OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Initiates Dosing In Phase 2 Clinical...

OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a clinical-stage company developing novel therapeutics that target cancer stem cells , or tumor-initiating cells, announced that patient dosing has begun in the double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized Phase 2 clinical trial of demcizumab for the treatment of patients with first-line advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer . "Based on anti-tumor activity and the safety profile observed in our Phase 1b study of demcizumab plus standard-of-care in non-small cell lung cancer, we believe demcizumab has the potential to achieve meaningful clinical benefits for patients with this difficult cancer.

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