The OncLive® News page includes the latest in clinical oncology news, including breaking regulatory decisions, clinical trial findings, pivotal and practice-changing data published in academic peer-reviewed journals, and more across solid and hematologic malignancies. Regulatory news includes new drug approvals by the FDA and European Union, priority review and breakthrough therapy designations, and orphan drug and fast track statuses.
Zandelisib Elicits High Response Rates in Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
November 21st 2022The oral PI3Kδ inhibitor zandelisib produced an overall response rate in Japanese patients with relapsed/refractory indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma without small lymphocytic lymphoma, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, and Waldenström macroglobulinemia.
Advances in Breast Cancer Treatment Reshape Treatment Paradigms in 2022
November 21st 2022The increasing role of antibody-drug conjugates have led to questions of sequencing for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, whereas new data for first-generation PD-L1 inhibitors, such as pembrolizumab have shaken up the treatment paradigm for others.
FDA Grants Priority Review to Epcoritamab for Relapsed/Refractory LBCL
November 21st 2022The FDA has accepted and granted priority review to a biologics license application seeking the apporoval of epcoritamab in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more lines of systemic therapy.
Iovance to Address FDA Requests for BLA of Lifileucel in Advanced Melanoma
November 21st 2022After receiving FDA feedback regarding supplemental assay validation information and comparability data for lifileucel in advanced melanoma, Iovance Biotherapeutics will address these comments and plans to complete its rolling biologics license application submission during the first quarter of 2023.
Quality Improvement Project Shows Reduced Time From Diagnosis to NGS in Patients With NSCLC
November 21st 2022The median time between pathologic diagnosis to next-generation sequencing was reduced in a quality improvement project for patients with newly diagnosed metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.
Luminary Awards Honor GI Experts, Patient Advocate
November 18th 2022OncLive® and The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, have recognized 4 gastrointestinal physician-scientists and a prominent patient advocate, naming them as 2022 Luminary Awards in GI Cancers.
BTK Inhibitor Failure Signals Unmet Need for a Standard of Care in Relapsed/Refractory MCL
November 18th 2022Improved mantle cell lymphoma treatments are necessary for patients who have relapsed on or are refractory to BTK inhibitors, according to findings from SCHOLAR-2, a multicenter, retrospective chart review of European patients with MCL who relapsed following or were intolerant to BTK inhibitors.
Ponatinib Provides Higher Rate of MRD-negative CR Vs Imatinib in Newly Diagnosed Ph+ ALL
November 17th 2022Ponatinib plus reduced-intensity chemotherapy produced a higher rate of minimal residual disease–negative complete remission compared with imatinib in patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Zolbetuximab Plus mFOLFOX6 Improves Survival in Claudin 18.2+ Gastric or GEJ Cancers
November 17th 2022The addition of zolbetuximab to oxaliplatin, leucovorin, and fluorouracil significantly improved progression-free survival vs fluorouracil alone in patients with Claudin 18.2–positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
NICE Recommends Mobocertinib for Rare, Aggressive Lung Cancer
November 16th 2022The United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued final guidance recommending the use of mobocertinib for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations who have already received platinum-based chemotherapy.
Standard Induction Evolves in Transplant-Eligible and -Ineligible Multiple Myeloma
November 16th 2022Shambavi Richard, MD, discussed key studies that continue to shape the SOC in both the transplant-eligible and -ineligible populations, the role of transplant in the space, and unmet needs that remain for older and frail patients.
Evolving Treatments Seek to Address Unanswered Questions in Hematologic Malignancies
November 16th 2022Novel agents such as momelotinib and pacritinib are expanding the myelofibrosis treatment landscape, and additional research will further define the options available for patients with this disease, as well as those with other leukemias and lymphomas.
Ivonescimab Receives Breakthrough Therapy Designation for IO-Resistant NSCLC in China
November 16th 2022The Center for Drug Evaluation of the China National Medical Products Administration has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to ivonescimab plus docetaxel for patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer who failed to respond to a prior PD-(L)1 inhibitor plus platinum-based doublet chemotherapy.