Lung cancer key for Takeda's alisertib after Ph III lymphoma flop

Takeda's hopes for its first-in-class Aurora kinase inhibitor now rest on Phase II studies in lung cancer after the company pulled the plug on its Phase III trial in a rare form of lymphoma.

Takeda's hopes for its first-in-class Aurora kinase inhibitor now rest on Phase II studies in lung cancer after the company pulled the plug on its Phase III trial in a rare form of lymphoma.

The Phase III study of Takeda's oral Aurora A kinase inhibitor alisertib in relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) was suspended after a pre-specified interim analysis showed it was unlikely to beat standard of care for progression-free survival, the primary endpoint

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