Posts by: Patricia Inacio, PhD

Patricia Inacio, PhD

Patricia holds a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from University Nova de Lisboa, and has served as an author on several research projects and fellowships, as well as major grant applications for European Agencies. She has also served as a PhD student research assistant at the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York.

March 11, 2020March 23, 2020

Ciforadenant Has Promising Anti-tumor Activity in mCRPC, Early Data Show

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Treatment with Corvus Pharmaceuticals‘ ciforadenant (CPI-444), alone or in combination with Tecentriq (atezolizumab), is well tolerated and showed promising anti-tumor activity in heavily pretreated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients, ... Read more

January 29, 2020January 30, 2020

Erleada Approved in Europe to Treat Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer

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The European Commission (EC) has agreed to extend the use of Janssen’s Erleada (apalutamide) to treat men whose metastatic prostate cancer still responds to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a condition ... Read more

January 28, 2020February 3, 2020

First Patient Dosed in Early Trial Testing ORIC-101, Xtandi Combo for Metastatic Prostate Cancer

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A Phase 1b trial has started dosing patients to study whether Oric Pharmaceutical’s ORIC-101 — which inhibits the glucocorticoid receptor — is able to overcome prostate cancer resistance to ... Read more

November 4, 2019

Veru Completes Enrollment for Zuclomiphene Citrate Trial for ADT-Induced Hot Flashes in PC

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Veru Healthcare has completed patient enrollment for its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of zuclomiphene citrate (VERU-944) for the treatment of hot flashes in men receiving hormone ... Read more

October 23, 2019

FDA Grants Breakthrough Device Designation to IsoPSA Blood Test for Early Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted breakthrough device designation to Cleveland Diagnostics’ IsoPSA, a minimally invasive blood test for early detection of prostate cancer. The IsoPSA ... Read more

October 16, 2019October 25, 2019

Long-term Hormone Therapy Does More Harm than Good in Prostate Cancer Patients with Low PSA Levels After Surgery, Analysis Shows

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Men who see their prostate cancer returning after surgery see no benefits from adding long-term hormone therapy to salvage radiation therapy if their PSA levels are low; instead, they ... Read more

September 23, 2019

Prolaris Helps to ID Prostate Cancer Patients Suited for Active Surveillance, Study Says

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Prolaris, a genetic test developed by Myriad Genetics to help predict the aggressiveness of prostate cancer, can accurately identify prostate cancer patients with low-risk disease who may safely opt ... Read more

August 29, 2019

FDA Clears Way for Trial of Immunotherapy in Advanced Prostate Cancer, Scripps Research Says

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has signed off on a clinical trial that will test CCW702, an immunotherapy developed by Calibr at Scripps Research, as a possible treatment ... Read more

August 21, 2019

Myriad to Seek FDA Approval of Diagnostic Test to Determine Lynparza Eligibility for mCRPC Patients

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Myriad Genetics is filing an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requesting the approval of its BRACAnalysis CDx — which identifies inherited BRCA mutations — as a ... Read more

August 19, 2019

Phase 1 Trial Enrolling Advanced, Castration-resistent Patients to Test Triple Immunotherapy Combo

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A Phase 1 trial is enrolling people with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) to test Inovio Pharmaceutical‘s immunotherapy INO-5151 in combination with two other immunotherapies — Celldex’s CDX-301 and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo ... Read more

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