Clinical research
The company’s non-opioid painkiller candidate VX-548 decreased Numerical Pain Rating Scale scores by at least two points after 12 weeks in a mid-stage diabetic peripheral neuropathy study.
The FDA decided last month to convene an advisory committee to discuss the companies’ proposed use of Abecma in earlier lines of treatment for multiple myeloma. Data presented Monday at the American Society of Hematology annual meeting provides a clue as to why.
The trial demonstrated that C3G glomerulopathy patients treated with the oral factor B inhibitor saw a significant reduction in protein in their urine. The results come days after iptacopan won the FDA’s green light for a rare blood disease.
The New York-based pharma reported at ASH that odronextamab had an 80% objective response rate, with 73% of patients experiencing a complete response.
Patients treated with the investigational sickle cell therapy saw an increase in hemoglobin levels and improved red blood cell parameters.
The investigational allogeneic CAR-T therapy P-BCMA-ALLO1 appears to be more effective following strong immunosuppressive preconditioning.
For the second time in as many days, Merck has reported a Phase III failure for its blockbuster PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda, this time as a first-line treatment with Eisai’s Lenvima for cancer in the uterus lining.
Results from a Phase III trial showed the combination improves progression-free survival compared to chemotherapy when used as a first-line treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer.
A combination of Merck’s experimental anti-TIGIT antibody vibostolimab and anti-PD-1 drug Keytruda failed to hit its endpoints in a mid-stage non-small cell lung cancer study.
While almost half of multiple myeloma patients on linvoseltamab achieved a complete response or better, all experienced adverse events and 14 patients died due to treatment-emergent AEs.
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