Neratinib combined with standard chemotherapy was found to be a beneficial treatment for some women with newly diagnosed, high-risk breast cancer.
Top-line results of a phase III trial evaluating talimogene laherparepvec in melanoma failed to meet its secondary endpoint of overall survival. The trial had previously reached its primary endpoint of durable response rate.
Last year, a phase III trial demonstrated Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets significantly extended progression-free survival in locally recurrent or metastatic, progressive, differentiated thyroid carcinoma that is refractory to radioactive iodine treatment.
Top-line results from a phase III trial evaluating the addition of custirsen to standard first-line docetaxel/prednisone therapy did not meet its primary endpoint of a statistically significant improvement in overall survival in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer when compared to docetaxel/prednisone alone.
FDA approved Cyramza (ramucirumab) to treat patients with advanced stomach cancer or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
The European Commission approved a subcutaneous formulation of MabThera (rituximab) for the treatment of patients with follicular lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month. For further information, contact the principal investigator listed.
Terminal cancer patients who receive chemotherapy in the last months of their lives are less likely to die where they want and are more likely to undergo invasive medical procedures than those who do not receive chemotherapy, according to a study.
An observational study found that robotic-assisted surgery for prostate cancer has fewer positive surgical margins than open surgery, and patients who had robotic surgery needed fewer additional cancer treatments afterward.
In the largest study of its kind, yttrium-90 radioembolization was found to be safe and provided disease stabilization in 98.5 percent of women with chemotherapy-resistant breast cancer liver metastases.
