Latest Conference Articles

Joshua K. Sabari, MD, discusses key findings from the phase 1 LOXO-RAS-20001 study of the KRAS G12C inhibitor LY3537982 in KRAS G12C–mutant advanced solid tumors.

Samer A. Srour, MB, ChB, MS, discusses the study design of the phase 1 TRAVERSE study, and key data on the use of ALLO-316 in patients with advanced or metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Patients with African ancestry with colorectal cancer have fewer actionable gene mutations than those with European ancestry, leading to fewer targeted treatment options in this population.

Patients with unresectable metastatic desmoplastic melanoma achieved high response rates when treated with single-agent pembrolizumab in the SWOG S1512 trial, according to data presented during the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting.

Preclinical data have demonstrated activity of a novel, small molecule CDK2 inhibitor INCB123667 in CDK2/cyclin E1 expressing cell lines prompting investigators to initiate a phase 1 study, and the agent may fill an unmet need for patients with cancers with primary or acquired CDK4/6 resistance.

The investigational tetravalent bispecific antibody AFM13 displayed clinical efficacy in heavily pretreated patients with CD30-positive relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

The combination of tafasitamab and lenalidomide followed by tafasitamab maintenance prolonged responses in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

John V. Heymach, MD, PhD, discusses findings the phase 3 AEGEAN trial in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

Jessica Yasmine Islam, PhD, MPH, discusses the treatment of patients with Hodgkin’s lymphoma who do or do not have HIV.

Perioperative durvalumab plus neoadjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in pathologic complete response and event-free survival vs placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

mRNA-4157 in combination with pembrolizumab improved recurrence-free survival compared with pembrolizumab alone when used as an adjuvant treatment in patients with resected high-risk melanoma, regardless of tumor mutational burden.

Pembrolizumab plus cisplatin and gemcitabine produced a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival vs placebo plus cisplatin and gemcitabine in previously untreated patients with advanced biliary tract cancer, according to data from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-966 trial.

Adjuvant treatment with the combination of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) and bevacizumab (Avastin) resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in recurrence-free survival vs active surveillance in patients with a high risk of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence following curative-intent resection or ablation.

First-line cemiplimab monotherapy or in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy conferred long-term clinical benefit to patients with unresectable, locally advanced non–­small cell lung cancer who were ineligible for concurrent chemoradiation.

Adagrasib induced high overall response rates in patients with KRAS G12C–mutated non–small cell lung cancer who achieved at least 90% mutation allele frequency clearance.

Data for adjuvant atezolizumab following neoadjuvant atezolizumab and resection demonstrated an improvement in disease-free survival and a trend toward improved overall survival in patients with resectable stage IB to IIIB non–small cell lung cancer compared with those who did not receive adjuvant atezolizumab.

Treatment with eftilagimod alpha plus pembrolizumab resulted in tumor shrinkage and a tolerable safety profile in patients with anti–PD-1/PD-L1–resistant non–small cell lung cancer.

Second-line atezolizumab plus cabozantinib did not generate a clinical benefit over standard-of-care docetaxel in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer previously treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and chemotherapy.

The combination of tusamitamab ravtansine and pembrolizumab with or without chemotherapy generated responses and was well tolerated when used as first-line treatment for patients with CEACAM5-positive nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Frontline cemiplimab plus chemotherapy improved overall survival and progression-free survival compared with investigator’s choice of chemotherapy for patients with PD-L1–positive non–small cell lung cancer that has metastasized to the brain.

The use of 4 cycles of chemotherapy plus durvalumab with or without tremelimumab-actl was associated with improved or sustained response and similar toxicity compared with chemotherapy alone as frontline therapy in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer, according to post hoc exploratory findings from the phase 3 POSEIDON trial.

Taletrectinib continued to demonstrate meaningful efficacy in the form of a durable objective response rate and a high intracranial ORR with acceptable tolerability in both TKI-naïve and crizotinib-pretreated patients with ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Meghan K. Berkenstock, MD, discusses common ocular toxicities associated with the use of novel antibody-drug conjugates, and the subsequent development of mitigation strategies for these treatment-related adverse effects in gynecologic cancers.

Ursula A. Matulonis, MD, discusses common toxicities associated with mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx, and how to properly manage these treatment-related adverse effects for patients with folate receptor alpha-high ovarian cancer.

The addition of cemiplimab to platinum-doublet chemotherapy continued to provide a clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement in clinical benefit over chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer, irrespective of histology or PD-L1 expression level.

Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy produced a long-term event-free survival benefit vs chemotherapy alone in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer, independent of whether patients underwent minimally invasive surgery or thoracotomy or complete or partial resection of the lung.

Cara A. Mathews, MD, discusses 7-year overall survival data from the phase 3 SOLO-1 trial in patients with ovarian cancer.

Amivantamab continued to be tolerable and efficacious in patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations whose disease progressed on platinum-based chemotherapy.

Up-front treatment with osimertinib reduced the risk of brain progression-free survival but provided a comparable overall survival benefit compared with sequential treatment with gefitinib followed by osimertinib in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations.

Dimitrios Nasioudis, MD, discusses how the use of next-generation sequencing can help identify the unique molecular profile of endometroid ovarian cancer.