The Japanese venture CanBas is pressing ahead with plans for a Phase III clinical trial for its lead development project CBP501 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), despite mixed preliminary efficacy results in a Phase II study in this setting.
The US-based program is comparing the dodecapeptide therapy in combination with cisplatin and pemetrexed with these two standard-of-care drugs alone as a first-line treatment for locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous...