Are Cancer Drugs Getting Better? FDA’s Richard Pazdur Says, “Yes” A meeting of the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee has become a rare occurrence. Why? Because cancer drugs are getting better, as are applications for their approval, said Richard Pazdur, director of the FDA Office of Hematology and Oncology Products. “Drug development is much more […]
Lee Wattenberg, emeritus professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center, died Dec. 9 at the age of 92.
FDA approved Cyramza (ramucirumab) in combination with paclitaxel as a treatment for advanced or metastatic stomach or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma whose cancer has progressed on or after prior fluoropyrimidine- or platinum-containing chemotherapy.
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program approved the following clinical research studies last month. For further information, contact the principal investigator listed.
Updated interim results from the ongoing ARMOR2 phase II clinical trial of galeterone in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients demonstrated the potential of galeterone to treat CRPC expressing androgen receptor splice variants, including AR-V7, according to researchers.
Positive results from an ongoing phase II study of BIND-014 in non-small cell lung cancer showed that it has met the primary objective in the once-every-three-weeks arm, as measured by overall response rate. The data demonstrate that BIND-014 is well-tolerated with clinically meaningful anti-tumor activity at a lower dose than conventional docetaxel in patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC.
A phase III trial of Tumor Treating Fields was terminated early following early success detailed in an interim analysis. The trial evaluated patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma being treated with the NovoTTF-100A System, developed by Novocure, in combination with standard-of-care temozolomide.
Top-line secondary endpoint results from the phase III TRINOVA-1 trial in women with recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer did not demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in overall survival. The study evaluated trebananib plus paclitaxel versus placebo plus paclitaxel.
A study comparing Opdivo to dacarbazine chemotherapy in treatment naïve advanced melanoma patients marks first PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor to demonstrate a survival benefit in a phase III trial.
The Brigham & Women's Hospital has halted a controversial study that combined power morcellators with “containment bags” intended to capture tissue during minimally invasive gynecological surgery.
