Cabozantinib Confers PFS Benefit in Previously Treated Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors
Patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors who experienced progression following prior therapy experienced a significant improvement in terms of progression-free survival after treatment with cabozantinib compared with placebo.
Sotorasib Plus Panitumumab Extends PFS in Refractory KRAS G12C+ mCRC
October 22nd 2023Treatment with combinations using sotorasib at multiple dose levels and panitumumab led to improved progression-free survival vs standard of care in patients with chemorefractory metastatic colorectal cancer harboring KRAS G12C mutations.
Treatment with platinum-based chemotherapy prior to the administration of chemoradiation led to statistically significant improvements in progression-free survival and overall survival compared with chemoradiation alone in patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.
Tisotumab Vedotin Improves Survival in Recurrent/Metastatic Cervical Cancer
October 22nd 2023Tisotumab vedotin led to a 30% reduction in the risk of death vs investigator’s choice of chemotherapy as second- or third-line therapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on doublet chemotherapy.
Frontline Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy Boosts OS and PFS in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
October 22nd 2023Concurrent frontline nivolumab and gemcitabine-cisplatin followed by nivolumab maintenance therapy elicited OS and PFS benefits vs gemcitabine-cisplatin alone in patients with previously untreated, metastatic or unresectable urothelial carcinoma.
Niraparib Plus Abiraterone and Prednisone Elicits OS Benefit in BRCA1/2+ mCRPC
October 22nd 2023The addition of niraparib to abiraterone acetate and prednisone led to a benefit in overall survival vs treatment with AAP alone in patients with BRCA1/2-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Osimertinib Plus Chemo Improves CNS PFS in EGFR+ Advanced NSCLC With Baseline Brain Metastases
October 21st 2023Osimertinib plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of central nervous system disease progression or death vs osimertinib alone in patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer who had brain metastases at baseline, according to data from the phase 3 FLAURA2 trial.
Selpercatinib Significantly Improves PFS, Responses in Advanced RET+ Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Selpercatinib resulted in a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival and overall response rate compared with cabozantinib or vandetanib in patients with advanced, multikinase inhibitor–naïve, RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer, according to interim findings from the phase 3 LIBRETTO-531 trial.
Amivantamab Plus Chemotherapy Nearly Doubles PFS in EGFR Exon 20–Mutant NSCLC
October 21st 2023The combination of amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant) and chemotherapy produced a median progression-free survival of 11.4 months vs 6.7 months with chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced, EGFR exon 20 insertion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Maintenance Durvalumab Plus Olaparib Improves PFS in Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer
October 21st 2023The addition of durvalumab to first-line chemotherapy, followed by maintenance treatment with durvalumab plus olaparib significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to data from the phase 3 DUO-E/GOG-3041/ENGOT-EN10 trial.
Perioperative Nivolumab Significantly Improves EFS in Previously Untreated Resectable NSCLC
October 21st 2023Neoadjuvant treatment with nivolumab plus chemotherapy followed by surgery and adjuvant nivolumab resulted in a statistically significant improvement in event-free survival vs placebo plus chemotherapy, in patients with previously untreated resectable stage II to IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, according to data from the phase 3 CheckMate 77T trial.
Selpercatinib Significantly Improves PFS Vs Chemo With or Without Pembrolizumab in RET+ NSCLC
Selpercatinib (Retevmo) showcased superior efficacy, with improved progression-free survival, vs chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab in the first-line treatment of patients with RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Sustains Survival Benefits in HER2-Low Metastatic Breast Cancer
October 21st 2023Treatment with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki led to sustained improvements in overall survival and progression-free survival vs physician’s choice of treatment in patients with previously treated HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, irrespective of hormone receptor status.
Belzutifan Plus Cabozantinib Delivers Durable Responses in ccRCC
October 21st 2023Belzultifan in combination with cabozantinib generated durable responses independent of International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium risk category in patients with treatment-naïve clear cell renal cell carcinoma or those who had received prior immunotherapy.
Second-Line Sacituzumab Govitecan Elicits Responses, Provides Disease Control in ES-SCLC
Second-line treatment with sacituzumab govitecan-hziy led to responses in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, according to results from the phase 2 TROPiCS-03 trial.