#ES­MO18: Crowned with a break­through ti­tle, Clo­vis takes an ear­ly lead as it races for a fast OK for Rubra­ca in prostate can­cer

MU­NICH — With Lyn­parza from As­traZeneca and Mer­ck ex­pand­ing on a big lead for ovar­i­an and breast can­cer, Clo­vis On­col­o­gy $CLVS is map­ping a sep­a­rate route in prostate can­cer for their PARP ri­val Rubra­ca that may pay off hand­some­ly.

The Boul­der, CO-based biotech turned up in Mu­nich to­day to un­veil an ear­ly look at Phase II da­ta from their TRI­TON2 study, with a 44% con­firmed ob­jec­tive re­sponse rate in 25 sec­ond-line, RE­CIST-evalu­able pa­tients with a BR­CA1/2 al­ter­ation. Re­searchers al­so claimed a 51% PSA re­sponse rate in 45 prostate can­cer pa­tients as well as some bio­mark­er re­ac­tions that they count as a promis­ing sign for the fu­ture da­ta to come out of the pro­gram.

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