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New Nexavar Data Presented in Multiple Tumor Types at 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting

image.jpgA Randomized, Discontinuation Phase 2 Study of Sorafenib vs. Placebo in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Who Have Failed at Least Two Prior Chemotherapy Regimens

Preliminary findings from this randomized discontinuation Phase 2 study showed that treatment with Nexavar yielded encouraging results in heavily pre-treated patients with NSCLC. The study showed that patients who remained on Nexavar experienced a longer period of disease control and disease stabilization than patients who discontinued Nexavar after the initial run-in phase of treatment. In the study, the most common treatment-emergent adverse events included fatigue, hand/foot syndrome and skin rash.

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