Cervical cancer arises from the cells of the cervix. It is due to the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body. There are two types of cervical cancer. They are squamous cell carcinomas, the cells that develop from the ectocervix, and adenocarcinomas, cells that develop in the glandular cells of the endocervix.

Cervical cancers are caused by the virus HPV, a sexually transmitted infection. HIV infection is also a risk factor. However, not all causes of cervical cancer are known. Cigarette smoking increase the risk of cancer, long-term use of oral contraceptives is also associated, and also having many pregnancies is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer.

The early stages of cervical cancer are free of symptoms. Vaginal bleeding, contact bleeding, or a vaginal mass may indicate the presence of malignancy. Moderate pain during sexual intercourse and vaginal discharge; loss of appetite; weight loss; fatigue; pelvic pain; back pain; leg pain; leakage of urine or feces from the vagina.

Cervical cancer diagnosis involves screening tests, including a pap test and an HPV DNA test. The confirmation of the diagnosis of cervical cancer or precancer requires a biopsy of the cervix. Imaging tests also include ultrasound, CT scans, and MRIs.

Cervical cancer treatment includes radiation, chemotherapy, surgery, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. Early stages can be treated with a radical hysterectomy with the removal of the lymph nodes. Larger early-stage tumors may be treated with radiation therapy and cisplatin-based chemotherapy, and advanced-stage tumors are treated with radiation therapy and cisplatin-based chemotherapy.

The pipeline of Cervical Cancer treatment market consists of a great variable of drugs. Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) Antagonists, Angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3) Inhibitors, Thyroid Hormone Receptor-Beta agonist, and some others are the most highlighted class of this indication. Ongoing research and current trials have the potential to change the market.

More than 50 key players, including pharma giants such as Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd, AstraZeneca, Sorrento Therapeutics Inc, Roche, Seagen, Merck, and others are working to bring novel therapies that overcome the roadblocks of Cervical Cancer treatment pipeline.

Report Highlights

Global Insight Service’s, “Cervical Cancer – Drug Pipeline Landscape, 2023,” an overview of the Cervical Cancer pipeline drugs. This report covers detailed insights on Cervical Cancer drugs under development, assessment by target, mechanism of action, route of administration and molecule type. Product pipeline by companies, stage of development and key regulatory designations, deals and milestones have been presented to gain insights and thus help industry participants for decision making. Cervical Cancer pipeline report helps gaining insights on drugs which are under development stage of drug development process across globally. Global Insight Services aims to cover all the drug attributes, deals, regulatory milestones and all the upcoming milestones.

Recent Developments

In January 2023, TScan Therapeutics Inc received U.S. FDA clearance for its investigational new drug (IND) application for TSC-204.

In December 2022, Hengrui announced the results of the Phase II clinical study of camrelizumab in combination with famitinib malate in the treatment of recurrent and metastatic cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

In December 2022, KangleGuard officially launched Phase III clinical study of the recombinant nine-valent human papillomavirus (HPV6/11/16/18/31/33/45/52/58) vaccine and enrolled the first subject in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Xing’an County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

In March 2022, HOOPIKA Pharma Inc announced a poster presentation entitled “HB-201 and HB-202, an arenavirus-based immunotherapy that induces tumor T cell infiltration in patients with HNSCC and other HPV16+ tumors” at the 2022 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting.

In November 2021, TCRCure received Investigational New Drug (IND) application clearance from the NMPA, China, for the Phase I/II clinical study of modified autologous T cells for targeting HPV and anti-PD-1 in the treatment of HPV-positive recurrence and metastasis cervical cancer.

Key Products

QL1706 is under development for the treatment of persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer. In December 2022, Qilu Pharmaceutical announced the results of the Phase II study of QL1706 in the first-line treatment of recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

(Balstilimab+Zalifrelimab) is under development for the treatment of advanced cervical cancer. In December 2021, Agenus announced the results in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) from a global Phase II clinical study of balstilimab (Bal) plus zalifreliamb (Zal) in second line (2L) recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer patients who had relapsed after treatment with platinum-based therapy.

De-TIL-0255 (NX-0255) is under development for the treatment of recurrent, metastatic, or persistent cervical carcinoma. In November 2021, Nurix Therapeutics Inc. announced the US FDA’s clearance of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for De-TIL-0255 for the treatment of a range of solid tumors, including cervical cancer. In November 2022, Nurix Therapeutics Inc. presented preclinical data supporting the utility of CBL-B inhibitors to enhance cell therapy at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC).

HB-201 is under development for the treatment of locally adcanced cervical cancer. In July 2019, HOOPIKA Pharma Inc received IND clearance from US FDA for Phase I/II clinical trial of HB-201 for the treatment of human papilloma virus (HPV) positive cancers.

Figure: Number of Drugs for The Treatment of Cervical Cancer Under Each Stage of Development

Methodology

The research process includes extensive secondary research on public domain and other authentic sources carried out to add or update the pipeline products information. The secondary research sources include, but are not limited to company websites, annual reports, financial reports, company pipeline chart, investor presentations and SEC filings, journals and conferences, clinical trials registries.

Scope

The pipeline landscape report consists of pipeline product based on several stages of development ranging from discovery to Pre-Registration. The report provides a review of pipeline therapeutics for Cervical Cancer by companies based on information derived from company and industry-specific sources. The pipeline report covers assessment of Cervical Cancer therapeutics by mechanism of action (MoA), drug target, route of administration (RoA) and molecule type. Comprehensive profiles of the pipeline products with details such as company overview, development stage; molecule type, target, mechanism of action, route of administration, dosage form, regulatory designations, key deals and key upcoming milestones.

Reasons to Buy

Helps to find and recognize significant therapeutics under development for Cervical Cancer. Thorough understanding of Cervical Cancer pipeline structure and helps in developing corrective measures for pipeline projects.
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