Olaratumab Case Study

Further ahead (8) guidelines on metrics in disease activity indices such as STPR as a predictor of mortality and visceral involvement (9). These RCTs has probable findings on the efficacy of MTX (10)(11).Interventions which aim at pathogenesis hold a promising future(e.g. Imatinib).Therapeutic agents targeting the fibrotic and vascular pathways(4) , conversely, improving survival rates (6).

Despite current advances in both biological understanding of the disease and clinical management through systemic chemotherapy, improvements in survival rates continue to remain scarce, with only 3% of patients surviving over 5 years (Singh et al., 2015). At the point of diagnosis, only 20% of patients display localised disease and hence susceptibility to surgical resection and successful chemotherapeutic intervention (Indolfi et al., 2016). Therefore, for the majority of PDAC patients, tumours remain asymptomatic until an advanced-disease stage upon metastasis to the liver and other organs (Singh et al., 2015). The delayed manifestation of overt clinical symptoms, such as jaundice, pain and weight loss severely constrict treatment

Physicians only monitor asymptomatic smoldering multiple myeloma since conventional chemotherapy has not proven beneficial (Palumbo & Anderson, 2011). However, current treatments for active myeloma usually employ induction (i.e. initial) therapy with a combination of drugs followed by high-dose chemotherapy with stem-cell transplant and maintenance chemotherapy (2011). In a personal correspondence, Dr. Kenneth Shain (2016) of Moffitt Cancer Center provided a list of frequently used multiple myeloma drugs that included the following: IMiDs, steroids, proteasome inhibitors, antibody therapy, deacetylase inhibitors, DNA damaging agents, and a selective inhibitor of nuclear export. The immunomodulatory drugs (i.e. IMiDs) Pomalidomide/Pomalyst®, Lenalidomide/Revlimid®, and Thalidomide/Thalomid® enhance the immune system’s ability to attack the myeloma tumor and inhibit angiogenesis (Dr. K. Shain, personal communication, November 2, 2016). Antibody therapy using Daratumuab/Darzalex®, Elotuzumab/Empliciti®, or Isatuxamab also boosts the immune system’s ability by specifically target cancer cells using antibodies (2016). Steroids typically used during chemotherapy include dexamethasone and prednisone (2016). The proteasome inhibitors Bortezomib/Velcade®, Carfilzomib/Kyrpolis®, and

IRAEs tend to follow a predictable pattern, with rashes and GI toxicity seen early and liver toxicity or endocrinopathies seen later in the treatment course. [13] Certain IRAEs appear to be specific to certain cancers, with pneumonitis being more prevalent in lung cancer patients and higher rates of vitiligo and colitis observed in melanoma patients receiving infusions immune check point inhibitors.[14] In general, anti-PD-1 antibodies, Nivolumab/Pembrolizumab, are more tolerable (10-15% rate of grade 3 [severe] and 4 [life-threatening] AEs) compared to Ipilimumab (20–30% rate of grade 3-4 AEs) and or combination PD-1 + CTLA-4 blockade therapy (55% rate of AEs).[14] Immune modulators (IMMs) are employed for high grade IRAEs and most patients achieve control with steroids or infliximab for steroid-refractory toxicity.[3] Fortunately, it has been shown that treating IRAEs with steroids/IMMs has yet to show any detrimental effect on the efficacy of immune check point therapy in terms of OS and

The Phase II trial was randomized and placebo-controlled that enrolled 164 patients with previously untreated GI cancers. These patients received ramucirumab in combination with oxaliplatin, leucovorin, and 5-fluorouracil (FOLFOX) or a placebo plus FOLFOX. The main endpoint of the Phase II trials was to test progression free survival (PFS), but other end points also included overall response rate (ORR), safety, and overall survival. The results of these trials found that there was no improvement in PFS or median OS, but that there was a significant increase in disease control rate (management of metastasis), which allowed the drug to move to Phase III trials

SCLC is a highly aggressive tumour with a propensity for early metastases and a high case-fatality rate. Systemic treatment with doublet platinum plus Etoposide ( cisplatin 60mg/m2 D1 or carboplatin AUC5 IV day 1 ,Etoposide100mg/m2 IV Day1 and 200mg/m2 oral day 2 and 3 is recommended for all stages of this disease and has been a standard first-line therapy for SCLC since the 1980s.(Hann 2008)

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Based on the results of aforementioned clinical trials, carfilzomib appears to be a safe and well-tolerated anti-myeloma medication with manageable toxicities in the different doses, schedules, and combinations in which it was evaluated. Even in triplet combinations with other known anti-myeloma agents, carfilzomib arm presented comparable incidences of AEs with the control arms and dose reductions are required in small proportions of treated patients [24]. In the pooled safety analysis of the phase II PX-171-003-A0, PX-171-003-A1, PX-171-004, and PX-171-005 trials investigating carfilzomib as a single-agent, the most common grade 3/4 AEs were thrombocytopenia (23%), anemia (22%), pneumonia (10.5%), cardiac event (9.5%) and fatigue (7.5%) [36].

