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Ninlaro Triple Combo Delays Progression of High-Risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, Trial Suggests

Ninlaro Triple Combo Delays Progression of High-Risk Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, Trial Suggests

This post was originally published on this site Early treatment with a triple combination therapy containing Ninlaro (ixazomib), Revlimid (lenalidomide), and dexamethasone in patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma — a precursor of multiple myeloma — is safe and may halt the disease’s progression into the full-blown condition, a Phase 2 trial shows. The results will…

Sutro’s Investigational Antibody-Drug Conjugate Shows Promise in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Phase 1 Trial

Sutro’s Investigational Antibody-Drug Conjugate Shows Promise in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Phase 1 Trial

This post was originally published on this site STRO-002, an investigational antibody-drug conjugate being developed by Sutro Biopharma, is safe and shows promising efficacy in women with advanced ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer, early Phase 1 clinical data show. The findings were presented during the recent AACR-NCI-EORTC Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics Conference…

How to Prevent Alzheimer’s Patients from Wandering

How to Prevent Alzheimer’s Patients from Wandering

This post was originally published on this site “All that is gold does not glitter / Not all those who wander are lost / The old that is strong does not wither / Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” — J.R.R.Tolkien Why do people with Alzheimer’s disease wander? The tendency to wander in…

CHMP Favors Kadcyla Approval in EU for Certain HER2-positive Early Breast Cancer Patients

CHMP Favors Kadcyla Approval in EU for Certain HER2-positive Early Breast Cancer Patients

This post was originally published on this site The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), an arm of the European Medicines Agency, has recommended that Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) be approved as an adjuvant (post-surgery) treatment for certain HER2-positive early breast cancers, the treatment’s maker, Genentech, has announced. Specifically, the advisory committee for the European Union’s…

Tecentriq-chemo Combo OK’d as First-line Treatment for Certain Metastatic NSCLC Patients

Tecentriq-chemo Combo OK’d as First-line Treatment for Certain Metastatic NSCLC Patients

This post was originally published on this site The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab) in combination with chemotherapy — Abraxane (nab-paclitaxel) plus carboplatin — as a first-line treatment for patients with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors do not have any mutations in the EGFR or ALK genes. Tecentriq is…

HHS Secretary Alex Azar Touts White House Efforts to Cure Rare Diseases

HHS Secretary Alex Azar Touts White House Efforts to Cure Rare Diseases

This post was originally published on this site Despite skyrocketing healthcare costs, President Trump is committed to protecting the 30 million or so Americans with rare diseases and ensuring timely, affordable access to lifesaving treatments, the nation’s highest-ranking health official said. “We have to think about how our financing system can protect those with serious…

Kyprolis Combo Followed by Stem Cell Transplant is Effective for Most Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, Data Show

Kyprolis Combo Followed by Stem Cell Transplant is Effective for Most Smoldering Multiple Myeloma, Data Show

This post was originally published on this site A combination of Kyprolis (carfilzomib), Revlimid (lenalidomide), and dexamethasone, given before and immediately after a stem cell transplant, is effective for the treatment of patients with smoldering multiple myeloma — a precursor condition to multiple myeloma — at high risk of progressing to the full blown disease,…

Onvansertib Helps Overcome Resistance to Zytiga in mCRPC Patients, Interim Phase 2 Data Show

Onvansertib Helps Overcome Resistance to Zytiga in mCRPC Patients, Interim Phase 2 Data Show

This post was originally published on this site Trovagene’s investigational oral therapy onvansertib may help overcome resistance to Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), updated Phase 2 data continue to suggest. The trial (NCT03414034) is testing onvansertib as an add-on to Zytiga (by Janssen Biotech) and prednisone in men who experienced…

ADDF Awards $6M to Projects Looking to Better Diagnose Alzheimer’s, Dementia

ADDF Awards $6M to Projects Looking to Better Diagnose Alzheimer’s, Dementia

This post was originally published on this site The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced a second round of research awards totaling about $6 million, part of its Diagnostics Accelerator initiative into better diagnostics for Alzheimer’s (AD) and related dementia. These six global investigative efforts are in various stages of development, and include an advanced blood…