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Vol.52 No.25

Clinical Roundup

Sigvotatug vedotin misses OS primary endpoint vs. docetaxel in phase III trial in previously treated metastatic non-squamous NSCLC

Sigvotatug vedotin, an integrin beta-6 directed antibody-drug conjugate, did not show a statistically significant improvement in the primary endpoint of overall survival, compared to docetaxel, according to the results of the phase III SigVie-002 study (previously known as Be6A Lung-01).

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Vol.52 No.25

Clinical Trials & Tribulations

What NHS-Galleri taught us—and what it didn’t

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Vol.52 No.24

By Scott D. Ramsey and Ruth Etzioni

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By Bryan Bassig, Catherine R. Marinac, David M. Routman, Elizabeth K. O'Donnell, Jennifer Keating Litton, Karthik V. Giridhar, Kennedy Ng Yao Yi, Kurt Giles, Nima Nabavizadeh, Ora K. Gordon, Rebecca Kaltman and Shawn Kothari

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Vol.52 No.24

By Jacquelyn Cobb

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