Ipsen’s Onivyde SCLC Dreams Die With Phase III Failure, Focus Shifts To Pancreatic

Stumble In Plans To Expand Label

The French firm’s Onivyde has missed the mark in an advanced small-cell lung cancer Phase III trial, prompting the firm to tout the drug’s prospects in a large pancreatic cancer indication instead.  

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Ipsen SA’s Onivyde has flunked the Phase III RESILIENT trial in small-cell lung cancer, raising the stakes for an advanced pancreatic cancer study of the liposomal chemotherapy product set to read out later this year.

RESILIENT was studying Onivyde (irinotecan liposomal injection) against the chemotherapy topotecan (GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd.’s Hycamtin) in 480 SCLC patients...

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