Trial of bintrafusp alfa in lung cancer stopped early

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Germany

A Phase 3 trial of a candidate immunotherapy for lung cancer, which was being compared with pembrolizumab, has been discontinued, the sponsor Merck KGaA announced on 20 January. The decision was taken on a recommendation of the trial’s independent data monitoring committee which said the study was unlikely to meet the co-primary endpoint of progression-free survival. The trial is known as INTR@PID Lung 037.