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Keytruda/Lenvima combo shows promise in hard-to-treat cancers

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MSD (Merck) and Eisai have revealed new data from two trials under the LEAP clinical programme evaluating the combination of MSD’s PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda and Eisai’s oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor Lenvima. In another phase II trial, Keytruda plus Lenvima demonstrated an ORR between 9.7-32.3% Source link.

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Could Keytruda/Lenvima Combo Help Treat Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma?

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and Canada, announced along with Eisai today that it has new investigational data demonstrating positive top-line results from the Phase III KEYNOTE-581/CLEAR trial (Study 307). The trial looked at a combination of Keytruda from Merck and Lenvima from Eisai for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

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FDA Approves Updated Indication for Merck’s KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) for Treatment.

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Continued approval was contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials. This indication was approved under accelerated approval based on tumor response rate and duration of response.

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Positive EU CHMP Opinion for Updated Label of KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab)

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KEYTRUDA has become an important treatment option for certain patients with locally advanced or metastatic bladder cancer in the European Union and other countries around the world,” said Dr. Scot Ebbinghaus, vice president, clinical research, Merck Research Laboratories. “We Esophageal Cancer.

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Informed Design of Bioanalytical PCR Assay Testing Parameters

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There are over 2,000 CGTs currently being evaluated in clinical trials, with more than 200 in Phase III and 10-20 per year estimated to come to market by 2025. Click to enlarge At several steps during CGT development and testing, sensitive, accurate and precise quantitation of CGT drug vectors is required.

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Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-2 Alpha (HIF-2?) Inhibitor WELIREG™ (belzutifan) for the Treatment of Patients With Certain Types of Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) Disease-Associated Tumors

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The approval is based on results from the open-label Study 004 trial (N=61), where the major efficacy endpoint was overall response rate (ORR) in patients with VHL-associated RCC. The recommended dose of WELIREG (40 mg tablets) is 120 mg once daily until disease progression or unacceptance toxicity. WELIREG is the first HIF-2? of patients.

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Getting to the Heart of Science: How Clinical Research Saved My Life and Continues to Inspire Me

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Getting to the Heart of Science: How Clinical Research Saved My Life and Continues to Inspire Me pmjackson Fri, 04/04/2025 - 18:01 By Josiah Liang, Research Laboratory Technician, Clinical Diagnostic and Central Laboratory Services. How Clinical Research Saved My Life I was born in 2000.