All Oncology News

Pembrolizumab was associated with a 32% reduction in the risk of disease recurrence or death compared with placebo as an adjuvant treatment for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Olaparib demonstrated clinically meaningful benefit 1 year after standard of care therapies, such as surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or radiation therapy, in patients with BRCA1/2-mutant, early HER2-negative breast cancer who are at a high risk for recurrence.

The administration of adjuvant carboplatin and paclitaxel following standard cisplatin-based chemoradiation failed to demonstrate an improvement in progression-free survival or overall survival in women with locally advanced cervical cancer, according to findings from the phase 3 OUTBACK trial.

The addition of the immunotherapy agent toripalimab to gemcitabine plus cisplatin demonstrated superior progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone in the frontline treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, according to data from the phase 3 JUPITER-02 trial.

Tmunity Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company, has halted the development of its lead CAR T-cell product following the deaths of 2 patients who were enrolled to a trial investigating its use in solid tumors.

177Lu-PSMA-617, a targeted radioligand therapy, plus standard of care induced approximately a 40% reduction in the risk of death vs SOC alone in men with progressive PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Siddharth Padia, MD, explaines TheraSphere’s unique mechanism of action and what its approval means in HCC and beyond.

The phase 2 ENVASARC trial, which is examining the PD-L1 antibody envafolimab with and without ipilimumab in patients with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and myxofibrosarcoma, has been recommended by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee to continue as planned.

Derazantinib continued to induce encouraging responses in patients with FGFR2 gene fusion–positive intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, according to updated data from cohort 1 of the phase 2 FIDES-01 trial.

The United Kingdom’s Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has granted conditional marketing authorization to the combination of selinexor and dexamethasone as a treatment for select patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Anita Johnson, MD, FACS, discusses existing disparities in cancer, studies that have helped to shed further light on the issue, and ongoing efforts being made to improve outcomes in all patients.

The European Commission has approved the dual immunotherapy combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab for use in the frontline treatment of adults with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma.

A personalized adjuvant neoantigen peptide vaccine, PGV-001, was successfully synthesized and administered to patients across a wide range of malignancies who had a greater than 30% chance of disease recurrence.

Innovative strategies are vital for patients diagnosed with rare cancers, who are frequently at a disadvantage compared with those who have more common malignancies, experts say.

Melissa (Kah Poh) Loh, BMedSci, MBBCh, BAO, discusses the challenges of utilizing geriatric assessment in oncology and steps that the ACCC resources can provide to institutions that want to incorporate geriatric assessment into practice.

The new drug application seeking the approval of a unique formulation of sodium thiosulfate for the prevention of ototoxicity induced by cisplatin chemotherapy in patients aged 1 month to less than 18 years of age with localized, nonmetastatic solid tumors has been resubmitted to the FDA.

The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to teclistamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

The FDA has approved the Guardant360 CDx assay as a companion diagnostic for tumor mutation profiling to identify patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer whose tumors harbor the KRAS G12C mutation and may derive benefit from sotorasib.

Andrew E. Aplin, PhD, has been named Deputy Director for Scientific Strategy of the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center – Jefferson Health.

The anti–PD-L1, fully human monoclonal antibody cosibelimab will be examined in a cohort of patients with metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma as part of an ongoing phase 1 study.

The FDA has granted a priority review to the new drug application seeking approval of plinabulin plus granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia.

Loncastuximab tesirine-lpyl (Zynlonta) exhibited significant clinical activity, including impressive response rates with tolerable safety, as a single agent in adult patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma that failed prior established therapies.

The FDA has granted priority review to a new drug application for pacritinib as a potential treatment option for patients with myelofibrosis and severe thrombocytopenia, defined as platelet counts less than 50 x 109/L.

Although the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is unprecedented in speed and scope, the process of postapproval surveillance has been shown to be robust and should serve as a source of reassurance to the public regarding the effectiveness of the initial and follow-up review process.

Parissa Tabrizian, MD, MSc, discusses the rationale for evaluating cemiplimab in the neoadjuvant setting for patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma, the results of the trial, and next steps planned to identify optimal clinical end points that correlate with survival benefit.

The combination of cabozantinib plus atezolizumab was found to elicit encouraging response rates, disease control, and acceptable safety in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who had previously received enzalutamide and/or abiraterone acetate.

The safety and efficacy of the combination of vidutolimod and nivolumab is currently under investigation in patients with PD-1–refractory advanced melanoma.

A significant incidence of advanced neoplasia and colorectal cancer was identified in individuals between the ages of 45 and 49 years, emphasizing the importance of adhering to recent recommendations from the United Services Preventive Services Task Force to lower the CRC screening age from 50 to 45 years.

The FDA has approved infigratinib for the treatment of patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic cholangiocarcinoma harboring an FGFR2 fusion or rearrangement.

The FDA has approved sotorasib as the first treatment for adult patients with non–small cell lung cancer whose tumors harbor KRAS G12C mutations and who have received at least 1 prior systemic therapy.