Chemotherapy

A cancer patient died and three others were hospitalised in the UK after they were administered an unlicensed version of chemotherapy cabazitaxel. According to The Guardian, which reported on the incident, the problem was caused by an issue at private healthcare company Sciensus’ medicines manufacturing unit. In a statement, Sciensus said that it was an […]

AstraZeneca UK announced that Lynparza (olaparib) is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for maintenance treatment of BRCA-mutated relapsed, platinum-sensitive, high-grade epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer in adults who have had two or more courses of platinum-based chemotherapy.  BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human genes that produce proteins […]

Redx, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel, small molecule, targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and fibrotic disease, announced preclinical data for its lead fibrosis asset, RXC007, and the Discodin Domain Receptor (DDR)1/2 discovery programme.   The data were from preclinical models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and triple negative breast […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation to RRx-001 for the prevention/attenuation of severe oral mucositis in chemotherapy and radiation-treated head and neck cancer patients. The FDA also accepted the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a follow-on Phase IIb clinical trial, called KEVLARx, in the same head […]

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorisation to AstraZeneca for Imfinzi (durvalumab) in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin in Great Britain for use as a first-line treatment of adults with locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer (BTC).1 This authorisation by the MHRA has been issued under Project Orbis, […]

Cancer drug AVA6000 continues to show a very favourable safety profile in the fourth dose cohort of the ALS-6000-101 dose escalation Phase I clinical trial.   Additionally, analysis of tumour biopsies obtained from six patients indicates that doxorubicin is being released within the tumour tissue, confirming the tumour targeting potential of the pre|CISION technology.  There has […]

Biotechnology company Sensorion has enrolled the first patient in its Phase IIa Proof of Concept clinical trial of SENS-401 (Arazasetron) in patients suffering from cisplatin-induced ototoxicity.  Cisplatin and other platinum-based compounds are essential chemotherapeutic agents for many cancers. A serious side effect of these therapies is ototoxicity, or permanent and irreversible hearing loss, which occurs […]

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a positive recommendation for Takeda’s EXKIVITY (mobocertinib) for treating EGFR Exon 20 insertion mutation-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer after platinum-based chemotherapy within a Final Appraisal Document (FAD).1,2  In March 2022, Great Britain was the first country outside of the US to grant a conditional […]

An update on the latest oncology developments by DDW Digital Content Editor Diana Spencer The last month has seen huge strides forward in our understanding of cancers, particularly in how they develop resistance to therapies and how we can ‘outsmart’ them using gene editing or different therapeutic pathways, but also how we can better target […]

A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has found a way to overcome chemotherapy resistance in colorectal cancer.  The team successfully used a combination of tyrosine kinase inhibitors, opening up new avenues for developing therapies that are more targeted than chemotherapy.  Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers. Over time, chemotherapy induces […]

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated the most effective treatment for pancreatic cancer ever recorded in mouse models.  The new treatment completely eliminated tumours in 80% of mice across several model types, including those considered the most difficult to treat.  The approach combines traditional chemotherapy drugs with a new method for irradiating the tumour. […]

Not only is October Breast Cancer Awareness Month but October 21 is Wear it Pink 2022, Breast Cancer Now’s annual fundraising day. While advances in treatment over the last few years have resulted in good overall survival rates for patients with non-metastatic disease (90% five-year survival rate in the US1), outcomes are still poor in […]

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) to Avacta Group’s chemotherapy drug, AVA6000, for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma.  AVA6000 is a form of the generic chemotherapy doxorubicin that has been modified using pre|CISION technology so that it is activated predominantly in the tumour with the aim of […]

A Mount Sinai study titled Simultaneous CK2/TNIK/DYRK1 inhibition by 108600 suppresses triple negative breast cancer stem cells and chemotherapy-resistant disease describes how a novel therapeutic (108600) combats aggressive chemotherapy-resistant triple-negative breast cancer (TBNC). 108600 targets and inhibits breast cancer stem cells, a subpopulation of cells found within patient triple negative breast cancers that can promote […]