Sentences with phrase «therapy trials like»

Not exact matches

There are more than 80 immune - related cancer therapies currently in clinical trials, fueled by many billions of dollars in pharmaceutical investment from the likes of Bristol - Myers Squibb bmy, Merck mrk, Pfizer pfe, and dozens of biotechs.

On the logistics end, it is easier to manufacture certain stem - cell therapies, which will be key for human trials like the heart - muscle - regeneration program.

While it takes time for gene therapies to be tested, trialed, and possibly approved by the FDA, genetics startups like Spark, AveXis, Caribou Biosciences, Editas, and Audentes have been on the road a while.

«We're at a pivotal point where we're building upon what we've learned in the PLAT - 02 trial and opening new trials, like PLAT - 04, with the goal of improving this therapy to the point that it becomes a long - term cure for all of our leukemia patients,» said Dr. Corinne Summers, an oncologist at Seattle Children's and the lead investigator of the PLAT - 04 trial.

«I think it would be marvelous if this trial worked, but it really seems more like a «Hail Mary pass» than a rational therapy,» he says.

«It is a tough calculus, but gene therapy for CF lung disease is still a realistic possibility and studies should be encouraged — especially well - done ones like the U.K. trial.

We provide access to the latest medicines and technology, as well as the most advanced clinical trials including novel personalized targeted therapies including precision medicine and immunotherapy - some that are only offered at NCI - designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers like ours.

How would this development (and whatever drug or therapy they devise for humans) move from the lab and into trials, without it taking decades, like the author here proposes?

Like most phase - I trials, this therapy will be tested first in patients with disease that has not responded to standard or other investigational therapies.

The goal of the epacadostat / Keytruda trial, and more than 1,100 combination trials like it, was to see if combining an existing drug with a new therapy would improve survival.

«We anticipate,» says Dr. Chou, «that this research will provide important pre-clinical data to support clinical trials using DAC and similar drugs combined with immune therapies targeting antigens like NY - ESO - 1 to treat advanced colorectal cancer and potentially other common cancers.»