todays press release says 800pts in two phase 3 trials!! Seems the second trial is as large as the first!! This puzzles me. Maybe they go for superiority?
Home > Investor Relations > Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Detailed Results from Phase 3 Study of ROLONTIS® (eflapegrastim) Published in an ASCO Abstract Print << Back May 16, 2018 Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Announces Detailed Results from Phase 3 Study of ROLONTIS® (eflapegrastim) Published in an ASCO Abstract PDF Version Primary endpoint of non-inferiority of ROLONTIS to pegfilgrastim was met All secondary endpoints were met Adverse events were similar between ROLONTIS and pegfilgrastim ROLONTIS is a novel, long-acting granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) that utilizes a propriety technology HENDERSON, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2018-- Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NasdaqGS: SPPI), a biotechnology company with fully integrated commercial and drug development operations with a primary focus in hematology and oncology, today announced detailed results from ADVANCE, a Phase 3 trial of ROLONTIS, demonstrating that it was non-inferior to pegfilgrastim in the reduction of duration of severe neutropenia (DSN) in all four cycles of the study. ROLONTIS is a novel long-acting granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) being studied as a treatment for neutropenia in patients undergoing myelosuppressive cytotoxic chemotherapy. The data released online today in an abstract as part of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2018 Annual Meeting, also showed similar safety profiles between the treatment groups. The abstract can be find online at https://meetinglibrary.asco.org/record/163382/abstract.
“These data expand our understanding of the clinical profile of eflapegrastim and help establish it as a possible supportive care treatment option for the multitude of patients undergoing chemotherapy,” said Lee Schwartzberg, M.D., FACP, lead investigator, professor of medicine and division chief, hematology oncology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and executive director, UT/West Cancer Center. “The study demonstrated strong non-inferiority of ROLONTIS to pegfilgrastim, including a 95 percent confidence interval of the difference in the DSN below zero in the first cycle of treatment, helping further define the clinical profile of this novel treatment.”
In the ROLONTIS Phase 3 ADVANCE study (n=406), mean DSN±SD was 0.19±0.478 days for ROLONTIS and 0.34±0.668 days for pegfilgrastim, demonstrating non-inferiority with 95 percent confidence interval (CI) of ?DSN: [-0.260, -0.035]; p<0.0001) in Cycle 1. The non-inferiority of ROLONTIS for DSN was maintained across all four treatment cycles. There were no statistically significant differences in all secondary endpoints including time to absolute neutrophil count (ANC) recovery, depth of ANC nadir and incidence of febrile neutropenia in Cycle 1. The most common adverse events, which were observed in less than 10 percent of patients, were similar across both treatment groups and were mainly hematologic, including neutropenia, lymphopenia, anemia and leukopenia.
“The ADVANCE study is a cornerstone in the ROLONTIS clinical program, which includes two Phase 3 clinical studies involving approximately 800 patients,” said Joe Turgeon, President and CEO of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals. “We are pleased that ROLONTIS has shown strong non-inferiority data and comparable safety profile to the current standard of care. ROLONTIS has the potential to be the first novel drug in this multibillion dollar market in more than 15 years.”
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