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The Importance of Treatment-Free Survival in Cancer Care Planning
December 5th 2019In cancer clinical trials, the goal, or primary endpoint, is often focused on overall survival. However, one expert from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute thinks treatment-free survival should also be documented to provide patients with the data they need to make informed treatment choices.
FDA Approves Frontline Tecentriq/Chemotherapy for Metastatic Non-Squamous NSCLC
December 4th 2019The Food and Drug Administration approved Tecentriq in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adults with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer without EGFR or ALK mutations.
FDA Grants Priority Review to Keytruda for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
December 3rd 2019The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for Keytruda (pembrolizumab), an anti-PD-1 immunotherapy, for the treatment of patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-unresponsive, high-risk, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), according to Merck, the drug’s manufacturer.
FDA Grants Priority Review to Durvalumab for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
December 3rd 2019The FDA accepted a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) and granted a priority review to Imfinzi (durvalumab) for the treatment of patients with previously untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC), according to AstraZeneca, the drug’s manufacturer.
FDA Grants Priority Review to Pemigatinib for Cholangiocarcinoma Treatment
December 3rd 2019The FDA has granted a priority review to a new drug application (NDA) for pemigatinib as a treatment for patients with previously treated, locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma – a cancer that originates in the bile ducts – with FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements, according to Incyte, the agent’s manufacturer.
What Patients With CLL/SLL Should Know About the FDA's Approval of Calquence
November 28th 2019The Food and Drug Administration’s approval of Calquence (acalabrutinib) for adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma offers an exciting treatment option, according to Dr. John C. Byrd.