Detailed results from the CAPItello-291 phase III trial showed AstraZeneca’s capivasertib in combination with Faslodex (fulvestrant) demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival versus placebo plus Faslodex in patients with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-low or negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, following recurrence or progression on, or after, endocrine therapy (with or without a CDK4/6 inhibitor).
Mark Burkard was named director of University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center.
