The TASKIN trial found a 12-month overall survival rate of 61.3% with vilamakitug plus standard-of-care therapy, with exploratory findings suggesting potential benefit in right-sided tumors.
|Videos|March 6, 2017
Updated Results for Nivolumab in MSI-H Colorectal Cancer
Author(s)Michael J. Overman, MD
Michael J. Overman, MD, medical oncologist, Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses updated results from the CheckMate-142 trial, which investigated nivolumab alone or in combination with ipilimumab in patients with DNA mismatch repair deficient/microsatellite instability high metastatic colorectal cancer.
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