All Oncology News

Abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy delivered sustained survival benefits with a tolerable safety profile when used as adjuvant treatment in Chinese patients with high-risk, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer.

Roger Li, MD, discusses how the synergistic mechanism of pembrolizumab plus CG0070 could address unmet needs in BCG-unresponsive NMIBC, safety and efficacy data for the combination from the CORE-001 trial, and how those data support planned research efforts for CG0070 in this space.

Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, the only place in the region devoted to developing new treatments for cancer, announced the opening of the Kathryn F. Kirk Center for Comprehensive Cancer Care and Women’s Cancers. 

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to rucosopasem manganese for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer.

Chan Cheah, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA, DMSc, discusses key safety and efficacy data from the EPCORE NHL-1 trial that may serve to support the approval of epcoritamab in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma, and highlighted ongoing research efforts seeking to further move the needle forward in this disease.

Antoinette R. Tan, MD, MHSc, discussed the promise of oral SERDs as they continue to be developed for the treatment of patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, factors that inform treatment decisions following disease progression on a CDK4/6 inhibitor, and the growing role of antibody-drug conjugates across the breast cancer spectrum.

Eftilagimod alpha plus pembrolizumab provided an overall survival benefit over what has been reported with historical controls when given as first-line treatment in patients with non–small cell lung cancer and a PD-L1 tumor proportion score of at least 1%.

Triplet therapy consisting of encorafenib, cetuximab, and binimetinib demonstrated activity and manageable safety as first-line treatment for patients with BRAF V600E–mutated metastatic colorectal cancer.

Lida A. Mina, MD, discusses the evolving role of ADCs across breast cancer subtypes, current data on the use of CDK4/6 inhibitors in HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, and the increased use of genomic testing and NGS to improve the sequencing of agents in triple-negative breast cancer.

Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, LLC released a case study outlining the evolution of a newly FDA-approved first-line therapy for adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Sunandana Chandra, MD, MS, Anna C. Pavlick, DO, MSc, MBA, BSN, and Nikhil Khushalani, MD, discuss the importance of multidisciplinary care in CSCC and patient counseling regarding available therapies.

The combination of osimertinib and platinum-based chemotherapy led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival compared with osimertinib alone in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations.

Benjamin H. Lowentritt, MD, FACS, highlights key findings from the retrospective study of second-generation ARSI use in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer treated in clinic and discusses several directions for future analyses of real-world outcomes in prostate cancer.

A new drug application has been submitted to the FDA for the combination of rivoceranib and camrelizumab as a first-line treatment option for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Nusayba Bagegni, MD, details ongoing research and possibilities for the treatment landscape in the future, which includes investigating escalating approaches through more research in clinical trials.

Jayesh Desai, MBBS, FRACP, reports prior phase 1 data on the use of divarasib monotherapy in KRAS G12C–mutated CRC and early efficacy, safety, and presents pharmacokinetic data from the use of divarasib plus cetuximab from a phase 1 trial.

The upcoming phase 1/2 EVEREST-1 trial, where the novel CAR T-cell therapy A2B530 will be evaluated in patients with solid tumors, aims to push progress for one-and-done engineered therapies in this space.

Thomas M. Habermann, MD, expands on previous data that supported the initial accelerated approval of ibrutinib in marginal zone lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma, phase 3 data leading to the agent’s voluntary withdrawal, and investigations of ibrutinib and other BTK inhibitors that could significantly change the treatment landscape in mantle cell lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma.

A targeted kinase inhibitor added to a two-drug immunotherapy combination slowed the progression of advanced kidney cancer in previously untreated patients, according to research led by an oncologist from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

China’s National Medical Products Administration has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to the KRAS G12C inhibitor IBI351 as monotherapy for previously treated patients with advanced colorectal carcinoma harboring a KRAS G12C mutation.

A statewide policy intervention that discouraged initial breast cancer surgical care for patients with Medicaid insurance in low-volume facilities led to a survival benefit.

The use of docetaxel and ramucirumab yielded antitumor activity and showcased a manageable safety profile in patients with non–small cell lung cancer who progressed on platinum-based chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to data from the phase 2 SCORPION study.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the CAR T-cell therapy IMPT-314 for the treatment of patients with B-cell–mediated malignancies.

Proof of mechanism and safety has been established for the first-in-class bisialidase and Fc fusion protein E-602 in advanced solid tumors, supporting its continued investigation and viability of harnessing glycan-mediated immune regulation as a novel therapeutic approach in this population.

Alexander Putnam Cole, MD, discusses the importance of investigating racial and ethnic disparities in prostate cancer outcomes, key data from a comparison of cancer-specific survival according to race and treatment modality, and how these results could better inform efforts to improve access to, and quality of, patient care in this disease.

The FDA has issued a complete response letter to the biologics license application for vic-trastuzumab duocarmazine for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

The American Association for Cancer Research has selected Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as one of the newest members of a worldwide consortium contributing genomic data to AACR’s Project GENIE.

The first patients have been dosed in the phase 3b ECLIPSE PV trial, which is evaluating an accelerated dosing schedule of ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft for the treatment of patients with polycythemia vera.

By retrospectively analyzing health care financial data and using the intelligence generated to guide future claims to a more successful outcome, machine learning platforms may reduce the need for repeated insurance submissions and appeals and can improve the practice’s clean claim rate.

Capivasertib plus fulvestrant provided a clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival over fulvestrant alone in patients with hormone receptor–positive advanced breast cancer, including those who previously received a CDK4/6 inhibitor, chemotherapy in the advanced setting, or had baseline liver metastases.