An analysis of a previously published phase III study prospectively validated five prognostic factors, referred to as the Moore criteria, used to identify a subset of patients with advanced cervical cancer that may not benefit from bevacizumab treatment.
A phase III study comparing Vectibix (panitumumab) and best supportive care met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant improvement in overall survival in patients with chemorefractory wild-type KRAS (exon 2) metastatic colorectal cancer.
One of the largest randomized trials ever has concluded that ovarian cancer screening may reduce ovarian cancer mortality by an estimated 20 percent after follow up of up to 14 years, but researchers say longer follow-up is needed to determine the ultimate mortality reduction and if screening the general population is cost effective.
Researchers conducted a large analysis of breast cancer cell function, saying the results suggest dozens of new uses for existing drugs, new drug discovery targets, and new drug combinations.
Array BioPharma reported top-line results from the ongoing phase III clinical trial of binimetinib in patients with advanced NRAS-mutant melanoma, demonstrating that the study met its primary endpoint of improving progression-free survival when compared with dacarbazine treatment.
A phase III study of the Delcath Hepatic Delivery System (Melphalan/HDS) for the treatment of melanoma patients with liver metastases, met its primary endpoint of hepatic progression-free survival.
A phase III study of Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection), in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin, demonstrated improvements in median overall survival in post-gemcitabine metastatic pancreatic cancer patients.
FDA approved Opdivo (nivolumab) injection for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who have received prior anti-angiogenic therapy.
Adult patients under 60 years of age with newly-diagnosed FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia who received the investigational compound PKC412 (midostaurin), plus standard induction and consolidation chemotherapy, experienced a 23 percent improvement in overall survival (HR=0.77, p=0.0074), compared to those treated with standard induction and consolidation chemotherapy alone.
Results from the phase III head-to-head ENDEAVOR study comparing Kyprolis to Velcade in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma showed that patients treated with Kyprolis achieved progression-free survival of 18.7 months compared to 9.4 months (HR=0.53; 95% CI: 0.44, 0.65; p<0.0001).
