Associate Editorial Director, OncLive®
Kristi Rosa joined MJH Life Sciences in 2016 and has since held several positions within the company. She helped launch the rapidly growing infectious disease news resource Contagion, strengthened the Rare Disease Report, of HCPLive, and now oversees OncLive and its flagship publication OncologyLive. Prior to working at the company, she served as lead copywriter and marketing coordinator at The Strand Theater. Email: krosa@onclive.com
FOLFIRINOX Provides Prolonged PFS Benefit Over Gemcitabine in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Carcinoma
November 1st 2022Treatment with FOLFIRINOX resulted in a significantly longer progression-free survival than that achieved with gemcitabine in patients with locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 NEOPAN trial.
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Radiation Plus Intermittent Hormone Therapy Improves PFS in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer
October 27th 2022A regimen comprised of radiation and intermittent hormone therapy (HT) resulted in an improvement in progression-free survival in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer, according to data from the phase 2 EXTEND trial.
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FDA Approves Teclistamab-cqyv for Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
October 25th 2022The FDA has granted accelerated approval to teclistamab-cqyv (Tecvayli) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least 4 previous lines of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor, an immunomodulatory agent, and an anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody.
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Ivonescimab Gets Breakthrough Therapy Designation in China for EGFR+ Advanced NSCLC
October 21st 2022The China National Medical Products Administration has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to ivonescimab for use in combination with chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer in whom prior treatment with an EGFR TKI has failed.
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Adjuvant Nivolumab Reduces Risk of Recurrence or Death by 58% in Select Stage IIB or IIC Melanoma
October 20th 2022Adjuvant treatment with nivolumab resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in recurrence-free survival over placebo in patients with completely resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma.
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Adjuvant Palbociclib Plus ET Does Not Prolong IDFS Over ET Alone in Stage IIA ER+ Breast Cancer
October 19th 2022The addition of palbociclib to adjuvant endocrine therapy (ET) failed to improve invasive disease-free survival over ET alone in patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer.
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Sotorasib/BBP-398 Combo Snags FDA Fast Track Status for KRAS G12C–Mutated NSCLC
October 12th 2022A combination regimen comprised of sotorasib and BBP-398 has been awarded a fast track designation from the FDA for use as a potential therapeutic option in adult patients with previously treated, KRAS G12C–mutated, metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.
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CUE-101 Gets Fast Tracked for Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
October 5th 2022The FDA has granted a fast track designation to CUE-101 for use as a monotherapy and in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with human papillomavirus recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
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Sapanisertib Gets FDA Fast Track Status for Pretreated NRF2-Mutated Squamous NSCLC
October 4th 2022The FDA has granted a fast track designation to sapanisertib as a potential therapeutic option in patients with unresected or metastatic squamous non–small cell lung cancer whose tumors harbor an NRF2 mutation and who have previously received platinum-based chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibition.
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FDA Approval Sought for Denileukin Diftitox for Persistent or Recurrent Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
October 4th 2022A biologics license application seeking the approval of a reformulation of denileukin diftitox for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with persistent or recurrent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma has been submitted to the FDA.
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FDA Approves Futibatinib for FGFR2+ Cholangiocarcinoma
September 30th 2022The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to futibatinib (Lytgobi) for adult patients with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring FGFR2 gene fusions or other rearrangements.
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FDA Greenlights Companion Diagnostic for Selpercatinib in RET+ NSCLC and Thyroid Cancers
September 29th 2022The FDA has approved the Oncomine Dx Target Test as a companion diagnostic to select patients with RET fusion–positive locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer, advanced or metastatic thyroid cancer, and advanced or metastatic medullary thyroid cancer who could be candidates to receive selpercatinib.
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Giredestrant Shows Numerical PFS Benefit Vs Endocrine Monotherapy in ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
September 28th 2022Giredestrant provided a numerical, but not statistically significant, improvement in progression-free survival over physician’s choice of endocrine therapy in patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, according to data from the phase 2 acelERA BC study.
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Pyrotinib Plus Trastuzumab/Docetaxel Prolongs PFS in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
September 28th 2022The addition of pyrotinib to trastuzumab and docetaxel significantly improved progression-free survival vs trastuzumab/docetaxel alone in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
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Pembrolizumab Plus Chemo Maintains Survival Benefit in Treatment-Naïve Nonsquamous NSCLC
September 27th 2022Pembrolizumab plus platinum/pemetrexed continued to demonstrate an overall survival and progression-free survival benefit vs platinum/pemetrexed alone in patients with previously untreated, metastatic squamous non–small cell lung cancer.
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FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to KIN-2787 for Select Stage IIB to IV Malignant Melanoma
September 26th 2022The FDA has granted a fast track designation to KIN-2787 for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with BRAF class II or III alteration–positive and/or NRAS mutation–positive, metastatic or unresectable, stage IIB to IV malignant melanoma.
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FDA Approves Selpercatinib for Locally Advanced or Metastatic RET Fusion+ Solid Tumors
September 21st 2022The FDA has granted accelerated approval to selpercatinib for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors harboring a RET gene fusion that have progressed on or after previous systemic treatment or who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options.
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FDA Grants Regular Approval to Selpercatinib for Locally Advanced or Metastatic RET+ NSCLC
September 21st 2022The FDA has granted a regular approval to selpercatinib (Retevmo) for adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer harboring a RET gene fusion, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
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Zanidatamab Zovodotin Showcases Promising Safety, Activity in HER2+ Solid Cancers
September 21st 2022Zanidatamab zovodotin was found to produce encouraging responses and to have a manageable toxicity profile when used as a monotherapy in heavily pretreated patients with HER2-positive solid cancers.
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FDA Approves Pedmark for Prevention of Platinum-Induced Ototoxicity in Pediatric Solid Tumors
September 20th 2022The FDA has approved sodium thiosulfate (Pedmark) to reduce the risk of ototoxicity associated with cisplatin in pediatric patients aged 1 month and older with localized, nonmetastatic solid tumors.
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Frontline Toripalimab Plus Chemotherapy Approved in China for Advanced Nonsquamous NSCLC
September 20th 2022The China National Medical Products Administration has approved the supplemental new drug application seeking the approval of toripalimab plus pemetrexed and platinum as a frontline treatment in unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic, nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer not harboring EGFR mutations or ALK fusions.
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Zanubrutinib Approaches European Approval for Marginal Zone Lymphoma
September 19th 2022The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of zanubrutinib for use in adult patients with marginal zone lymphoma who have received at least 1 prior anti–CD20-based therapy.
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FDA Grants Priority Review to Tucatinib/Trastuzumab Combo for Previously Treated HER2+ mCRC
September 19th 2022The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental new drug application seeking the approval of tucatinib for use in combination with trastuzumab in adult patients with HER2-positive colorectal cancer who have received at least 1 prior treatment regimen for unresectable or metastatic disease.
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Relatlimab Plus Nivolumab Approved in Europe for Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma with PD-L1 <1%
September 17th 2022The European Commission has approved the fixed-dose combination of relatlimab plus nivolumab for use in the frontline treatment of select patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma and a PD-L1 expression of less than 1% on tumor cells.
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Niraparib Maintenance Provides Durable Long-term Remission in High-Risk Advanced Ovarian Cancer
September 15th 2022Maintenance treatment with niraparib produced a sustained and durable progression-free survival benefit in patients with primary advanced ovarian cancer who responded to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, spanning biomarker subgroups.
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