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Innovent and HUTCHMED Jointly Announce that the FRUSICA-2 Phase 2/3 Study of Sintilimab and Fruquintinib Combination Has Met Its Primary Endpoint in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma in China
Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, and HUTCHMED (China) Limited ("HUTCHMED") (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13), today jointly announce that the FRUSICA-2 Phase 2/3 clinical trial evaluating sintilimab in combination with fruquintinib as second-line treatment for loca
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[{"type":"text","content":"SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, and HUTCHMED (China) Limited ("HUTCHMED") (Nasdaq/AIM:HCM; HKEX:13), today jointly announce that the FRUSICA-2 Phase 2/3 clinical trial evaluating sintilimab in combination with fruquintinib as second-line treatment for locally advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in China has met its primary endpoint of progression free survival (PFS) per RECIST 1.1 as assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR).","length":788,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The combination of sintilimab and fruquintinib received conditional approval from China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) for the treatment of patients with advanced endometrial cancer with Mismatch Repair proficient (pMMR) tumors that have failed prior systemic therapy and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation, based on data from the FRUSICA-1 study (NCT03903705).","length":407,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"The FRUSICA-2 study is a randomized, open-label, active-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of sintilimab in combination with fruquintinib versus axitinib or everolimus monotherapy for the second-line treatment of advanced RCC (NCT05522231). In addition to the primary endpoint PFS, the combination also demonstrated improvements in secondary endpoints, including objective response rate (ORR) and duration of response (DoR). Full results will be submitted for presentation at an upcoming scientific conference.","length":533,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Prof Dingwei Ye of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center and the co-leading Principal Investigator of the FRUSICA-2 study, said: "The rapid advancements in targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and their combination regimens have led to a significant evolution in the treatment landscape for advanced renal cell carcinoma. Targeted therapy remains an indispensable and crucial component in systemic treatment of advanced RCC in China. Optimizing the selection of ...