Chris Ryan joined OncLive in November 2021 as a senior editor and became the website's managing editor in October 2023. Before arriving at MJH Life Sciences, he spent nearly a decade covering professional and high school sports—including the New Jersey Devils and the NHL from 2016 to 2021—for The Star-Ledger and NJ.com. Email: chryan@onclive.com
ADC Developments in HER2– Breast Cancer Treatment Shake Up Paradigm
March 3rd 2023As additional antibody-drug conjugates continue to emerge for the treatment of patients with HER2-negative breast cancer, identifying optimal sequencing strategies and managing toxicities associated with these agents remain top priorities for their use, according to Hope S. Rugo, MD.
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A new drug application has been submitted to the FDA seeking the approval of niraparib in combination with abiraterone acetate, in the form of a dual-action tablet, and prednisone, for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer harboring BRCA mutations.
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The FDA has accepted a supplemental biologics license application for neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy, followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab monotherapy, for the treatment of patients with resectable stage II, IIIA, or IIIB (T3-4N2) non–small cell lung cancer.
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Enrollment Begins for Phase 2 Trial of IMNN-001 Plus Bevacizumab/Chemo in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
February 28th 2023Enrollment has commenced for a phase 2 trial investigating the DNA-based interleukin-12 immunotherapy IMNN-001 in combination with bevacizumab and chemotherapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
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MHRA Approves Selinexor Plus Bortezomib/Dexamethasone for Multiple Myeloma Following 1 Prior Therapy
February 21st 2023The United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has granted full marketing authorization for selinexor in combination with bortezomib and low-dose dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least 1 prior therapy.
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Talazoparib Plus Enzalutamide Improves rPFS in First-line mCRPC
February 16th 2023Talazoparib plus enzalutamide generated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression-free survival vs placebo plus enzalutamide as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, irrespective of homologous recombination repair status.
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ADI-001 Produces Responses, Favorable Safety in Relapsed/Refractory B-Cell NHL
February 16th 2023ADI-001, a first-in-class, allogeneic gamma delta1 CAR T-cell therapy, elicited responses and demonstrated a favorable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Avasopasem for Radiotherapy-Induced Severe Oral Mucositis
February 15th 2023The FDA has granted priority review to the new drug application for avasopasem manganese as a treatment for radiotherapy-induced severe oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer undergoing standard-of-care treatment.
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Trilaciclib Plus Bevacizumab/FOLFOXIRI Reduces Severe Neutropenia, Fails to Improve Efficacy in mCRC
February 13th 2023Adding trilaciclib to FOLFOXIRI and bevacizumab led to statistically significant reductions in instances of severe neutropenia during induction and duration of severe neutropenia in cycles 1 to 4. However, the combination failed to improve antitumor activity vs placebo plus FOLFOXIRI/bevacizumab in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
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Ide-cel Improves PFS vs SOC in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
February 10th 2023Idecabtagene vicleucel improved progression-free survival compared with standard combination regimens in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma after 2 to 4 prior lines of therapy and who were refractory to their last regimen, according to results from the phase 3 KarMMa-3 trial.
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Development of Seribantumab for NRG1+ Advanced Solid Tumors Put On Hold
February 9th 2023Elevation Oncology is pausing development of the human anti–HER3 IgG2 monoclonal antibody seribantumab, along with the phase 2 CRESTONE trial investigating the agent, in patients with advanced solid tumors harboring NRG1 fusions.
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WHO Outlines New Framework for Early Detection and Management of Breast Cancer
February 3rd 2023The World Health Organization has released new framework guidelines with the goal of saving 2.5 million lives from breast cancer by 2040 through a combination of early detection, timely diagnosis, and comprehensive management.
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FDA Approves Sacituzumab Govitecan for Pretreated HR+/HER2– Metastatic Breast Cancer
February 3rd 2023The FDA has approved sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who have received endocrine-based therapy and at least 2 additional systemic therapies in the metastatic setting.
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The combination of pembrolizumab plus carboplatin and paclitaxel demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival vs chemotherapy alone in the first-line treatment of patients with stage III/IV or recurrent endometrial cancer.
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FDA Approves Elacestrant for ER+/HER2–, ESR1-Mutated Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
January 27th 2023The FDA has approved elacestrant (Orserdu) for the treatment of postmenopausal women or adult men with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least 1 line of endocrine therapy.
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Cilta-cel Meets PFS End Point in Relapsed/Lenalidomide-Refractory Multiple Myeloma
January 27th 2023Ciltacabtagene autoleucel demonstrated a significant improvement in progression-free survival in patients with relapsed/lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma who received 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy.
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Phase 1/2 Trial Pauses Enrollment for Evaluation of MGTA-117 in AML/MDS After Patient Death
January 26th 2023Magenta Therapeutics has voluntarily paused enrollment for a phase 1/2 trial evaluating the antibody-drug conjugate MGTA-117 in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome following the death of a patient.
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Avutometinib Plus Defactinib Generates Responses in Recurrent Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
January 25th 2023The combination of avutometinib and defactinib elicited responses in patients with recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer, according to data from a planned interim analysis of the registration-directed phase 2 RAMP-201 trial.
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KEYNOTE-991 Trial of Pembrolizumab Plus Enzalutamide/ADT in mHSPC to Stop for Futility
January 25th 2023Merck is discontinuing the phase 3 KEYNOTE-991 trial evaluating pembrolizumab plus enzalutamide and androgen deprivation therapy vs placebo plus enzalutamide/ADT in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer due to futility.
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Ripretinib Demonstrates Clinical Benefit in KIT Exon 11, 17/18–Mutated Advanced GIST
January 24th 2023Second-line ripretinib produced a clinical benefit in patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumor harboring KIT exon 11 and 17/18 mutations who progressed on or were intolerant to imatinib.
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