Aveo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a LG Chem Ltd. subsidiary, said that Fotivda (tivozanib) in combination with Bristol Myers Squibb Co.’s Opdivo (nivolumab) failed to increase progression-free survival (PFS) in advanced kidney cancer patients in a phase III Tinivo-2 study. Despite the primary endpoint miss, Aveo noted that Fotivda alone, or as a monotherapy, in the control arm meaningfully extended median PFS, helping “further support the approved use of Fotivda as a safe and effective treatment option in relapsed or refractory advanced [renal cell carcinoma] RCC following two or more prior systemic therapies.”
Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has synthesized molecular glue degraders acting as RBM39 degradation inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.
Adicet Bio Inc. has obtained FDA clearance of its IND application to evaluate ADI-270, an armored allogeneic λδ CAR T-cell therapy candidate targeting CD70-positive cancers, for the treatment of relapsed or refractory renal cell carcinoma (RCC).
Researchers from Peptidream Inc. presented preclinical characterization of novel carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX)-targeting radiopeptides, [64Cu]PD-32766 and [177Lu]PD-32766, being developed for the diagnosis and treatment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), respectively.
Peptidream Inc. has reported that an early-phase clinical trial for 64Cu-PD-32766, a 64Cu-labeled radiopharmaceutical targeting carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX), for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma has been approved by the clinical review board of the National Cancer Center Hospital East in Japan.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals LLC has described molecular glue degraders comprising DDB1- and CUL4-associated factor 15 (DCAF15) and RNA-binding protein 39 (RBM39) protein acting as RBM39 degradation inducers and RBM39/DCAF15 interaction inducers reported to be useful for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.
Curve Therapeutics Ltd. has raised £40.5 million (US$51.2 million) in a series A round to take two lead programs toward the clinic over the next three years. Since its formation in 2019, Curve has applied its Microcycle intracellular screening platform to discover a pipeline of small molecules against oncology targets that have evaded conventional approaches.
MYC oncogene is known to be amplified in 5% to 10% and overexpressed in 20% of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), conferring aggressiveness. Researchers have now found...
Researchers from Baylor University and collaborators have described the synthesis and evaluation of a series of 6-aryl-3-aroyl-indole analogues acting as tubulin polymerization inhibitors aimed to be used as anticancer agents. Inhibitors of tubulin polymerization are promising antiproliferative agents and their interaction with the colchicine site is linked to its activity as vascular disrupting agents (VDAs).
