Anamorelin, a once-daily ghrelin receptor agonist, significantly increased lean body mass compared to placebo in two phase III trials in non-small cell lung cancer patients with cachexia.
A final analysis of a phase III trial showed that Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) plus prednisone significantly prolonged overall survival compared to an active control of placebo plus prednisone, in men with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Results from the LUX-Head & Neck 1 study showed that afatinib significantly delayed tumor growth compared to chemotherapy in patients following failure of their previous treatment, reducing the risk for disease progression by 20 percent.
A new analysis from the phase III SELECT trial of lenvatinib in the treatment of radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer shows that the level of baseline angiopoietin-2 may be a predictive factor for lenvatinib response, tumor shrinkage and prolonged progression free survival. Angiopoietin-2 regulates the formation tumor blood vessels.
A phase III trial showed that people with previously untreated BRAF V600 mutation-positive advanced melanoma who received the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib plus Zelboraf (vemurafenib) lived significantly longer without their disease worsening or death compared to Zelboraf alone.
Phase III data from the LUX-Lung 8 head-to-head trial, evaluating Gilotrif versus erlotinib in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, demonstrated superior improvement in progression-free survival with Gilotrif.
A STAND UP TO CANCER inaugural Dream Team launched in 2009 to focus on epigenetic therapy will continue with a commitment of $7.5 million from the Van Andel Research Institute.
THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY CANCER CENTERS received a charitable contribution from Bristol-Myers Squibb to develop a comprehensive program in immuno-oncology for community-based providers.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL, through its foundation, will fund four young investigator grants for childhood cancer research. The awards support Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation’s young investigator program. The addition of these four research projects results in eight total funded research projects this year, an $800,000 commitment. Each researcher receives a total grant of $100,000 over two-years. Four […]
MARY KOZIK was named senior director of development at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.
