Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.'s quizartinib has demonstrated an overall survival benefit as a single agent compared with chemotherapy in the pivotal QuANTUM-R study of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia patients with FLT3-ITD mutations, giving the company a potential foot in the door for the indication.
Full results for the FLT3 inhibitor in the QuANTUM-R study were presented at the European Hematology Association meeting in Stockholm on June 16, following a positive topline release in May