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August 14th 2023
Certain patients with penile squamous cell carcinoma responded to therapy with an immune checkpoint inhibitor, according to recent research.
Immunotherapy Combination Sparks a Response in Melanoma Brain Metastases
October 23rd 2017The combination of the immunotherapies Opdivo (nivolumab) and Yervoy (ipilimumab) sparked a response in nearly half of asymptomatic patients with melanoma brain metastases who had not received prior local therapy to the brain.
Keytruda Shows Benefit in Small Cell Lung Cancer
September 6th 2017The immunotherapy agent Keytruda (pembrolizumab) had an overall response rate (ORR) of 33 percent in a recent trial including patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Findings of the phase 1b KEYNOTE-028 trial were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Glioblastoma Vaccine to Be Tested as Orphan Drug, Easing Clinical Trials Process
August 19th 2017The designation recognizes that the vaccine, an immunotherapy called SurVaxM, would treat a rare disease, defined as one that affects a patient population of less than 200,000 Americans. However, because it acts on a protein that appears in 80 percent of cancers generally, SurVaxM may have wider applications.
FDA Approves Yervoy for Pediatric Melanoma Population
July 24th 2017Yervoy (ipilimumab) was granted approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of pediatric patients who are 12 years old or younger and have unresectable or metastatic melanoma, according to Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), the manufacturer of the CTLA-4 inhibitor.