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Novocure Announces Presence at European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2023
Highlights include a new analysis showing that Tumor Treating Fields therapy, when added to standard systemic therapies, did not adversely affect patients’
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nHighlights include a new analysis showing that Tumor Treating Fields therapy, when added to standard systemic therapies, did not adversely affect patients’ quality of life in the phase 3 LUNAR clinical trial.\n\n\n ROOT, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nNovocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) today announced its participation in the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2023 from October 20 – 24 in Madrid. Novocure will present three new posters on Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy, including an analysis of patient-reported health-related global and functional quality of life scores from the randomized phase 3 LUNAR clinical trial in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).\n\n\nThe new analysis of data from LUNAR utilized The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life questionnaire-C30. Analysis showed no statistically significant difference between patients who received TTFields therapy together with standard systemic therapies and patients who received standard systemic therapies alone in median time to deterioration for global health status (4.4 vs 4.0 months, P=0.91) and for all five functional scales: physical functioning (3.2 vs 4.2 months, P=0.58), role functioning (3.0 vs 2.8 months, P=0.59), emotional functioning (6.6 vs 5.7 months, P=0.96), cognitive functioning (3.7 vs 4.4 months, P=0.23), and social functioning (4.0 vs 3.9 months, P=0.66).\n\n\nHighlights of Novocure’s presentations at the ESMO Congress 2023 also include global post-marketing surveillance data from patients with high-grade gliomas, confirming the well-tolerated safety profile of TTFields therapy in a subgroup of patients ages 70 and older in the real-world setting, which is consistent with data from Novocure’s EF-14 clinical trial. Another highlight is survey data from patients with glioblastoma (GBM) using TTFields therapy in the United States and DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), which showed that most patients were very satisfied or satisfied with TTFields therapy. Most said they would recommend TTFields therapy to a friend or acquaintance with GBM.\n\n\nNovocure will also host an industry-sponsored symposium, titled The Evolving Role of TTFields Therapy in Solid Tumors, in Oviedo Auditorium, Hall 7, on Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. CEST.\n\n\n“We are encouraged by new data supporting the use of TTF...