Novocure Announces FDA IDE Approval and Steering Committee for KEYNOTE-B36 Trial Evaluating Tumor Treating Fields Together with Pembrolizumab in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Apr 22, 2021

Novocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its investigational device exemption (IDE) application to initiate the KEYNOTE-B36 trial, conducted in collaboration with MSD (Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA). Novocure also announced the members of its scientific steering committee who will provide expert opinions and recommendations regarding enrollment strategies, country distribution, study timelines and other scientific topics. The KEYNOTE-B36 trial will evaluate Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) together with pembrolizumab for first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic intrathoracic, PD-L1 positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).