Ashling Wahner

The bispecific antibody petosemtamab delivered responses with a manageable safety profile in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

First-line durvalumab plus up to 6 cycles of platinum and etoposide is safe and tolerable with signals of clinical efficacy consistent with those previously seen in patients with treatment-naïve extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

The PD-L1 inhibitor sugemalimab produced durable responses with a tolerable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, according to findings from a preplanned primary analysis of the multicenter, single-arm, phase 2 GEMSTONE-201 trial.

The combination of batiraxcept and cabozantinib is safe and generated early evidence of efficacy in pretreated patients with advanced or metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

In pancreatic cancer, the role of the endoscopist continues to evolve as technologies like endoscopic ultrasound–guided biopsies present clinicians with increasingly accurate information to characterize the tumor microenvironments of individual patients and determine effective targeted therapies.

RLY-2608 led to sustained target inhibition with minimal effect on glucose homeostasis, acceptable safety, and antitumor activity in patients with PIK3CA-mutant solid tumors, according to interim data from the dose-escalation portion of the first-in-human phase 1 ReDiscover trial.

Patients with African ancestry with colorectal cancer have fewer actionable gene mutations than those with European ancestry, leading to fewer targeted treatment options in this population.

The combination of tafasitamab and lenalidomide followed by tafasitamab maintenance prolonged responses in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Julia E. McGuinness, MD, discusses the rationale for combining this novel PI3K inhibitor with fulvestrant and emphasized the importance of developing increasingly mutant-specific PI3K inhibitors in hormone receptor–positive breast cancer.

Jung-Yun Lee, MD, PhD, discusses the TRU-D trial within the context of prior negative trials to emphasize the need for more effective therapies in advanced-stage ovarian cancer, highlights key findings from TRU-D, and elaborates on future steps for this research.

Marilyn Huang, MD, contextualizes findings within the endometrial cancer treatment landscape and emphasizes the unanswered questions regarding optimal therapies for patients with mismatch repair–proficient disease.

Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus gemcitabine with or without cisplatin led to high rates of downstaging to non–muscle invasive urothelial cancer in patients with muscle-invasive urothelial cancer, meeting the primary end points for both cohorts of the phase 1b/2 HCRN GU14-188 trial.

The combination of durvalumab and guadecitabine generated early signs of clinical activity and tolerability in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, particularly those with no prior exposure to checkpoint inhibitors.

Janeesh Sekkath Veedu, MBBS, discusses the need for research comparing outcomes with surgery-based treatment vs CRT and immunotherapy in stage IIIA NSCLC, shares findings from a NCDB analysis, and emphasizes the importance of continuing this research as updated data become available.

Miguel Villalona-Calero, MD, discusses the unique mechanism of action of KB-0742 and the rationale and design of a phase 1 trial investigating the safety and efficacy of KB-0742 in patients with relapsed/refractory solid tumors or non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Mark Levis, MD, PhD, discusses potential changes to the FLT3-ITD-mutated acute myeloid leukemia treatment landscape that may occur if the FDA approves quizartinib, key efficacy and safety data with the agent, and how quizartinib compares with midostaurin.

Gautam Borthakur, MD, discussed the rationale for targeting RARA-overexpressing AML, the potential efficacy and safety benefits of tamibarotene, and how SELECT AML-1 and SELECT MDS-1 could change the respective treatment landscapes in AML and MDS.

Andre Goy, MD, discusses advances in the field of oncology that prompted the development of the Hennessy Institute, how early cancer detection can improve patient outcomes, and the importance of employing accessible cancer prevention strategies.

Sameem Abedin, MD, discusses where CAR T-cell therapy falls in the treatment paradigm for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the known safety profile of obe-cel as evidenced in early studies, and how findings from the FELIX trial could change the future management of this disease.

Jimmy Hwang, MD, discusses findings supporting the use of immunotherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma and biliary tract cancer, the potential benefits of antibody-drug conjugates in metastatic colorectal cancer, and unmet needs in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and rectal cancer.

Sunitinib demonstrated synergistic activity with the BET inhibitors JQ1 and NHWD-870 in melanoma cell lines.

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, discusses genetic sequencing in triple-negative breast cancer, the significance of breast cancer tumor board discussions for informing further research and optimizing patient care, and how future directions in breast cancer treatment are building off the current benefits of drugs classes like antibody-drug conjugates.

Eunice Wang, MD, discusses the current standards for classifying and treating unfit patients with AML, treatment considerations for patients unfit for hypomethylating agents, and the potential role of investigational menin inhibitors and immunotherapies in this population.

RBN-2397, a PARP7 inhibitor, was found to be well tolerated and have preliminary antitumor activity as monotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors, including head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, breast cancer, and squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.

The combination of nivolumab and relatlimab demonstrated clinical benefit with a manageable safety profile in patients with advanced melanoma who have progressed on prior PD-L1 or PD-1 inhibitors, regardless of PD-L1 and LAG-3 expression, according to findings from the ongoing phase 1/2a RELATIVITY-020 trial.

Erin K. Crane, MD, MPH, describes practice-changing findings from upfront trials with niraparib and olaparib, contextualizes the significance of the manufacturer restrictions of later-line PARP inhibitors for ovarian cancer, and predicts further research efforts in this population.

Daryl Pritchard, PhD, discussed how recent findings highlight the importance of targeted therapy in advanced lung cancer, areas where the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology could be updated to better encapsulate real-world practice patterns, and the ways in which increased access to molecular testing can help usher in a new era of personalized medicine.

Heterogeneous patterns of polycythemia vera management indicate the need for continued research in this disease and increased guideline specificity across treatment centers in Italy.

Jubilee Brown, MD, discusses future considerations for using minimally invasive surgery and PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer, how immunotherapies have fulfilled an unmet need in cervical cancer, and the importance of leveraging molecular profiling to determine personalized therapeutic strategies in endometrial cancer.

Treatment with ruxolitinib impaired antibody responses to complete vaccination with the BNT162b2 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in patients with myelofibrosis or polycythemia vera.