Pfizer says its experimental drug for deadly condition that causes appetite and weight loss in cancer patients shows...

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Source: CNBC

HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Pfizer says its experimental drug for deadly condition that causes appetite and weight loss in cancer patients shows positive trial results

PUBLISHED SAT, SEP 14 2024 8:45 AM EDT
Annika Kim Constantino
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KEY POINTS
• Pfizer said its experimental drug for a common, life-threatening condition that causes cancer patients to lose their appetite and weight showed positive results in a midstage trial.
• Patients with the condition, called cancer cachexia, who took Pfizer's treatment saw improvements in body weight, muscle mass, quality of life and physical function.
• The results could pave the way for the drug, a monoclonal antibody called ponsegromab, to become the first treatment approved specifically for cancer cachexia.

Pfizer's experimental drug for a common, life-threatening condition that causes cancer patients to lose their appetite and weight showed positive results in a midstage trial, the drugmaker said Saturday.

Patients with the condition, called cancer cachexia, who took Pfizer's treatment saw improvements in body weight, muscle mass, quality of life and physical function, according to the drugmaker. The results could pave the way for the drug, a monoclonal antibody called ponsegromab, to become the first treatment approved in the U.S. specifically for cancer cachexia.

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/09/14/pfizers-cancer-cachexia-drug-shows-positive-midstage-trial-results.html

[CrispyQ]

1. Where is our War on Cancer?

Sometimes I wonder if they have a cure but it's just more profitable for the drug & medical industry to treat us rather than cure us. Sounds tin foil hat, I know, but is it?

Profit is God.

[Oopsie Daisy]

6. Yes, it is.

That sounds like a conspiracy theory that RFK, JR would be promoting.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. K n R

Thanks for posting!

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

3. You know what else works? Pot

My ex bought it for her grandmother with cancer who wasn't eating. It worked. Look for the strains that emphasize getting 'munchies' like Grease Monkey or Cherry Kush.

All these new fancy meds I see on TV have side effects worse than what they treat.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. Say it gets approved. Who all will be able to afford it?

[GreatGazoo]

7. good question

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Cachexia is real, but it's a side effect that speeds decline

Typically megestrol was an option to improve appetite and gain weight

At least that's what i remember