Results from the randomized phase III ASPEN trial, presented at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Virtual Scientific Meeting, indicated that zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) was associated with a higher complete response or very good partial response (CR+VGPR) rate and demonstrated clinically meaningful advances in safety and tolerability compared to ibrutinib (Imbruvica) in patients with Waldenströmmacroglobulinemia.
However, the results of this trial were not statistically significant, and further follow-up is needed to establish other endpoints such as progression-free survival and overall survival between the 2 arms.
In an interview with CancerNetwork®, Constantine Si Lun Tam, MD, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA, of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, discussed the study design of ASPEN and the results presented at ASCO.
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So, the phase III Aspen study is a study…
