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
Sintilimab Triplet Demonstrates Efficacy With Acceptable Safety in pMMR/MSS CRC
November 30th 2023The triplet combination of sintilimab, chidamide, and bevacizumab resulted in a high 18-week progression-free survival rate with a favorable toxicity profile in patients with microsatellite stable or mismatch repair–proficient metastatic colorectal cancer, according to data from the phase 2 CAPability-01 trial.
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First-Line Pembrolizumab Demonstrates Durable Clinical Benefit in MSI-H/dMMR mCRC
November 30th 2023Pembrolizumab continued to demonstrate at trend toward improved overall survival compared with chemotherapy in patients with microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair–deficient metastatic colorectal cancer.
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Camrelizumab Plus Famitinib Shows Promise in Recurrent or Metastatic Cervical Cancer
November 29th 2023The combination comprised of camrelizumab and famitinib showcased improved efficacy with a manageable safety profile vs camrelizumab monotherapy or investigator’s choice of chemotherapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.
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Nimotuzumab With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Shows Activity in Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma
November 28th 2023Nimotuzumab given concurrently with chemoradiotherapy demonstrated efficacy and favorable tolerability in patients with locally advanced cervical squamous cell carcinoma, according to data from a randomized, controlled, open-label, multicenter study.
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Retifanlimab Continues to Elicit Responses in Recurrent MSI-H or dMMR Endometrial Cancer
November 28th 2023Retifanlimab-dlwr continued to elicit responses with acceptable tolerability in patients with recurrent microsatellite instability–high or mismatch–repair deficient endometrial cancer, according to final findings from cohort H of the phase 1 POD1UM-101 trial.
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Belantamab Mafodotin Plus Bortezomib/Dexamethasone Improves PFS in R/R Multiple Myeloma
November 27th 2023Belantamab mafodotin plus bortezomib and dexamethasone significantly improved progression-free survival compared with daratumumab plus B-Vd in the second-line treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 DREAMM-7 trial.
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SCO-101 Plus FOLFIRI Prolongs Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
November 22nd 2023SCO-101 in combination with leucovorin, fluorouracil, and irinotecan (FOLFIRI) prolonged survival in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who had no other active treatment options available, according to final data from part 2 of the phase 2 CORIST study.
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MRT-2359 Shows Favorable Tolerability in Heavily Pretreated MYC-Driven Solid Tumors
November 21st 2023MRT-2359 had acceptable tolerability with a favorable pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile in heavily pretreated patients with MYC-driven solid tumors, including lung cancer and high-grade neuroendocrine cancer.
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Durvalumab With Concurrent Chemoradiation Misses PFS End Point in Unresectable Stage III NSCLC
November 14th 2023Concurrent administration of durvalumab and platinum-based chemoradiation failed to significantly improve progression-free survival over chemoradiation alone in patients with unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer, missing the primary end point of the phase 3 PACIFIC-2 trial.
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Momelotinib Approaches EU Approval for Myelofibrosis With Anemia
November 14th 2023The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion supporting the approval of momelotinib for the treatment of disease-related splenomegaly or symptoms in adult patients with moderate to severe anemia with primary myelofibrosis, post–polycythemia vera myelofibrosis, or post–essential thrombocytopenia myelofibrosis who have not been exposed to a JAK inhibitor or who had received prior ruxolitinib.
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CHMP Recommends Adagrasib for Pretreated KRAS G12C+ Advanced NSCLC
November 14th 2023After a re-examination procedure, the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has issued a positive opinion on the conditional marketing authorization application for adagrasib in the treatment of adult patients with KRAS G12C–mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed following at least 1 prior systemic treatment.
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Bayer Withdraws US Indication for Copanlisib in Relapsed Follicular Lymphoma
November 13th 2023Bayer has announced the intention to voluntarily withdraw the new drug application for copanlisib in adult patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma who have previously received at least 2 prior systemic treatments.
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Frontline Pembrolizumab Plus Chemo Approaches EU Approval for Biliary Tract Cancer
November 10th 2023The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) combined with gemcitabine and cisplatin in the frontline treatment of adult patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic biliary tract cancer
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PDS0101-Based Triplet Provides Survival Benefit in HPV16+ Cancers
November 9th 2023The combination of PDS0101, PDS0301 (formerly M-9241), and bintrafusp alfa, an investigational immune checkpoint inhibitor extended survival in patients with advanced human papillomavirus 16–positive cancers, according to final data from a phase 2 trial (NCT04287868) led by the National Cancer Institute.
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Durvalumab Plus TACE and Bevacizumab Significantly Improves PFS in Select HCC
November 9th 2023Durvalumab plus concurrent transarterial chemoembolization followed by durvalumab with bevacizumab resulted in a significant improvement in PFS over TACE alone in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who are eligible for embolization, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 EMERALD-1 trial.
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The FDA has granted priority review to the supplemental biologics license application seeking approval to expand the indication of lisocabtagene maraleucel to include patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma who had prior exposure to a BTK inhibitor and a BCL-2 inhibitor.
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Neoadjuvant Inetetamab Combo Shows Efficacy, Tolerability in Locally Advanced HER2+ Breast Cancer
November 8th 2023The combination of inetetamab, pertuzumab, paclitaxel, and carboplatin elicited responses with an acceptable safety profile when administered as neoadjuvant treatment in patients with locally advanced HER2-positive breast cancer.
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CMG901 Elicits Responses in CLDN18.2-Expressing Gastric/GEJ Cancer
November 7th 2023CMG901 induced responses with a manageable toxicity profile in patients with CLDN18.2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer, according to updated data from the dose-expansion phase of the phase 1 KYM901 study.
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Trastuzumab Duocarmazine Provides Numerical OS Benefit in Pretreated HER2+ Breast Cancer
November 7th 2023Treatment with vic-trastuzumab duocarmazine demonstrated a trend toward numerically prolonged overall survival compared with physician’s choice of treatment in patients with pretreated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
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Atezolizumab Plus Bevacizumab and Chemo Improves Survival in Metastatic or Recurrent Cervical Cancer
November 3rd 2023The addition of atezolizumab to bevacizumab and chemotherapy resulted in a significant improvement in progression-free survival and overall survival vs standard treatment with bevacizumab and chemotherapy in patients with metastatic, persistent, or recurrent cervical cancer.
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FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to Furmonertinib for EGFR Exon 20 Insertion+ NSCLC
October 31st 2023The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to furmonertinib for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with previously untreated, locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.
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