People and Business News — 5/21

MK-1084, Merck’s investigational KRAS G12C inhibitor, showed a manageable safety profile along with antitumor activity in the Phase I KANDLELIT-001 study.

In this episode of the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast, David Nickerson, head of clinical quality management at EMD Serono; and Arlene Lee, director of product management, data quality & risk management solutions at Medidata, discuss the newest ICH E6(R3) GCP guidelines as well as how TransCelerate and ACRO have partnered to help stakeholders better acclimate to these guidelines.

For the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, patritumab deruxtecan did not meet statistical significance for overall survival in the HERTHENA-Lung02 trial.

In patients with first-line metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who are not candidates for PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) achieved a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in PFS compared to chemotherapy.

While randomization is required by regulatory bodies, it is up to the sponsor on how to conduct it.