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Study of retifanlimab in squamous cell carcinoma meets primary endpoint of PFS

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Primary results from the phase III POD1UM-303/InterAACT 2 trial of retifanlimab (Zynyz), a humanized monoclonal antibody targeting programmed death receptor-1, in combination with carboplatin and paclitaxel (platinum-based chemotherapy) in adult patients with inoperable locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal cancer who have not been previously treated with systemic chemotherapy, were published in The Lancet. 

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