Cabozantinib/Atezolizumab Elicits Durable, Tolerable Clinical Activity in Advanced HNSCC
November 29th 2022The combination of cabozantinib and atezolizumab generated rapid and durable responses in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who received prior treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy.
PDS0101 Plus Chemoradiation Elicits 100% ORR in High-Risk Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer
PDS0101 given in conjunction with chemoradiation elicited an 100% overall response rate, along with tumor shrinkage greater than 60%, in 9 patients with high-risk, locally advanced cervical cancer, according to results of the phase 2 IMMUNOCERV trial.
CYNK-101 Plus Avelumab Mediates ADCC Activity in Select PD-L1+ Solid Tumors
CYNK-101 demonstrated synergistic activity when used in combination with avelumab through antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity against PD-L1–positive non–small cell lung cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, and bladder cancer cell lines, according to preclinical data.
CTX130 Allogeneic CAR T-cell Therapy Shows Tolerability, Intriguing Activity in Advanced RCC
CTX130, an investigational allogeneic, CRISP/Cas9 gene-edited, anti-CD70 CAR T-cell therapy, was found to be safe with early signs of clinical activity in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, according to findings from the phase 1 COBALT-RCC trial.
Pembrolizumab/Eftilagimod alpha Combo Shows Durable Responses in Frontline NSCLC
The first-line combination of pembrolizumab and eftilagimod alpha elicited a 40.4% (95% CI, 31.3%-50.0%) overall response rate by immune RECIST criteria in the intent-to-treat population in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer, according to updated findings from the phase 2 TACTI-002 trial.
Neoantigen TCR T-cell Therapy Shows Early Proof-of-Concept in Solid Tumors
A personalized neoantigen-specific and off-the-shelf T cell receptor T-cell therapy utilized through CRISPR gene editing technology demonstrated feasibility and tolerability in 16 patients across multiple tumor types, according to first-in-human phase 1a findings.