
Ira Winer, MD, PhD, Discusses Next Steps for Nemvaleukin Alfa Plus Pembrolizumab in Ovarian Cancer
Ira Winer, MD, PhD, FACOG, spoke about future directions of nemvaleukin alfa plus pembrolizumab for patients with pretreated platinum resistant ovarian cancer.
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[Nemvaleukin alfa and pembrolizumab] has been granted fast track designation [by the FDA]. The registration trial is the phase 3 ARTISTRY-7 trial. That’s in platinum-resistant disease. It’s ongoing, and it’s recruiting. It’s a comparator to conventional chemotherapy, and that’s an important aspect, because again, we see an objective response [rate of 28.5% in a small group of patients who were treated in the
References
1. Alkermes received FDA fast track designation for nembaleukin alfa in combination with pembrolizumab for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. News Release. Alkermes. October 25, 2021. March 24, 2022. https://bit.ly/3NiqWI2
2. Winer I. Clinical outcomes of ovarian cancer patients treated with the novel engineered cytokine nemvaleukin alfa in combination with the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab: recent data from ARTISTRY-1. Poster presented at: 2022 SGO Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer; March 18-21, 2022; Phoenix, Arizona. Accessed March 19, 2022.
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