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DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Argos Therapeutics announced today that interleukin (IL)-12 secretion can predict the potency of the company's Arcelis(TM) dendritic cell (DC) immunotherapy and can be used as a potency marker in a Phase 3 clinical trial testing the company's lead product, AGS-003, in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). In vitro results published in the Journal of Immunotherapy demonstrate that the potency of mature CD40L RNA electroporated DCs correlates with...
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) have developed a novel virus-based gene therapy for renal cell carcinoma that has been shown to kill cancer cells not only at the primary tumor site but also in distant tumors not directly infected by the virus. Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of kidney cancer in adults and currently there is no effective treatment for the disease once it has spread outside of...
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study shows that the addition of everolimus (Afinitor® tablets) to the hormonal therapy tamoxifen in patients with hormone-receptor positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) metastatic breast cancer who have been previously treated with an aromatase inhibitor (AI) delays disease progression compared to tamoxifen alone. These results were presented today at the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast...
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the European Commission has approved SUTENT® (sunitinib malate) for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NET) with disease progression in adults. Experience with SUTENT as initial treatment is limited in this disease. Pancreatic NET is a rare cancer reported in two to four people per million annually worldwide.(1,2) Sutent is the...
BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that projected improvements in recurrence-free survival and a discontinuation of the historically observed increases in the incidence rate of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) will limit growth of new drug-treatment opportunities for advanced disease in RCC. According to analysis of Pharmacor Patient Flow Model Renal Cell...
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced today that the Phase 3 AXIS 1032 trial (A4061032), studying the investigational compound axitinib in previously treated patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), has met its primary endpoint, demonstrating that axitinib significantly extended progression-free survival (PFS) when compared to sorafenib, in the study population. Consistent with previous analyses, axitinib demonstrated a generally...
Galil Medical's TRACE Renal Registry tracks the use and effectiveness of kidney cryotherapy. Arden Hills, MN (PRWEB) November 18, 2010 Galil Medical, a global leader in minimally invasive cryotherapy cancer treatments, announced today that Medical University of South Carolina enrolled their first TRACE Registry patient. The TRACE (Tracking Renal Tumors After Cryoablation Evaluation) Registry will allow physicians and the company to follow and evaluate the use and effectiveness of...
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) today published a study that found patients taking Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets experienced a decrease in the size of their subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA), a benign brain tumor associated with tuberous sclerosis (TS)(1,2). This study, which was previously presented at the 46th American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, is the first prospective clinical trial of a drug to...
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Argos Therapeutics today announced that Fred Miesowicz, the company's chief operating officer and vice president of manufacturing, will present on the implementation, cost effectiveness and benefits of automation for Argos' Arcelis(TM) immunotherapy at The Cell Therapy Industry Summit-2010 in Carlsbad, Calif. at 2 p.m. PDT on Thursday, Nov. 4. The conference will take place at the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa. Argos recently announced...
Cancer drug now approved to treat rare genetic disorder SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the cancer drug Afinitor (everolimus) on Friday to treat patients with subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) associated with tuberous sclerosis (TS), a rare genetic disorder. This approval was for treatments of SEGA that can not be treated with surgery. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090824/FDALOGO) (Logo:...
