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T-VEC plus ipilimumab safe, effective in advanced melanoma

Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) combined with ipilimumab was more effective in treating advanced melanoma than either treatment alone, report Igor Puzanov, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and coauthors.

In a phase Ib trial of 19 patients with advanced melanoma, the results showed that 50% had positive responses to the combined immunotherapy, and 44% had durable responses lasting 6 months or longer. At 18 months, 50% of patients showed no progression, and overall patient survival was 67%, the authors reported.

The study’s safety analysis showed no new signs of safety concerns, or of any dose-limiting toxicities.

Read the full study in The Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) combined with ipilimumab was more effective in treating advanced melanoma than either treatment alone, report Igor Puzanov, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and coauthors.

In a phase Ib trial of 19 patients with advanced melanoma, the results showed that 50% had positive responses to the combined immunotherapy, and 44% had durable responses lasting 6 months or longer. At 18 months, 50% of patients showed no progression, and overall patient survival was 67%, the authors reported.

The study’s safety analysis showed no new signs of safety concerns, or of any dose-limiting toxicities.

Read the full study in The Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) combined with ipilimumab was more effective in treating advanced melanoma than either treatment alone, report Igor Puzanov, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and coauthors.

In a phase Ib trial of 19 patients with advanced melanoma, the results showed that 50% had positive responses to the combined immunotherapy, and 44% had durable responses lasting 6 months or longer. At 18 months, 50% of patients showed no progression, and overall patient survival was 67%, the authors reported.

The study’s safety analysis showed no new signs of safety concerns, or of any dose-limiting toxicities.

Read the full study in The Journal of Clinical Oncology.

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