Xiya Reagent:New Trial Initiated Evaluating Amgen's Talimogene L

New Trial Initiated Evaluating Amgen's Talimogene Laherparepvec In Combination With Merck's Anti-PD-1 Therapy KEYTRUDA® (Pembrolizumab) For Advanced Melanoma

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) today announced the initiation of a trial of talimogene laherparepvec, an investigational oncolytic immunotherapy, in combination with an investigational use of Merck's U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved, anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) in patients with regionally or distantly metastatic melanoma. The trial has enrolled its first patient and will evaluate the combination of these two therapies in approximately 110 patients across 35 clinical trial sites in the U.S., Australia and Europe.

"Data from this trial will help us further understand the safety and efficacy that comes from combining two immunotherapeutic agents," said F. Stephen Hodi, M.D., director of the Melanoma Center and the Center for Immuno-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Steering Committee Chair for this study. "Talimogene laherparepvec is designed to promote tumor antigen release and presentation to initiate an anti-tumor immune response, which may be complementary to KEYTRUDA's role in releasing PD-1 pathway-mediated inhibition of anti-tumor immune responses. Antigen release and presentation is a fundamental step required for mounting a systemic effect against melanoma, and we think there is a strong rationale for combining the oncolytic immunotherapy talimogene laherparepvec with the immune checkpoint inhibitor KEYTRUDA." · 以上资料由西亚试剂：http://www.xiyashiji.com/ 提供此产品的详细信息如密度,含量,分子式,分子量等均可在西亚官网查询