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    Imfinzi in combination with tremelimumab shows OS-prolonging benefit in liver cancer

    • Last Update: 2022-02-19
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    AstraZeneca recently announced more results from the Phase III HIMALAYA study, saying the addition of tremelimumab to its PD-L1 blocker Imfinzi (durvalumab) reduced the risk of death by 22% in patients with unresectable liver cancer


    ASCO

    The HIMALAYA study evaluated Imfinzi monotherapy and the STRIDE regimen, which consists of adding a single priming dose of tremelimumab to Imfinzi followed by Imfinzi every four weeks


    AstraZeneca said the median survival time for patients on the STRIDE regimen was 16.


    AstraZeneca said the median survival time for patients on the STRIDE regimen was 16.


    Tremelimumab is a human immunoglobulin (Ig) G2 monoclonal antibody directed against the human T cell receptor protein cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA4) , with potential immune checkpoint inhibition and antitumor activity


    immunity

    Following a string of clinical failures with tremelimumab, AstraZeneca finally demonstrated last year that adding tremelimumab to Imfinzi+ chemotherapy significantly extended overall survival in lung cancer


    lung cancer

     

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