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WALTHAM, Mass. and BOULDER, Colo. — Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: COGT), a biotechnology company focused on developing precision therapies for genetically defined diseases, today reported positive Part 1b data from the Company’s ongoing SUMMIT trial evaluating bezuclastinib in patients with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis (NonAdvSM) at the 2024 American Academy of Allergy...
WALTHAM, Mass. and BOULDER, Colo. — Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: COGT), a biotechnology company focused on developing precision therapies for genetically defined diseases, today announced it has submitted its New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for bezuclastinib in NonAdvanced Systemic Mastocytosis (NonAdvSM). The submission is based on positive clinical...
WALTHAM, Mass. and BOULDER, Colo. — Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT) today announced complete results from the registration-directed Part 2 of the SUMMIT clinical trial of bezuclastinib in patients with nonadvanced systemic mastocytosis (NonAdvSM). As previously reported, bezuclastinib demonstrated clinically meaningful and highly statistically significant improvements across the primary and all key secondary endpoints. New results further highlight the benefit...
WALTHAM, Mass. and BOULDER, Colo. — Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: COGT) today announced positive top-line results from the registration-directed Part 2 of the SUMMIT clinical trial of bezuclastinib in patients with non-advanced systemic mastocytosis (NonAdvSM) demonstrating clinically meaningful and highly statistically significant improvements across the primary and all key secondary...
WALTHAM, Mass. and BOULDER, Colo. — Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: COGT), a biotechnology company focused on developing precision therapies for genetically defined diseases, today reported positive data from its Phase 3 PEAK trial of bezuclastinib plus sunitinib in patients with imatinib-resistant or intolerant Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST). The combination reached a median...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Coherus BioSciences, Inc., today announced data from the lead-in portion of the Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating casdozokitug (casdozo), a selective and potent IL-27-targeting antibody, in combination with atezolizumab (atezo) and bevacizumab (bev) in treatment naïve patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC)....
Baltimore, Maryland – A combination of two cancer drugs could be effective against malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) — soft tissue tumors that are stubbornly resistant to chemotherapy and radiation — according to a laboratory study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Both drugs interfere...
According to the results of a phase 1/2 study, combination therapy with the mTOR inhibitor temsirolimus and the immunomodulatory agent lenalidomide (TEM/LEN) was feasible and demonstrated activity in heavily pretreated lymphomas, including relapsed/refractory (R/R) classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). The open-label, multicenter, phase 1/2 study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01076543) accrued patients with R/R...
Birmingham, England – Children who develop neuroblastomas, a rare form of cancer which develops in nerve cells, may benefit from receiving certain anti-tumour drugs as well as chemotherapy, a new trial has found. The results of the BEACON trial conducted by the Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit at the...
Adding liposomal irinotecan (LI) to fluorouracil and leucovorin (FL) significantly improved survival in patients with previously treated, metastatic biliary tract cancer, according to research published in The Lancet Oncology. In the phase 2b NIFTY trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03524508), researchers compared second-line LI plus FL with FL alone in patients with metastatic biliary...