Posts by: Patricia Inacio PhD

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Keytruda (pembrolizumab) has simultaneously received five new approvals in Japan, including four expanded uses — three for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and one for melanoma — and a new indication for ... Read more

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019

Celyad’s Donor-derived CAR T-cell Therapy Begins Testing in Colorectal Cancer

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A Phase 1 trial evaluating Celyad’s CYAD-101 — a donor-derived CAR T-cell product — to treat metastatic colorectal cancer has dosed its first patient, the company announced. The trial, called Allo-SHRINK ... Read more

December 14, 2018

AMG 330 Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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A Phase 1 clinical trial assessing Amgen’s immunotherapy AMG 330 showed promising results in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients who received at least one prior treatment, the company announced. AMG 330, given at 120 and 240 microgram ... Read more

December 11, 2018

FDA Approves Tecentriq Combo as Initial Treatment for Select Patients with Advanced NSCLC

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab), in combination with Avastin (bevacizumab) and the chemotherapies Taxol (paclitaxel) and carboplatin, for a first-line treatment of certain patients with metastatic non-squamous non-small ... Read more

December 4, 2018

Yervoy, Local Injection of Candidate Therapy Tilsotolimod Shrink Advanced Melanoma Tumors, Trial Shows

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A combination of Yervoy (ipilimumab) and Idera Pharmaceuticals’ investigational tilsotolimod reduced tumors in four out of 10 advanced melanoma patients included in a Phase 1/2 trial. Findings from the ILLUMINATE-204 trial (NCT02644967) were presented at the European Society ... Read more

September 5, 2018

New UNC Software Aims to Make Stem Cell Transplants Safer for Leukemia Patients

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New computer software is able to identify targets for potential immunotherapies in individual leukemia patients undergoing stem cell transplants, a new study shows. These results open the door for tailored and ... Read more

August 21, 2018September 20, 2018

FDA Approves Opdivo for Certain Patients with Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Opdivo (nivolumab) to treat patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) who failed to respond to platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other ... Read more

July 20, 2018July 20, 2018

Immunotherapy Use Can Double Survival Rate of Melanoma Patients with Brain Metastasis, Large Study Reports

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Melanoma patients with brain metastasis have seen significant improvements in their survival rates since immune checkpoint inhibitors like Yervoy (ipilimumab) came into treatment use, a study based on “real-life” data ... Read more

July 10, 2018July 10, 2018

Study Will Test CAR T-cell Immunotherapy in Young People with Brain, Spinal Cord Tumors

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The Seattle Children’s Hospital is conducting a pioneering clinical trial testing engineered immune cells as a treatment for children and young adults with a kind of brain cancer that produces the ... Read more

Posts by: Patricia Inacio PhD

Patricia Inacio PhD

Keytruda Receives Five New Approvals in Japan, Including 3 Expanded Uses for Lung Cancer

Top 10 Immuno-Oncology Stories of 2018

Celyad’s Donor-derived CAR T-cell Therapy Begins Testing in Colorectal Cancer

AMG 330 Immunotherapy Shows Promise in Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia

FDA Approves Tecentriq Combo as Initial Treatment for Select Patients with Advanced NSCLC

Yervoy, Local Injection of Candidate Therapy Tilsotolimod Shrink Advanced Melanoma Tumors, Trial Shows

New UNC Software Aims to Make Stem Cell Transplants Safer for Leukemia Patients

FDA Approves Opdivo for Certain Patients with Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer

Immunotherapy Use Can Double Survival Rate of Melanoma Patients with Brain Metastasis, Large Study Reports

Study Will Test CAR T-cell Immunotherapy in Young People with Brain, Spinal Cord Tumors