A phase IIb clinical trial for Galera Therapeutics’ GC4419 met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a significant (p=0.024), clinically meaningful and dose-dependent reduction in the duration of severe oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer receiving chemoradiation.
Care for patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-related squamous cell cancers of the oropharynx (an area in back of the throat) is shifting toward community cancer centers, but patients treated in this setting may be less likely to survive, according to new research by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Head and Neck Cancer Center.
