FAILED TRIAL: Ph 3 STAR-221 study of domvanalimab-based combination in upper gastrointestinal cancers will be discontinued due to futility
“The results from STAR-221 are not what we had hoped for, and we have important work ahead to meet the needs of patients on our domvanalimab studies and also accelerate the casdatifan and I&I programs,” said Terry Rosen, chief executive officer of Arcus. “We are fortunate to be well capitalized and plan to focus our resources on casdatifan, including studying new early-line combinations in kidney cancer, broadening its development into new tumor types, and extending our capabilities beyond oncology.”
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