FAILED TRIAL: Ph 3 KEYFORM-007 trial of favezelimab + KEYTRUDA did not meet its primary endpoint of OS in patients with previously treated PD-L1+ve MSS mCRC

“Metastatic colorectal cancer continues to be a challenging disease to treat, especially for the majority of patients who have microsatellite stable disease, which has had limited response to immunotherapies,” said Dr. M. Catherine Pietanza, vice president, global clinical development, Merck Research Laboratories. “We are grateful to the patients and investigators for their participation in this study, and we will continue to advance our clinical development program to evaluate KEYTRUDA-based combinations and novel candidates for patients with colorectal cancer in need of new options.”
Share:
More News
“We are encouraged by the progress of our clinical trial and remain focused on our goal to develop innovative therapies that can address glioblastoma and other cancers. Although we are unable to provide detailed information at this stage, we are excited about the continued advancement of this important program,” said
“We are disappointed in the outcome of the RELATIVITY-098 trial and that LAG-3 inhibition in the adjuvant setting did not lead to the same improved efficacy outcomes seen in advanced melanoma,” said Jeffrey Walch, M.D., Ph.D., vice president, Opdualag global program lead, Bristol Myers Squibb. “Patients whose tumors are completely
Ahsan Arozullah, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Vice President, Head of Oncology Development, Astellas said, “The combination of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab was the first approval to offer an alternative to platinum-containing chemotherapy, which had been the standard of care for first-line locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer for decades. We are
“U.S. FDA has accepted for review the resubmission of the BLA for linvoseltamab for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma (MM) who have received at least four prior lines of therapy or those who received three prior lines of therapy and are refractory to the last