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Ipilimumab for Early-Stage Melanoma?
Despite promising results, experts believe it's too early to use ipilimumab for early-stage melanoma, high toxicity being one of the limiting factors.
The drug is
for use in stage IV disease.
For the first time, ipilimumab (Yervoy, Bristol-Myers Squibb) has been shown to be effective in an adjuvant setting for earlier-stage melanoma. already approved
Results presented here at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology® show that ipilimumab significantly delayed recurrence, compared with placebo, in these stage III patients.
In a new study, known as EORTC 18071, more than 900 patients with stage III disease received ipilimumab (10 mg/kg) at a dose higher than the dose approved (3 mg/kg) for stage IV disease.
But experts say that these results are not strong enough to catapult the immunotherapy into the role of an important treatment option in this setting. And they cite the drug's toxicity as an ongoing concern, given the marginal benefit shown so far.
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Source: Medscape
Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Penn Medicine's Dr Justin Bekelman
December 19th 2023Justin Bekelman, MD, director of the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation, sat with our hosts Emeline Aviki, MD, MBA, and Stephen Schleicher, MD, MBA, for our final episode of 2023 to discuss the importance of collaboration between academic medicine and community oncology and testing innovative cancer care delivery in these settings.
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