Biosimilar Trastuzumab Effective in Triplet Regimen for Gastric Cancer
A biosimilar version of Herceptin taken in combination with chemo and the immune-boosting drug Keytruda reduced tumor size in a clinical trial... Read More
Drug-Drug Interactions to Avoid in Patients With GI Cancer
People with HER2-positive gastric cancer should not take proton pump inhibitors for heartburn while they are undergoing treatment, recent studies have found.
RemeGen Co., Ltd. Announced New RC48-ADC Data in Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer at ASCO
RemeGen announced a 24% response rate in a clinical trial of its antibody drug conjugate RC48 in patients with HER-2 positive gastric... Read More
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Previously Treated HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer
Gastric cancer patients treated with Enhertu in a recent study had favorable response rates, survival and duration of response as compared to... Read More
First-Line Pembrolizumab and Trastuzumab in HER2-Positive Esophageal, Gastric, or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
Patients with Her2-positive gastric cancer taking a combination of the immune-boosting drug Keytruda with Herceptin had progression-free survival rate at six months... Read More
ALX Oncology’s ALX148 Receives Two Fast Track Designations from FDA for the Treatment of Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Patients with Gastric or Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma
ALX Oncology won fast-track designation from the FDA for its drug ALX148 in the second-line treatment of patients with HER2-positive gastric cancer.
Safety and Efficacy of the Addition of Lapatinib to Perioperative Chemotherapy for Resectable HER2-Positive Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma
Adding Tykerb to chemotherapy in HER-2 positive gastric cancer patients was proven safe in a phase 2 trial
Novel HER2 Conjugate Promising as Salvage for Solid Tumors
A small trial of a new antibody-drug conjugate that targets HER2 produced an objective response rate of 43% in patients with HER2-positive... Read More
Updated Clinical Data from Combination of Margetuximab and Pembrolizumab in Gastric Cancer Presented at 2019 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
“We continue to be very encouraged by the tolerability and antitumor activity of margetuximab with an anti-PD-1 mAb, an investigational, chemotherapy-free approach... Read More
Biotech Imugene ‘encouraged’ by data for HER2 vaccine in gastric cancer
An early stage drug tested in a new study shows promising results for gastric cancer patients.