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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Novocure To Test Tumor Treating Fields With Roche Tecentriq In Pancreatic Cancer

 

  • Novocure Ltd  (Get Free Alerts for NVCR) has entered into a clinical trial collaboration agreement with Roche Holdings AG  (Get Free Alerts for RHHBY) to develop Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) together with Roche's atezolizumab in metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC).
  • The phase 2 study was designed to test the safety and efficacy of TTFields together with atezolizumab, gemcitabine, and nab-paclitaxel as a first-line treatment for mPDAC. 
  • The study will enroll approximately 75 patients with a primary endpoint of disease control rate.
  •  The secondary endpoints include overall survival, progression-free survival (PFS), one-year survival, objective response rate, PFS at six months, duration of response, and toxicity profile. 
  • Novocure is the study sponsor, and Roche is providing atezolizumab for the trial.
  • Tumor Treating Fields are electric fields that disrupt cancer cell division.
  • Last week, the FDA granted breakthrough designation to the NovoTTF-200T System, TTFields, to be delivered together with atezolizumab and bevacizumab for the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic liver cancer.

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