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.
Liso-cel Elicits Significant Second-line Activity in Frail Patients with Relapsed/Refractory LBCL
June 5th 2022Treatment with lisocabtagene maraleucel resulted in a high rate of durable overall and complete responses as second-line therapy in frail patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma for whom hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was not intended, according to preliminary findings from the phase 2 PILOT study.
Panitumumab/mFOLFOX Establishes Prominent Role in RAS Wild-Type Metastatic CRC
June 5th 2022The addition of panitumumab to mFOLFOX6 improved outcomes for patients with left-sided RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer compared with bevacizumab and chemotherapy in the front-line setting, according to results from the phase 3 PARADIGM trial.
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Is New Standard of Care for HER2-Low MBC
June 5th 2022Treatment with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki doubled progression-free survival and reduced the risk of death by 36% compared with physician's choice of chemotherapy for patients with HER2-low, hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.
Daratumumab Plus RVd Demonstrates Durable MRD Negativity in Multiple Myeloma
June 5th 2022Daratumumab plus induction/consolidation lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone elicited higher minimal residual disease-negativity rates vs the RVd combination alone in patients with transplant-eligible newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, including those in high-risk subgroups.
RVd Plus Transplant and Lenalidomide Maintenance Improves PFS in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
June 5th 2022The combination of lenalidomide (Revlimid), bortezomib, and dexamethasone (RVd) plus autologous stem cell transplant as initial therapy followed by lenalidomide maintenance demonstrated a significant improvement in progression-free survival vs RVd alone followed by lenalidomide maintenance in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
CT041 CAR T-cell Therapy Elicits Manageable Toxicity and Durable Response in Gastric/GEJ Cancer
June 5th 2022CT041, a Claudin18.2–specific CAR T-cell therapy, demonstrated a manageable safety profile in patients with previously treated, CLDN18.2-positive advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer, with a majority of patients achieving partial response or stable disease.
Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Bolsters PFS2 Outcomes in Advanced Endometrial Cancer
June 5th 2022The combination of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements in progression-free survival on next line of therapy among all-comer patients with advanced endometrial cancer and those with DNA mismatch repair proficient disease, according to an exploratory analysis of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-775 trial.
Preview of ASCO 2022: Dr Everett Vokes
June 5th 2022OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across oncology during the conference.
SOT101 Displays Antitumor Activity Alone and With Pembrolizumab in Advanced Solid Tumors
June 4th 2022SOT101 alone and in combination with pembrolizumab demonstrated a favorable safety profile with no additional toxicities reported and promising efficacy among patients with advanced solid tumors, according to findings from the phase 1 AURELIO-03 trial.
Palbociclib Plus Letrozole Misses OS End Point in ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer
June 4th 2022First-line treatment with palbociclib plus letrozole did not elicit a significant benefit in overall survival compared with letrozole monotherapy in patients with estrogen receptor-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer missing the secondary end point of the trial.
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Remains Safe and Effective Option for Metastatic Breast Cancer
June 4th 2022Updated data from a safety analysis of the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast03 study confirmed the tolerability of trastuzumab deruxtecan among patients with with HER2-positive unresectable or metastatic breast cancer.
Epcoritamab Plus R2 Elicits High Metabolic Response Rate in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
June 4th 2022The addition of subcutaneous epcoritamab to treatment with rituximab and lenalidomide resulted in a 100% response rate and a low incidence of low-grade cytokine release syndrome in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma, according to findings from arm 2 of the EPCORE NHL-2 trial.
ctDNA Demonstrates Efficacy as Treatment-Decision Tool for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Colon Cancers
June 4th 2022Guided approaches leveraging circulating tumor DNA status can reduce the number of patients who receive adjuvant chemotherapy without the risk of lowering recurrence-free survival rates for some patients with stage II colon cancer.
Long-Term Follow-Up Supports Acalabrutinib-Based Regimens in Treatment-Naïve CLL
June 4th 2022At approximately 5 years of follow-up, findings from the phase 3 ELEVATE-TN study show that treatment outcomes are more favorable with acalabrutinib with or without obinutuzumab compared with obinutuzumab and chlorambucil in treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
BTX-1188 Demonstrates Safety Benefits, Enters Phase 1 Trials in AML and Solid Tumors
June 4th 2022BTX-1188, a first-in-class oral molecular glue, is undergoing investigation in phase 1 clinical trials in patients with solid tumors or acute myeloid leukemia, after preclinical trials supported its potential safety benefits in this population and demonstrated its high sensitivity in Myc-driven cancer cell lines.
Epcoritamab Plus R-CHOP Shows Efficacy and Tolerability as First-Line Treatment for High-Risk DLBCL
June 4th 2022The addition of subcutaneous epcoritamab to standard-of-care R-CHOP demonstrated clinically meaningful response in the first-line treatment of patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma according to updated results of a single-arm of the EPCORE NHL-2 trial.
Magrolimab Plus Azacitidine Elicits Manageable Anemia in HR-MDS
June 4th 2022Magrolimab plus azacitidine, at priming and maintenance doses, enables manageable anemia in patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia, according to results from a prospective phase 1 study (NCT03248479).
Addition of Ivosidenib to Azacitidine Improves Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed IDH1-Mutant AML
June 4th 2022The combination of ivosidenib and azacitidine elicited a clinically meaningful benefit across end points compared with azacitidine alone among patients with newly diagnosed IDH1-mutant acute myeloid leukemia who were ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy.
Glofitamab Demonstrates Durable Response in Heavily Pretreated Large B-Cell Lymphoma
June 4th 2022Glofitamab elicited an objective response rate of 51.6% when administered for a fixed duration among patients with patients with heavily pretreated, highly refractory large B-cell lymphoma, regardless of prior CAR T-cell therapy exposure, according to findings from a phase 2 expansion study.