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Keytruda as monotherapy for patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer with disease progression on or after Platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy: FDA approved

The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Keytruda ( Pembrolizumab ), an anti-PD-1 therapy, as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer ( SCLC ... read article

Advanced non-small cell lung cancer: Pembrolizumab increases historic survival rate in patients with higher PD-L1 expression and chemotherapy-naive

Five-year data from the phase Ib KEYNOTE-001 clinical trial has shown that Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ) was safe and effective and substantially increased overall survival for advanced non-small cell lu ... read article

Vizimpro as first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR-activating mutations

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use ( CHMP ) of the European Medicines Agency ( EMA ) has adopted a positive opinion recommending Vizimpro ( Dacomitinib ), as monotherapy, for the first ... read article

Lorbrena for previously-treated ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, approved from FDA

The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Lorbrena ( Lorlatinib ), a third-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase ( ALK ) tyrosine kinase inhibitor ( TKI ) for patients with ALK-posit ... read article

Vizimpro for the first-line treatment of patients with EGFR-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, approved from FDA

The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Vizimpro ( Dacomitinib ), a kinase inhibitor for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) w ... read article

Locally-advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer: approved Imfinzi in European Union

The European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for Imfinzi ( Durvalumab ) as monotherapy for the treatment of locally-advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) in adults ... read article

FDA: Breakthrough Therapy Designation for LOXO-292, a selective RET inhibitor

The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation to LOXO-292, a selective RET inhibitor, for: the treatment of patients with metastatic RET-fusion-positive no ... read article

Durvalumab improves overall survival in PACIFIC trial for unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer

Positive overall survival ( OS ) results for the phase III PACIFIC trial, a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multi-centre trial of Durvalumab ( Imfinzi ) in patients with unresectable s ... read article

FDA has approved Tagrisso as 1st-line treatment for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved Tagrisso ( Osimertinib ) for the 1st-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer ( NSCLC ) whose tumours have epiderm ... read article

Epacadostat in combination with Pembrolizumab in patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma: ECHO-301/KEYNOTE-252 study stopped early for lack-of-benefit

An external Data Monitoring Committee ( eDMC ) review of the pivotal phase 3 ECHO-301/KEYNOTE-252 study results evaluating Epacadostat in combination with Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ) in patients with u ... read article

IMpower131 trial: Atezolizumab plus chemotherapy reduces the risk of disease worsening or death in the initial treatment of people with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer

IMpower131 study met its co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival and demonstrated that the combination of Atezolizumab ( Tecentriq ) plus chemotherapy ( Carboplatin and Abraxane [ albumin-bou ... read article

CheckMate -227 trial: superior progression-free survival with Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab combination versus chemotherapy in first-line non-small cell lung cancer patients with high tumor mutation burden

The ongoing phase 3 CheckMate -227 study met its co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival ( PFS ) with the Opdivo ( Nivolumab ) plus Yervoy ( Ipilimumab ) combination versus chemotherapy in fi ... read article

KEYNOTE-189 trial: Pembrolizumab improves overall survival and progression-free survival as first-line treatment in combination with Pemetrexed and Platinum chemotherapy in metastatic nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer

The pivotal phase 3 KEYNOTE-189 trial investigating Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ), an anti-PD-1 therapy, in combination with Pemetrexed ( Alimta ) and Cisplatin or Carboplatin, for the first-line treatme ... read article

FDA granted breakthrough therapy designation for Lenvatinib in combination with Pembrolizumab for patients with advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Multiple receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor Lenvatinib ( Lenvima ) and anti–PD-1 therapy Pembrolizumab ( Keytruda ) as a combination therapy for patients with renal cell carcinoma received the designa ... read article

IMpower150 study: Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab plus chemotherapy reduce the risk of disease worsening or death in the initial treatment of people with a type of advanced lung cancer

The phase III IMpower150 study met its co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival ( PFS ) and demonstrated that the combination of Atezolizumab ( Tecentriq ) and Bevacizumab ( Avastin ) plus c ... read article