Immunotherapy
162 articles
Overcoming Challenges to Vaccine Immunotherapy
Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee explains the challenges facing the scientists developing vaccine-based immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer.
Triple Immunotherapy Shows Dramatic Results
Dr. William Freed-Pastor is testing a combination of three types of immunotherapy to attack pancreatic tumors.
Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
A clinical trial combines the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab with lanreotide, a drug typically used to treat pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Testing Targeted Immunotherapy Against Pancreatic Cancer
Targeted immunotherapy is the focus of a clinical trial that tests the drug ibrutinib, approved for leukemia treatment, against pancreatic cancer.
Immunotherapy Combination Plus Radiation for Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers are testing two monoclonal antibodies approved to treat melanoma plus radiation as a treatment for pancreatic cancer.
Comparing the Effectiveness of Vaccine Therapy With or Without Additional Immunotherapy
Can the immunotherapy combination of cancer vaccines and a checkpoint blockade drug work against metastatic pancreatic cancer?
A New Immunotherapy Combination for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers are looking at a combination of two types of monoclonal antibodies to treat advanced pancreatic cancer.
Study Finds Rare Immunotherapy Exceptional Responders
Immunotherapy is not very effective against pancreatic cancer, but Dr. Jordan Winter is taking a closer look at patients who benefitted to see what’s different about them.
Phase II/III Clinical Trial Recruiting Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Dr. Shalini Makawita is a primary investigator in a phase IIb/III immunotherapy clinical trial for advanced pancreatic cancer patients.
Patients Needed for Clinical Trial/Research Study of Treatment Targeting Immune System
A clinical trial seeks pancreatic cancer patients with the MSI (microsatellite instability) genetic signature, to test an immunotherapy drug.
Testing a New Chemo and RNA Therapy Combination
Researchers are testing a new drug that binds to messenger RNA in combination with mFOLFIRINOX chemotherapy.
New Research Sheds Light on Hot and Cold Tumors
Dr. Ben Z. Stanger and his team are finding links between the number of T cells a tumor has and the effectiveness of immunotherapy.