IDeate-Esophageal01 Ph 3 Trial of Ifinatamab Deruxtecan Initiated in Certain Patients With Pretreated Advanced or Metastatic Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
“Advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma is a difficult-to-treat disease, and unfortunately overall survival remains low,” said Marjorie Green, MD, senior vice president and head of oncology, global clinical development, Merck Research Laboratories. “The initiation of the pivotal Phase 3 IDeate-Esophageal01 clinical trial demonstrates our shared commitment with Daiichi Sankyo to further expand our clinical development program evaluating this potentially first-in-class ADC across multiple solid tumors where there are unmet needs for new treatment options.”
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