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PARP Inhibitor Iniparib Fails to Meet End Points in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Study
PARP Inhibitor Iniparib Fails to Meet End Points in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Study
S Haley
20110031
2011 Jan 31
Elsevier Global Medical News
PARP Inhibitor Iniparib Fails to Meet End Points in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Study
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Jan 31, S Haley
Iniparib, the potential first-in-class poly (adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor, failed to meet the coprimary end point of overall and progression-free survival in a pivotal phase III study of women with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, the company reported after market close Jan. 27.The results are particularly disappointing in light of stellar phase II findings presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in 2009 and published online Jan. 5 in the New England Journal...