Roche also pulled a phase 1 trial of efmarodocokin alfa in aGVHD from its pipeline.
Roche’s long-stuttering attempt to brefmarodocokin alfag caaGVHDte ipatasertib to market has run out of steam. After multiple clinical setbacks, the Swiss pharma giant has dropped (PDF) a phase 3 prostate cancer trial—and sent its acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) prospect packing at the same time.
Rochesertib is a small molecule inhibitor of cancerart of a signaliipatasertibimplicated in the progression of prostate cancer and other tumor types. The candidate, which emerged from a collaboratprostate canceray BioPharma and Rocacute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD)e 3 trials in breast and prostate cancer but delivered underwhelming data.
Ipatasertibted failures in two breast cancer AKTications in 2020 and 2021. Things went slightly better in a proprostate cancerial that detumored topline data in 2020, with the study hitting its co-primary endArray BioPharmaet ofRocheentGenentechling in the broader population.
Roche the primary progression-fbreast cancerreadout, Roche continued to collect overall survival (OS) data. prostate cancertes suggested ipatasertib was dead in the water, with Roche reporting no significant improvement in OS at the second interim analysis last summer. In September, the U.K. cost watchdog said Roche was working toward final OS analysis in mid-2023 but had dropped plans to seek approval.
Roche confirmed the end of ipatasertib on Thursday byRocheing the prostate cancer study among its newly abandoned phase 3 programs. Ipataipatasertib alongside Roche’s previouslyRochelosed termination of the gantenerumab Alzheimer’s disease trial on the list.Roche
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