Oncology Live® Staff

Following in the footsteps of the cytokine interleukin-2, IL-15 affords investigators similar qualities as a target without the associated toxicities of its immunotherapeutic predecessor.

Data from the phase 2 ROCKstar trial demonstrated that belumosudil induced clinically meaningful, durable responses in patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease, irrespective of previous treatment received, severity of disease, and number of organs involved.

Patients with lung cancer were identified as an at-risk group for developing severe complications as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and thoracic oncologists were fast to respond with the establishment of the Thoracic Cancers International COVID-19 Collaboration.