ONCOS-102 Shows Promise in Combination Mesothelioma Treatment
ONCOS-102, a promising immunotherapy vaccine, is moving closer to becoming a part of future first-line treatment for mesothelioma.
Early clinical trial results announced this week show safety and efficacy when the vaccine is used in combination with standard-of-care chemotherapy for patients with inoperable pleural mesothelioma.
Targovax, a Scandinavian pharmaceutical company developing the drug, is moving forward with another study combining ONCOS-102 with a checkpoint inhibitor drug such as Keytruda (pembrolizumab) or Opdivo (nivolumab), along with chemotherapy.
“We have seen enough data at this point to be going full-steam ahead with larger randomized trials,” Dr. Magnus Jaderberg, chief medical officer at Targovax, told The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com. “The data points to a real benefit with this emerging combination.”
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Survival Times Increase
The drug combination including ONCOS-102 had a median progression-free survival of 8.4 months, compared to 6.8 months for the control group receiving only chemotherapy.
Patients receiving the immunotherapy vaccine showed a 90% control rate, 7% better than the control group.
The median progression-free survival was 4.5 months for the combination.
Results are considered still emerging and are expected...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - Category: Environmental Health Authors: Matt Mauney Source Type: news
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