From EArlier: AVEO and Astellas Announce Positive Findings from TIVO-1 Superiority Study of Tivozanib in First-Line Advanced RCC

AVEO Oncology

and Astellas Pharma Inc. yesterday announced that detailed data from TIVO-1 (Tivozanib Versus Sorafenib in 1st line Advanced RCC), will be presented on June 2 in an oral session by the principal investigator, Robert J. Motzer, M.D., attending physician, genitourinary oncology service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, professor of medicine, Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). TIVO-1 is the first superiority pivotal study in first-line advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in which an investigational agent (tivozanib) has demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful progression-free survival (PFS) superiority versus an approved targeted agent (sorafenib) in advanced RCC.