Intra-arterial Gemcitabine Improves OS in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Treatment with intra-arterial gemcitabine led to an improvement in overall survival compared with continued treatment with intravenous gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel in patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer following sequential treatment with IV gemcitabine, nab-paclitaxel, and radiotherapy.
Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Combo Provides Long-Term Survival Benefit in Advanced HCC After Sorafenib
The dual immunotherapy combination comprised of nivolumab given at 1 mg/kg and ipilimumab given at 3 mg/kg provided durable responses and long-term survival benefit in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma following treatment with sorafenib.
Single-Agent Pembrolizumab Maintains Survival Benefit in Sorafenib-Pretreated Advanced HCC
Pembrolizumab monotherapy continued to demonstrate durable antitumor activity with promising overall survival in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who received prior treatment with sorafenib, according to updated data from cohort 1 of the phase 2 KEYNOTE-224 trial.
Panitumumab Plus mFOLFOX6 Improves Survival in RAS Wild-Type mCRC
August 12th 2022Treatment with frontline panitumumab and mFOLFOX6 led to a significant improvement in overall survival, plus higher response rates and R0 resection rates, compared with bevacizumab and mFOLFOX6 in patients with RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.
Tucatinib Plus Trastuzumab Induces Durable Tumor Response in HER2+ mCRC
July 2nd 2022Patients with previously treated metastatic HER2-positive colorectal cancer experienced clinically meaningful and durable responses to treatment with tucatinib plus trastuzumab, according to data from the phase 2 MOUNTAINEER trial.
Tremelimumab/Durvalumab Produces Favorable OS Benefit in Unresectable HCC Irrespective of ALBI Grade
A single priming dose of tremelimumab added to regular interval durvalumab generated significantly improved overall survival compared with sorafenib in the frontline setting for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, irrespective of of their baseline albumin-bilirubin grade, according to updated data from the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial.