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.
Masitinib Plus Docetaxel Produces PFS Benefit in mCRPC With Low Metastatic Involvement
September 13th 2021The investigational small molecule masitinib plus docetaxel resulted in a statistically significant 21% reduction in the risk of progression or death compared with placebo plus docetaxel in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and baseline alkaline phosphatase levels of 250 IU/mL or less.
Systemic Review Underscores Need for Smoking Status Data on Genitourinary Cancer Trials
September 13th 2021Smoking status is not often reported on genitourinary cancer clinical trials, which limits understanding of how smoking impacts the treatment, survival, and quality of life of this patient population.
Darolutamide Delays Time to Deterioration in HRQoL Related to Urinary and Bowel Symptoms in nmCRPC
September 12th 2021Darolutamide was linked with a reduction in locally invasive procedures, delayed time to deterioration in health-related quality of life related to urinary and bowel symptoms in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Enzalutamide/ADT Maintains Efficacy Regardless of Prior Antiandrogen Therapy in mHSPC
September 12th 2021Enzalutamide plus androgen-deprivation therapy produced clinical benefit over ADT alone in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, regardless of prior antiandrogen therapy and its pretreatment duration.
MSI-H/dMMR Prostate Cancer Linked With Response to Checkpoint Blockade
September 11th 2021Patients with microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair–deficient prostate cancer may be more likely to respond to treatment with checkpoint inhibitors compared with those who have high tumor mutational burden.
Prognostic Risk Group, Receipt of Subsequent Therapies May Impact OS in mCRPC Receiving Lutetium 177
September 11th 2021Cancer and Leukemia Group B prognostic risk group and the receipt of subsequent FDA-approved life-prolonging therapies may impact overall survival in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who are receiving lutetium 177.
Nadofaragene Firadenovec Sustains Efficacy in Advanced NMIBC in Longer-Term Follow-Up
September 11th 2021Nadofaragene firadenovec, a novel intravesical gene therapy for patients with bacillus Calmette-Guérin unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer, demonstrated sustained durability according to findings from 2 cohorts of a phase 3 study.
Ruxolitinib Represents a Key Clinical Tool in Polycythemia Vera Paradigm
September 11th 2021The JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor ruxolitinib has several clinical uses in the treatment of patients with polycythemia vera and plays an especially important role in adult patients who have had an inadequate response to hydroxyurea.
Sequential Crizotinib Followed by Alectinib Associated With Survival Benefit in ALK+ NSCLC
September 11th 2021Frontline sequential therapy with crizotinib followed by alectinib demonstrated survival benefits for patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer who develop resistance to, or become intolerant of crizotinib.
MRD-Based Consolidation Dara-KRd Elicits Rapid Responses in Newly Diagnosed Myeloma
September 11th 2021Minimal residual disease–based consolidation therapy comprised of daratumumab, carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone was found to induce quick responses and unprecedented rates of MRD negativity in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.
TAR-200/Cetrelimab Under Investigation in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
September 11th 2021TAR-200 plus cetrelimab may offer a superior treatment option for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, and to answer this questions, investigators have initiated the randomized, phase 3 SunRISe-2 trial.
Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Response Signals Change for Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Advanced RCC
September 11th 2021Primary tumor response to nivolumab plus ipilimumab observed results of a Japanese study indicates a changing role for the timing of cytoreductive nephrectomy for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.fr
N-803/BCG Combo Shows Promising Responses, Tolerability in BCG-Unresponsive Bladder Cancer
September 10th 2021Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) plus N-803 yielded promising responses and an encouraging safety profile in patients with BCG-unresponsive, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer carcinoma in situ.
RWE Demonstrates Robust PSA Response and Treatment Adherence of Apalutamide in CRPC
September 10th 2021Patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer demonstrated high adherence rates and favorable prostate-specific antigen response to apalutamide according to real-world evidence presented at the 2021 American Urological Association Annual Meeting.
Elevated Antibody Titers May Predict Nadofaragene Firadenovec Durability in BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC
September 10th 2021Antibody titers and fold changes may prove to be a prognostic marker for the efficacy of nadofaragene firadenovec for the treatment of patients with bacillus Calmette-Guérun unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Elranatamab Alone or Plus Lenalidomide Shows Early Efficacy, Safety in Heavily Relapsed Myeloma
September 10th 2021Elranatamab elicited encouraging responses with a manageable toxicity profile when used alone or in combination with lenalidomide in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, with efficacy observed even in those who received prior BCMA-directed therapy or who were triple-class refractory, according to data from the phase 1 MagnetisMM-1 trial.