This project management plan is to conduct the clinical study to determine dose and regimen of Durvalumab as monotherapy or in combination with Pomalidomide with or without Dexamethasone in subjects with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma.

Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) are rare tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. However, from another perspective, they are also considered to constitute the most common mesenchymal tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. These tumours are believed to arise from the interstitial cells of Cajal, the pacemaker cell of the gastrointestinal tract 1. In the past, these mesenchymal tumors were classified as leiomyomas, leiomyosarcomas or leiomyoblastomas. Not until recently, with the advent of immunohistochemistry, that the GISTs have been considered a separate clinical entity. Approximately 85% of GISTs harbour an activating Gain-of-function c-KIT (CD117)

Newly diagnosed CML patients in chronic phase were randomized to either drug. Imatinib did vastly better than IFN with cytarabine to the point where a majority of patients switched from IFN with cytarabine to Imatinib (the trial allowed for cross-over). Progression-free survival at 14 months was 92% with Imatinib compared to 73% with IFN with cytarabine. Based on these results, Imatinib was approved to be the first-line treatment for patients diagnosed with CML (Deininger, Buchdunger and Druker, 2005). Not only did Imatinib show better response rates and longer survival, but it also provides a better quality of life than the previous chemotherapies because it is a targeted therapy. Currently, Imatinib is the first treatment given for newly diagnosed CML

Vascular activity goes down dramatically within 24 hours of Avastin injection in virgin eyes and the effect is sustained. However, this treatment is not nearly as effective in salvage therapy of eyes having prior ablation. Once neovascularization resolves and intrinsic vessels cross the ridge (usually within one to two weeks), the growth delay can be variable, making follow up all the more critical in these patients. Per BEAT ROP, bevacizumab therapy is associated with fewer recurrences than laser therapy during the first 52 weeks of life. However, when we have followed these eyes over subsequent months, late recurrences have been seen with increased frequency in bevacizumab treated eyes. Recurrences arise at two distinct locations, the leading

respectively [1]. Treatment with imatinib mesylate (Gleevec; Novartis), a receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is reportedly effective in patients with metastatic GIST [6,7], and adjuvant imatinib treatment prolongs both survival and the time to metastasis [8]. Estimation of the postoperative risk of metastasis becomes more important in the management

Now is February 2011, and Oakdale Strategy Group has to develop a forecast for denosumab franchise, which consists of Prolia and Xgeva for 2015. I would forecast the product using smoothing methods. The first sales for Prolia were in mid-2010, and Amgen launched Xgeva in late 2010. Therefore, there are a few months’ sales data available for each new product which could be used as initiation. We don’t have much past data for denosumab, but we will have no trouble finding the U.S. osteoporosis drug market history revenue and future forecasts through market research institutes. After seeing the data, I believe there is a steadily increasing trend and seasonality pattern for osteoporosis drug. These evidences indicate Holt-Winters’ model for seasonal

Unlike Gilead that has only one product in its Oncology line, Bristol-Myers Squibb presently have four different drugs namely: Erbitux –an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antagonist for the treatment of Head & Neck cancer and Colorectal cancer,(2) Opdivo (nivolumab) for the treatment of unresectable or metastic melanoma and lungs cancer, (3) Syrcel( dasatinb) for the treatment of newly diagnosed adult with Philadelphia chromosome –positive (ph+) chronic myeloid leukemia and (4) Yervoy (ipilimumob) for the treatment of melanoma a type of skin cancer that spread and as such cannot be remove by surgery. Like Seattle Genetics, the company products use either Antibody-drug Conjugate (ADC) though in a different version by linking potent cytotoxic to monoclonal antibodies targeted to specific tumor cells or immune-oncology, an innovative technology that unlocks the body own immune system to fight against cancerous cells. It also expanded its focus to Nolch inhibitor (used in blocking powerful pathway that promotes tumor cell survival for certain other types of cancer. (Bristol-Myer Squibb, 2014) Because the technology is similar but used differently, BMS would be considered a close competitor who currently has the advantage of having four targeted specific drugs and 12 other oncology and immune-oncology in various trial phases.