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-- Overall survival in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer treated with axitinib in combination with gemcitabine or gemcitabine alone.
-- Single-agent efficacy and safety of axitinib in advanced, refractory NSCLC.
Signal Transduction
-- A phase II trial evaluated the safety and efficacy of the investigational compound CP-751,871 in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin as first-line treatment for NSCLC and standard therapy (paclitaxel and carboplatin alone).
Immuno-Oncology
-- Four different presentations evaluating CP-675,206 in metastatic melanoma and one presentation evaluating CP-675,206 in refractory CRC will be unveiled at ASCO.
-- Results from a multi-dose phase I/II clinical trial that evaluated safety, response, and survival in patients with advanced metastatic melanoma treated with CP-675,206 will be presented in an oral presentation. Two different dosing regimens were evaluated in the phase II arm, providing information on the selected dosing regimen in the phase III program.
Pfizer also announced the expansion of the clinical trial program evaluating the efficacy and safety of sunitinib malate in the treatment of breast cancer. Pfizer has initiated three additional phase III trials to further evaluate sunitinib malate in metastatic breast cancer. This robust research program now includes a total of four phase III and two phase II trials and will include more than 2,600 patients worldwide.
Phase III programs evaluating sunitinib malate in CRC, NSCLC and liver cancer will also be initiated. Professionals interested in learning more about sunitinib malate trials in various cancers can access www.suntrials.com - a clinical resource for healthcare providers.
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