Clinical Trials

Following its success in acute myeloid leukemia and other cancers, devimistat is being explored as a treatment option for clear cell sarcoma in a phase 1/2 trial.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, John Diaz, MD, discussed the ovarian cancer treatment paradigm and the promise of STRO-002 for an important ovarian cancer subgroup.

The first patient has been dosed in the phase 1b/2 trial of ERAS-007, an extracellular signal-regulated kinase inhibitor, for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

The first patient with a locally advanced or metastatic solid tumor has been dosed with buparlisib in combination with A0025 with or without atezolizumab in a phase 1a clinical trial.

The phase 2 NOVA-II study has completed its part 1 analysis of OQL011 for the treatment of cancer therapy-induced skin toxicities.

Cancer research sites across the United States are evaluating the use of TTI-622 plus azacitidine in patients with T53-mutated acute myeloid leukemia.

Two international studies of oregovomab in combination with other anticancer therapies for the treatment of previously treated, recurrent ovarian cancer have dose its first patients, and patients are being recruited to receive the drug in a phase 3 study conducted in the United States.

Adjuvant giredestrant is being evaluated in comparison with other endocrine therapies for the treatment of ER-positive, HER2-negative, early breast cancer.

Following the successful completion of the phase 1b analysis, the study of devimistat in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin in biliary tract cancer has moved on to phase 2.

Sacituzumab goveitecan has been administered to the first time in a patient with metastatic or locally advanced unresectable urothelial carcinoma as part of the phase TROPICS-04 study.

The first patient has been dosed in a trial of FHD-609, a selective protein degrader of bromodomain-containing protein 9, for the treatment of synovial sarcoma.

Oncologists treating patients with HER2-expressing solid tumors can now refer patients for enrollment in a phase 2 trial of the novel drug A166, that has shown high potency in these tumors.

Three centers in the United States are recruiting patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma to receive the investigational selective PI3Kδ inhibitor zandelisib in combination with rituximab in a phase 3 clinical trial setting. The study aims to determine the efficacy and safety of zandelisib in combination with rituximab compared with standard immunochemotherapy.

Inhibition of the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) has shown potency in B-cell malignancies, leading to the exploration of treatment with the BTK inhibitor LOXO-305 in patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) in the phase 3 BRUIN clinical trial.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology™, Shannon N. Westin, MD, MPH, FACOG, discussed the need for the DUO-E trial in the endometrial cancer space and the unique patient population the study will evaluate.

The first patient has been dosed in a phase 1b/2 trial of AVB-500, a therapeutic recombinant fusion protein, in combination with gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel for the treatment of advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

The first patient with marginal zone lymphoma has been dosed in the global phase 2 TIDAL study of zandelisib, a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) delta inhibitor, for the treatment of MZL and follicular lymphoma in patients who have received at least 2 or more prior therapies.

Scott Kopetz, MD, PhD, FACP, explains the purpose of the phase 1b KISIMA-01 study of the ATP128 vaccine used with or without with or without ezabenlimab to treat patients with advanced colorectal cancer.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology™ following a presentation of the study protocol at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Susana K. Banerjee, PhD, explained the progress of ENGOT-ov60/GOG3052/RAMP 201 in detail.

To address over expression of the prostate specific membrane antigen in men with prostate cancer and other solid tumors, a phase 1 study of the novel anti-PSMA antibody drug conjugate, ARX517, has been administered to the first patient.

Following the success of a phase 1 study that showed its potential for accelerated FDA approval in the future, the WEE-1 inhibitor, ZN-c3 has been dosed for the first time in the newly launched phase 2 study, which is exploring the agent for the treatment of adult women with recurrent or persistent uterine serous carcinoma.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology™, Kamran A. Ahmed, MD, discussed the novel treatment strategy of combining radiotherapy with intrathecal trastuzumab/pertuzumab as well as and the rationale behind the combination.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology™, Shannon N. Westin, MD, MPH, FACOG, discussed the DUO-E trial, its design, end points, and the need for novel endometrial cancer therapies. 

A warning from the FDA highlights that an increased rate of death has been observed in patients with multiple myeloma who are undergoing treatment with the FDA-approved agent melphalan flufenamide in combination with dexamethasone in the phase 2 OCEAN clinical trial.

Selinexor has been administered in combination with ruxolitinib to the first patient with treatment-naïve myelofibrosis as part of a phase 1/2 clinical trial.

The first patient with an advanced solid tumor has been dosed with the first-in-class anti-PVRIG antibody, COM701, in combination with nivolumab and the anti-TIGIT antibody, BMS-986207, in a phase 1/2 clinical trial.

A phase 3 study has been initiated in order to evaluate the efficacy of the oral MDM2 inhibitor milademetan for the treatment of de-differentiated liposarcoma.

The first patient has been dosed in the phase 1/2a clinical trial, designed to evaluate LAVA-051- a gamma-delta bispecific gamma-delta T cell engager that activates Vγ9Vδ2 T cells and type 1 natural killer T cells-in those with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, multiple myeloma, and acute myeloid leukemia.

The Fox Chase Cancer Center at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has been added as an active trial site by Salarius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for the ongoing trial of seclidemstat for the treatment of relapsed or refractory Ewing sarcoma and advanced FET-rearranged sarcomas.

The investigational anti-TIGIT agent, COM902, has been administered to a patient for the first time as part of a phase 1 clinical trial evaluating COM902 in combination with the anti-PVRIG agent, COM701 in patients with advanced malignancies who have no alternative treatment options.