All Oncology News

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to ST101, a peptide antagonist of C/EBPβ, for the treatment of patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

A new drug application seeking the approval of poziotinib as a potential therapeutic option for patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with HER2 exon 20 insertion mutations has been submitted to the FDA.

William G. Wierda, MD, PhD, discussed the results of the phase 2 CAPTIVATE trial and the phase 1/2 TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial, and looked ahead to what the future holds for MRD in patients with CLL.

Secura Bio, Inc. has decided to voluntarily withdraw the indication of duvelisib for use in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma following at least 2 previous systemic therapies.

Andrea Moreira, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in the use of advanced techniques in breast reconstruction, has joined Allegheny Health Network from Cleveland Clinic and will serve as Co-Director of the Microsurgery and Breast Reconstruction Program in the AHN Division of Plastic Surgery.

Various immune strategies have been developed in multiple myeloma, including immune-enhancing drugs such as immunomodulatory drugs, checkpoint inhibitors, monoclonal antibodies, and, more recently, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy and bispecific antibodies for T-cell redirection.

Meghan Thompson, MD, discusses the results from the use of pirtobrutinib in the phase 1/2 BRUIN study, as well as upcoming research efforts in the population of patients with Richter transformation.

Filip Janku, MD, PhD, discusses the phase 1 study with ripretinib in patients with KIT-mutated or KIT-amplified melanoma.

Margaret von Mehren, MD, discusses the value of ribociclib plus everolimus for patients with dedifferentiated liposarcoma, and how further research will be focused on biomarker analysis.

Image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy caused less toxicity compared with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy with no difference in disease outcomes in patients with cervical cancer undergoing postoperative radiation therapy.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab for the adjuvant treatment of adult and pediatric patients with stage IIB or IIC melanoma following complete resection.

The addition of darolutamide to docetaxel and androgen deprivation therapy resulted in a significant improvement in overall survival compared with docetaxel/ADT alone in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 ARASENS trial.

Several Yale Cancer Center faculty have authored chapters in a newly released book, A New Deal For Cancer: Lessons from a 50 Year War.

The FDA has granted priority review to the supplemental biologics license application for luspatercept-aamt for the treatment of anemia in adults with non–transfusion dependent β-thalassemia.

Deborah M. Stephens, DO, discusses her approach to treating a patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, how CAR T-cell therapy may fit into the treatment paradigm, and the numerous trials that have shown promise in this space.

The FDA has approved rituximab plus chemotherapy for pediatric patients with previously untreated, advanced stage, CD20-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, Burkitt-like lymphoma, or mature B-cell acute leukemia.

Bijal Shah, MD, MS, discussed the results of the ZUMA-3 trial and how this approval will enhance the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor ALL.

Lisocabtagene maraleucel significantly prolonged event-free survival and progression-free survival and improved complete responses when used in the second-line treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Richard D. Carvajal, MD, discusses the need for additional treatment options in patients with rare melanomas, the promise of tebentafusp, and ongoing trials in the pipeline for this patient population.

Deborah L. Toppmeyer, MD, discusses clinical trials involving treatments for HER2-positive and triple-negative breast cancer, as well as the importance of making these trials accessible to all patient populations in an attempt to address disparities.

David L. Bartlett, MD has reopened his Pittsburgh practice and will begin seeing patients at AHN Cancer Institute.

Cleveland Clinic has partnered with Anixa Biosciences, Inc. to open a phase 1 trial examining a vaccine aimed at preventing the development of triple-negative breast cancer.

Secura Bio decided to withdraw the approval of the new drug application for panobinostat for use in combination with bortezomib and dexamethasone to treat select patients with multiple myeloma.

Nasser Khaled Altorki, MD, provides insight on the results of the IMpower010 trial as well as post hoc analyses from the trial and what they signal for the remainder of this patient population.

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the phase 1b KOMET-001 trial, which is examining KO-539 in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

The FDA’s Centers for Devices and Radiological Health has granted a breakthrough device designation to ZetaMet technology for use in the treatment of metastatic bone cancers and osteologic interventions.

The addition of BO-112 to pembrolizumab produced clinical benefit in patients with unresectable malignant melanoma who have experienced disease progression on anti–PD-1 therapy, according to data from the preliminary analysis of the phase 2 SPOTLIGHT-203 trial.

The FDA has approved daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj plus carfilzomib and dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy.

The FDA has issued a complete response letter to the new drug application seeking the approval of plinabulin in combination with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.

Investigators have known about hereditary diffuse gastric cancer syndrome for decades, but only identified its molecular causes in the 1990s, said gastrointestinal oncologist Bryson Katona, MD, PhD.