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Elacestrant Benefit in Breast Cancer, but Compared to What?

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By:  M. Alexander Otto, PA, MMS From: .medscape.com Questions are now being asked about the comparator arm of a phase 3 trial in advanced breast cancer in which the investigational drug elacestrant (developed by Menarini/Radius Health) showed enough benefit for the companies to consider applying for approval from the US Food and Drug Administration. Elacestrant is a novel oral selective estrogen …

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FDA expands Enhertu approval for breast cancer

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From: healio.com The FDA expanded the approval of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan to include treatment of patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who received a prior anti-HER2-based regimen. Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu; AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo) is a novel antibody-drug conjugate with three components: a humanized anti-HER2 immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody with the same amino acid sequence as trastuzumab (Herceptin, Genentech); a topoisomerase 1 …

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Olaparib Extends PFS in Ovarian Cancer in SOLO-1 Clinical Trial

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By: Sarah Tilyou From: clinicaloncology.com Maintenance therapy with olaparib can reduce the risk for ovarian cancer progression and related death by 70% at three years, according to results of the phase 3 SOLO-1 trial.  The findings, which were presented at the ESMO 2018 Congress (abstract LBA7_PR) and published in The New England Journal of Medicine (2018 Oct 21. [Epub ahead …

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New Studies Using CELLSEARCH Circulating Tumor Cell Test to be Featured at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

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Research Adds to Growing Evidence of Clinical Utility of CTCs for the management of Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Menarini Silicon Biosystems announced today that new data utilizing the company’s CELLSEARCH® Circulating Tumor Cell Test will be presented at the upcoming 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS). A total of 21 studies will be presented: 20 posters and an oral …

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Pfizer-led consortium begins trial of metastatic breast cancer treatment palbociclib

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By: PBR Staff Writer From: pharmaceutical-business-review.com Pfizer, along with Alliance Foundation Trials (AFT) and six other international cancer research groups, has commenced a phase 3 clinical study to assess palbociclib (Ibrance) for the treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer. Ibrance is an oral inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6), which triggers cellular progression. Patina is a randomized, open-label …