Tag: Immunotherapy

Increased recurrence-free survival seen for patients with high-risk HCC following resection or ablation

61 percent of patients had complete response to interferon alfa-2b; patients with high-grade disease showed expected response to chemo

Event-free survival longer for those receiving neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab versus adjuvant pembrolizumab only

Myotoxicity-related fatality rate 3.4 percent after institution of screening coupled with active ventilation, treatment

84.9 percent of 73 patients achieved objective response, including 23.3 percent with complete response

Sequential approach is feasible and safe for peanut allergy, with very low frequency of rescue epinephrine use

Quality of life favored the pembrolizumab arm versus standard-of-care arm receiving ipilimumab, high-dose interferon α 2b

Overall incidence of treatment-related adverse events was 91.2 percent and included lymphopenia, nausea, neutropenia

Two-year overall survival higher for those initiating treatment with combo nivolumab/ipilimumab versus dual BRAF/MEK inhibition

Trial did not meet primary efficacy end point of disease-free survival in patients with localized RCC at high risk for postnephrectomy relapse