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…
Pancreatic cancer
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…
PANCREATIC CANCER
SIL204 reduces tumors, slows spread in pancreatic cancer models
Administering Silexion Therapeutics‘ investigational therapy SIL204 under the skin effectively reduced the growth of primary tumors and their metastatic spread to various organs in…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Immunotherapy shows promise as treatment for pancreatic cancer
Treatment with CAN-2409, an immune-modulating anticancer therapy, showed promising trends toward improved survival in a Phase 2 clinical trial involving people with pancreatic cancer,…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Low muscle mass linked to worse outcomes with chemoradiotherapy
Low muscle mass in people with inoperable pancreatic cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy, or CRT, was linked with more treatment-related toxicities and shorter overall survival in…
PANCREATIC CANCER
PAC-MANN blood test shows high accuracy in ID’ing pancreatic cancer
A new blood test called PAC-MANN can detect the most common type of pancreatic cancer with high accuracy, according to a study led by…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Checkpoint inhibitors may be effective Pan-NEN immunotherapy
Certain immunotherapies may be effective in some cases of pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (Pan-NEN), a rare type of pancreatic cancer, according to a study that…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Lixumistat shows promise as treatment for pancreatic cancer
Treatment with the once-daily oral therapy lixumistat, in addition to chemotherapy, slowed the growth of pancreatic cancer among participants with advanced disease in an…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Combination treatment shows promise for pancreatic cancer PDAC
Treatment with certepetide in combination with standard therapies led to stable disease in most people with a type of pancreatic cancer known as…
PANCREATIC CANCER
Germany clears pelareorep pancreatic cancer trial continuation
Authorities in Germany have given Oncolytics Biotech the go-ahead to continue enrollment in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial testing the company’s viral therapy pelareorep…
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