Phase III Trial of Enzastaurin for NHL Patients Initiated

Publication
Article
Oncology NEWS InternationalOncology NEWS International Vol 15 No 7
Volume 15
Issue 7

Phase III Trial of Enzastaurin for NHL Patients Initiated

INDIANAPOLIS—Eli Lilly has initiated a randomized, placebo- controlled phase III trial of its experimental agent enzastaurin as maintenance therapy for patients with diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) who have achieved remission after first-line therapy. In early clinical studies, enzastaurin, an oral serinethreonine kinase inhibitor, showed promising activity in NHL.

Recent Videos
Conducting trials safely within a community setting lies at the heart of a successful collaboration between Northwell Health and START.
We are seeing that, in those patients who have relapsed/refractory melanoma with survival measured as a few weeks and no effective treatments, about a third of these patients will have a response.
We have the current CAR [T-cell therapies], which target CD19; however, we need others.
The expertise of START's network may streamline the availability of clinical trial enrollment and novel treatment options among patients with cancer.
“Every patient [with multiple myeloma] should be offered CAR T before they’re offered a bispecific, with some rare exceptions,” said Barry Paul, MD.
A new START center in New York may give patients with advanced malignancies an opportunity to access novel therapies in the community setting.
Barry Paul, MD, listed cilta-cel, anito-cel, and arlo-cel as 3 of the CAR T-cell therapies with the most promising efficacy in patients with multiple myeloma.
START is the largest early phase oncology network in the community-based setting, according to Geraldine O’Sullivan Coyne, MD, MRCPI, PhD.
Jose Sandoval Sus, MD, discussed standard CAR T-cell therapies in patients across multiple high-risk lymphoma indications.
Related Content