Here’s what you should know:
1. Stivarga is for hepatocellular carcinoma patients who were previously treated with Nexavar.
2. The FDA approved Stivarga in April 2017. Japan’s regulatory agency also approved the treatment.
3. Stivarga was found to be safe in a clinical trial.
4. In the clinical trial:
- Median overall survival was 10.6 months for Stivarga patients and 7.8 months for patients on a placebo
- Median progression-free survival rate for patients on Stivarga was 3.1 months compared to 1.5 months for patients on a placebo
- Overall response rate for Stivarga patients was 11 percent, compared to 4 percent for patients on a placebo
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