Roche today provided an overview of results from studies that further the company’s approach to developing targeted medicines for people with cancer, a diagnosis that will affect more than one in three people during their lifetime. Results from studies involving the company’s approved and investigational treatments will be presented during the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) taking place May 29 through June 2 in Orlando, USA.
New approaches to treating lung cancer: Positive Phase III studies of Avastin and Tarceva as first-line maintenance treatments in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including important information about biomarkers in lung cancer.
Chemo-free targeted maintenance treatment for lung cancer
Two pivotal Phase III studies will show that effective maintenance treatment can help lung cancer patients continue to fight their disease without the need for continued chemotherapy, potentially creating a new treatment strategy in lung cancer. The first of the studies (SATURN) demonstrates the benefits of the targeted agent Tarceva (erlotinib) in helping patients with NSCLC live longer without their disease progressing when given after chemotherapy. The second study (ATLAS) will highlight efficacy data in patients treated with Avastin (bevacizumab) followed by combined maintenance treatment with Avastin and Tarceva.
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