Selpercatinib Demonstrates Promising Activity in RET Fusion-Positive Solid Tumors
June 5th 2022Extended follow-up data from the LIBRETTO-001 demonstrated that selpercatinib elicited durable responses in patients with RET fusion-positive solid tumors, including refractory gastrointestinal malignancies.
Ibrutinib Plus Bendamustine and Rituximab Shows PFS Benefit in Older Patients with MCL
June 3rd 2022Ibrutinib in combination with bendamustine and rituximab with rituximab maintenance elicited a significant improvement in progression-free survival compared with standard chemoimmunotherapy in older patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
Dr. Ajani on the FDA Approvals of Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy and Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in ESCC
June 2nd 2022Jaffer A. Ajani, MD, discusses how the FDA approvals of first-line nivolumab plus chemotherapy and nivolumab plus ipilimumab in advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma will improve treatment in this setting.
Fighting Sexual Harassment Within Oncology Begins With Authentic, Actionable Conversations
May 31st 2022Ishwaria M. Subbiah, MD, MS, brings attention to the perpetrators of sexual harassment, outlines the nuances of how these experiences affect personal wellbeing and job satisfaction, and highlights the need for accountability as a first step toward systemic change across the oncology community.
Frontline Encorafenib/Cetuximab Plus or Minus Chemo Is Under Evaluation for BRAF V600E–Mutant mCRC
The safety and efficacy of encorafenib plus cetuximab with or without standard-of-care chemotherapy will be compared with that of chemotherapy alone in patients with BRAF V600E–mutated metastatic colorectal cancer as part of the phase 3 BREAKWATER trial.
Immunotherapy Plus Nadofaragene Firadenovec Could Display Synergistic Activity in NMIBC
May 17th 2022Nadofaragene firadenovec combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab may play a synergistic role in the treatment of patients with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin-unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer.
Dr. Mitra on Nadofaragene Firadenovec Plus Anti–PD-1 Therapy in BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC
May 16th 2022Anirban P. Mitra, MD, PhD, discusses data from an assessment of PD-1 and PD-L1 status on transurethral resection specimens collected from patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer who received nadofaragene firadenovec as part of a phase 3 trial.
Navicixizumab/Paclitaxel Combo Demonstrates Early Promise in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer
The addition of navicixizumab to paclitaxel produced encouraging responses with manageable toxicity in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer irrespective of prior treatment with bevacizumab.
Sexual Harassment Rates Across Oncology Call for Improved Policies and Protections
May 12th 2022Seventy percent of practicing oncologists had experienced sexual harassment by peers or superiors within 1 year, highlighting a substantial issue for both women and men, according to findings from a study that were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Nivolumab Plus Relatlimab Aims to Become Primary Treatment Option for Advanced Melanoma
The addition of novel anti–LAG-3 antibody relatlimab-rmbw to antiPD-1 antibody nivolumab offers treatment-naïve patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma an efficacious and tolerable immunotherapy treatment option.
Research Efforts Seek to Further Explore the Potential of Uproleselan in AML
Tapan M. Kadia, MD, discusses what makes uproleselan unique from other agents under investigation in acute myeloid leukemia and sheds light on the many research efforts dedicated to further exploring its use in this disease.
Sotigalimab Plus Pembrolizumab Elicits Broad Immune Activity in Metastatic Melanoma
April 13th 2022The combination of the CD40 agonist antibody sotigalimab and pembrolizumab demonstrated a favorable safety profile and led to immunologic changes that correlated with clinical response in patients with unresectable stage III or IV metastatic melanoma.
ZN-c3 Shows Preliminary Efficacy, Safety in Recurrent/Advanced Uterine Serous Carcinoma
The investigational Wee1 inhibitor ZN-c3 was found to be safe and to produce a disease control rate of 90.9% and an objective response rate of 27.3% in patients with advanced or recurrent uterine serous carcinoma.
Combined Immune Pathway Inhibition Improves Responses in Resectable NSCLC
April 11th 2022Durvalumab plus either oleclumab, monalizumab, or damvatirsen led to an improvement in major pathologic response vs durvalumab alone as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with resectable, early-stage non–small cell lung cancer, according to findings from the phase 2 NeoCOAST clinical trial.
Elimusertib Elicits Responses in Solid Tumors With ATM Alterations and BRCA Mutations
April 11th 2022The oral ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3–related protein inhibitor elimusertib produced durable and prolonged responses in patients with advanced solid tumors who have ATM gene alterations and BRCA1/2 defects.
T-Cell Attributes of Axi-cel Linked to Outcomes in LBCL
April 10th 2022The T-cell attributes of axicabtagene ciloleucel impacted tumor burden, efficacy outcomes, peak levels of proinflammatory cytokines, and toxicities such as neurologic events and cytokine release syndrome in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.