Adverse Survival Signal Leads G1 to Stop Pivotal Test in Colorectal Cancer

Adverse Survival Signal Leads G1 to Stop Pivotal Test in Colorectal Cancer

G1 Therapeutics’ approach to cancer does not kill tumors. Instead, the biotech’s drug, trilaciclib, protects bone marrow from the damaging effects of chemotherapy, reducing the duration and severity of the problems that can limit the use of this cancer treatment. Since trilaciclib’s initial approval insmall cell lung cancer, G1 has pursued more clinical trials that could support expanding the drug to other cancers. Colorectal cancer will no longer be one of them.
On Monday, G1 reported preliminary data showing that the placebo group outperformed the trilaciclib arm in helping patients live longer. G1 said it has decided to stop the colorectal cancer…

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SA Health kicks off patient-generated data project with The Clinician

SA Health kicks off patient-generated data project with The Clinician

SA Health, together with the Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health, will start collecting and analysing patient-reported measures across South Australia through its new programme.The Patient Reported Measures (PRM) programme will support clinical services to deliver “high-quality, patient-centred, and value-driven care” by encouraging patients to report on health outcomes and experiences. 
SA Health and CIEH have chosen digital health company The Clinician via an open tender process to help implement the programme. They will leverage the latter’s ZEDOC platform, which will be integrated with SA Health’s IT systems to automate the distribution, collection, and analysis of patient-reported outcomes and experience measures.
WHY IT…

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