Positive result from ongoing BN-Brachyury clinical trial prompts expansion
We are excited to share a promising milestone in the Foundation-supported Phase 2 BN-Brachyury trial. Yesterday, we received confirmation from … Continue reading
Category Archives: Research
Reflections on the first Pediatric and Young Adult Chordoma Clinic
Last month, on April 16-18, the first-ever chordoma-specific clinic for pediatric and young adult patients was held at the National … Continue reading
Afatinib trial now open at second site
Launched last summer, a Phase 2 clinical trial testing the effectiveness of the targeted therapy afatinib is continuing to enroll … Continue reading
New paper confirms that brachyury is the Achilles’ heel of chordoma, and reveals a new way to attack it
I’m excited to share the findings of a new paper published earlier this week in the journal Nature Medicine that … Continue reading
Grants awarded to two Canadian researchers address key research priorities in chordoma
At the end of 2018, the Chordoma Foundation and the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) together awarded two new grants totaling … Continue reading
Announcing three new investments to catalyze brachyury drug discovery
We are pleased to announce that the Chordoma Foundation and The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research (MFCR) have together awarded … Continue reading
New chordoma-specific vaccine trial open at Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital are now enrolling patients in a new Phase 2 clinical trial sponsored by biotechnology company … Continue reading
New clinical trial testing targeted therapy, afatinib, opens in Europe
This is a derivative of “Leiden University Medical Center” by Dmflan and is licensed under CC BY 3.0 A new Phase … Continue reading
Promising chordoma-specific immunotherapy trial now open at two sites
Launched last spring, a Phase 1 clinical trial studying the safety and initial effectiveness of the immunotherapy drug nivolumab with and … Continue reading
Top 10 Takeaways from 6th International Chordoma Research Workshop
In March of 2018, 140 doctors and scientists from more than ten countries and 70 institutions braved a nor’easter to … Continue reading