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Analysis from Phase 2a HOPE-KIDS 1 Study Featured in Oral Presentation Two Real-world Data Studies Demonstrated Sustained Improvements in Hemoglobin with Oxbryta Consistent with Results from the Phase
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Higher percentage of patients treated with nivolumab and ipilimumab in clinical trial reach the six-and-a-half-year survival mark than those treated with either drug alone.
BOSTON - In the longest follow-up results from a clinical trial of combination immunotherapy for metastatic melanoma, investigators report that nearly half the patients who received the drugs nivolumab and ipilimumab were alive a median of six and a half years after treatment. The results, stemming from the CheckMate 067 clinical trial, represent a new landmark in survival rates for patients with melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor drugs.
F. Stephen Hodi, MD, the director of the Melanoma Center and the Center for Immuno-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is co-senior author of the study. Findings will be presented at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, being held virtually June 4-8.
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