Oncology Product Guide » clinical trial http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog A comprehensive guide to oncology products for medical professionals Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:00:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Novartis kidney cancer drug shows promise http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2008/02/29/novartis-kidney-cancer-drug-shows-promise/ http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2008/02/29/novartis-kidney-cancer-drug-shows-promise/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:46:20 +0000 Melissa Chang http://www.oncologyproductguide.com/blog/2008/02/29/novartis-kidney-cancer-drug-shows-promise/ Novartis logoSwiss company Novartis AG has reported that an independent data monitoring committee stopped a major trial of an investigational drug after interim results showed significantly better survival rates in kidney-cancer patients taking the therapy.Novartis was in Phase III of clinical trials, but the independent committee stopped the trial, involving some 400 patients in a dozen countries, because the study met its primary endpoint. Researchers say the targeted therapy could have promise for people with late-stage renal-cell cancer. Researchers are also evaluating the drug’s use in neuroendocrine tumors, lymphoma and other cancers.

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