Telmisartan: A Familiar Blood Pressure Pill with New Potential in Cancer Therapy

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Telmisartan, a widely used blood pressure drug, has shown unexpected promise as a booster for cancer treatment. Preclinical research indicates that when telmisartan is combined with the PARP inhibitor olaparib, cancer cells accumulate more DNA damage and become more vulnerable to treatment, even if they do not carry the usual BRCA‑type DNA repair defects that […]

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Targeted Alpha Therapy Plus PARP Blockade: AZD2265 plus AZD9574 for Advanced Prostate Cancer

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There is a new flexible trial for men with metastatic prostate cancer that has stopped responding to hormone therapy. Phase 1/2 PROSPECTOR trial tests three options: a PSMA‑targeted radioactive drug (AZD2265), the same drug combined with a PARP1 inhibitor (AZD9574), and standard docetaxel chemotherapy. The first part of the trial finds safe dose levels and […]

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Phase 1 Trial: GTB-5550, Another B7-H3 NK-targeted Therapy for mCRPC

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GTB-5550 has begun Phase 1 clinical testing in solid tumors, marking the first patient dosing in a dose-escalation basket study. The trial is starting with prostate cancer, a setting where B7-H3 is reportedly highly expressed and where treatment options remain limited in the metastatic castration-resistant stage. The therapy is being delivered subcutaneously, which is notable […]

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Phase 1 Trial: INR731 for mCRPC

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INR731 is an oral, investigational anticancer drug now entering first‑in‑human testing for men with metastatic castration‑resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). It is being evaluated in a global, open‑label Phase 1 study with the primary goal of defining its safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and a recommended dose for further development, rather than demonstrating efficacy at this stage. […]

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Phase 1/2 Trial for GDC‑1261 in Advanced Prostate Cancer

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GDC‑1261 is a new study drug being tested in men with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer in a first‑in‑human Phase 1/2 trial. The public description of the study states that the main goals are to evaluate the safety profile, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary anti‑tumor activity of GDC‑1261 and to identify a recommended dose and dosing schedule […]

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DNA‑barcoded Gold Nanoparticles that Deliver Therapy Directly to Cancer Cell Mitochondria.

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Cancer drugs often fail not because they are weak, but because they never reach the exact place they are supposed to act, all the way down to the tiny structures inside tumour cells. Researchers at the National University of Singapore have developed a new way to search for nanoparticles that can carry treatment directly to […]

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Phase 1/2 Update: Concurrent Enzalutamide–Cabazitaxel Produces Durable PFS Signal in mCRPC

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The updated Phase 1/2 data for concurrent enzalutamide plus cabazitaxel in chemo‑naïve mCRPC show deep biochemical responses and a promising signal for progression‑free outcomes, but the dataset remains hypothesis‑generating. In a multi‑institutional single‑arm trial of enzalutamide with cabazitaxel (plus prednisone), 35 patients were included in the efficacy analysis with a median follow‑up of 23.7 months; […]

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Orlistat@Cys8E Nanoparticles: Remodeling Lipids to Kill Prostate Cancer

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Orlistat is a well‑known weight‑loss drug that also blocks a key enzyme cancer cells use to make fats, and researchers have been trying to re‑use it against tumors for years. Recently a team developed a new way to deliver orlistat directly into prostate cancer cells by packing it inside tiny, engineered particles called Cys8E nanoparticles […]

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