Chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body—a phenomenon known as “inflammaging” because it increases with age—has been linked to many leading causes of illness and death, including cancer, heart disease, metabolic conditions, and neurodegenerative diseases. But scientists have struggled to understand what causes inflammaging or how to reverse its effects.
The phase III XPORT-EC-042 trial, evaluating selinexor as a maintenance-only therapy compared to placebo in adult patients with TP53 wild-type advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, did not meet its primary endpoint of progression free survival.
