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.
FDA Approves Nivolumab/Ipilimumab for Frontline Advanced PD-L1+ NSCLC
May 15th 2020The FDA has approved the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab for the first-line treatment of patients with PD-L1–positive metastatic or recurrent non–small cell lung cancer that does not have EGFR or ALK genomic tumor aberrations.
Ivosidenib PFS Benefit in IDH1+ Cholangiocarcinoma Demonstrated in Newly Published Data
May 15th 2020Ivosidenib induced a 63% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death versus placebo in previously treated patients with IDH1-mutant advanced cholangiocarcinoma, according to findings from the phase 3 ClarIDHy study published in the Lancet Oncology.
Procedural Redesign of VATS in Lung Cancer Improves Quality of Care and Reduces Cost
May 12th 2020Through the use of value stream analysis and process design methodologies, investigators were able to reduce costs and significantly improve outcomes of patients with lung cancer who underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery.
FDA Approves myChoice CDx as Companion Diagnostic for Olaparib in Ovarian Cancer
May 11th 2020The FDA has approved myChoice CDx for use as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with advanced ovarian cancer with positive homologous recombination deficiency status, making them eligible to receive frontline maintenance treatment with olaparib plus bevacizumab.
FDA Grants Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Breakthrough Designation in HER2+ Gastric Cancer
May 11th 2020The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive unresectable or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.
SGO COVID-19 Task Force Provides Guidance During "Our Version of the Great Depression"
May 11th 2020Warner K. Huh, MD, discusses the management of gynecologic cancers during the COVID-19 era, the SGO COVID-19 task force, and what is needed to quell the pandemic, which he refers to as our version of the Great Depression.
Herzog Highlights Approval of Olaparib/Bevacizumab as Frontline Maintenance in HRD+ Ovarian Cancer
May 9th 2020Thomas Herzog, MD, discusses the FDA approval of olaparib plus bevacizumab for the frontline maintenance treatment of patients with homologous recombination deficiency–positive ovarian cancer.