Orca-T, Orca Bio‘s investigational allogeneic stem cell transplant for treating blood cell cancers, more than doubled the rate of survival free from moderate…
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PANCREATIC CANCER
FDA grants orphan drug status to PEP-010 for pancreatic cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug status to Pep-Therapy‘s PEP-010, a potential first-in-class treatment for pancreatic cancer. The…
Avapritinib, an approved orally available medication, reduced tumor size in a subset of children and young adults with treatment-resistant high-grade gliomas, a study shows.
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
MIRASOL: Elahere extends survival in hard-to-treat ovarian cancer
Treatment with AbbVie’s Elahere (mirvetuximab soravtansine) reduced the risk of death by 32% in women with difficult-to-treat epithelial ovarian cancer over standard chemotherapy. That’s according…
The International Myeloma Foundation (IMF) has announced its 2nd annual Iceland Cycling Expedition (ICE), a seven-day endurance bike ride to raise funds for…
Chromoanagenesis — an abnormal rearrangement of DNA within the chromosomes of certain cells, including blood cells — links with limited treatment response and poorer outcomes…
PANCREATIC CANCER
OSE2101 vaccine shows ‘promising benefit’ in pancreatic cancer trial
Treatment with the experimental cancer vaccine OSE2101, given in combination with standard chemotherapy, led to positive early results in a Phase 2 clinical trial…
Adding the investigational therapy LAM561 to standard of care treatment may delay disease progression or death in people with newly diagnosed glioblastoma whose tumors exhibit…
GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
Study of NKT3964 in gynecological, other cancers advances
A Phase 1 clinical trial testing Nikang Therapeutics’ oral therapy NKT3964 in people with certain advanced or metastatic solid tumors, including gynecological cancers,…
The use of dexamethasone alone may successfully treat the immune side effect cytokine release syndrome (CRS) in people with relapsed or refractory multiple…
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