of new and improved monoclonal antibodies and other classes of targeted therapies for different types of tumors. At ASCO 2014, researchers presented findings for many of these drugs, with immunotherapies leading the way in current drug [ Read More ]
