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Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy demonstrated sustained improvements in progression-free survival and overall survival vs placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with treatment-naïve, metastatic squamous non–small cell lung cancer regardless of PD-L1 expression level.
Treatment with narsoplimab denoted high response rates and a significant improvement in laboratory thrombotic microangiopathy markers, translating to favorable overall survival in patients with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation–associated thrombotic microangiopathy.
In a 14 to 2 vote, the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted that the benefit-risk profile of melphalan flufenamide is not favorable for the approved indicated population of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
In a 9 to 4 vote, the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted that the benefits of poziotinib do not outweigh its risks for the treatment of patients with HER2 exon 20 insertion–mutated non–small cell lung cancer.
Alpelisib decreased the need for surgery and led to improvements in performance status and disease-related signs and symptoms in pediatric patients with PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum disease who received treatment with the PI3K inhibitor under compassionate use.
The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the novel PD-L1/4-1BB bispecific antibody ATG-101 for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer.
The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the novel autophagy/palmitoyl protein thioesterase-1 inhibitor ezurpimtrostat for the treatment of patients with cholangiocarcinoma.
The FDA has granted a fast track designation to envafolimab for the treatment of patients with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma and myxofibrosarcoma who have progressed on 1 or 2 prior lines of chemotherapy.
Adjuvant nivolumab monotherapy elicited a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in recurrence-free survival compared with placebo for patients with completely resected stage IIB/C melanoma.
Higher baseline and longitudinal evaluations of health-related quality of life prior to and during treatment with nivolumab and cabozantinib demonstrated an association with improved progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with advanced, treatment-naïve renal cell carcinoma.
Treatment with brexucabtagene autoleucel drove durable responses in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma, particularly those with minimal residual disease negativity at 6 months.
Obinutuzumab, acalabrutinib, and venetoclax following optimal debulking with bendamustine failed to meet the prespecified rate of undetectable minimal residual disease in the peripheral blood at the end of induction treatment in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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The presence of more than 2 tertiary lymphoid structures coupled with increased density of Ki-67 and PD-1 positivity was shown to be associated with an increased response rate and prolonged progression-free survival with the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab as frontline therapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Atezolizumab led to an almost doubling in the rate of 2-year overall survival compared with vinorelbine or gemcitabine in patients with advanced platinum-ineligible non–small cell lung cancer.
Pembrolizumab plus chemoradiation failed to demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in event-free survival vs chemoradiation alone in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
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Nirogacestat led to a 71% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with placebo in patients with progressive desmoid tumors.
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Emavusertib elicited antitumor activity when given as a monotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome that harbored a spliceosome or FLT3 mutation.
Treatment with either encorafenib plus cetuximab with or without binimetinib or standard chemotherapy each demonstrated comparable progression-free survival and overall survival in pretreated patients with BRAF V600E–mutated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Treatment with soluble EphB4-human serum albumin plus pembrolizumab elicited synergistic activity and an improved overall survival and objective response rate compared with historical data for PD-1/PD-L1 monotherapy in patients with platinum-refractory metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
CE label expansion was granted to the Ventana PD-L1 assay for use as a companion diagnostic to identify patients with non–small cell lung cancer who are eligible for treatment with adjuvant atezolizumab.
The European Medicines Agency has accepted the marketing authorization application for the oral fixed-dose combination of decitabine and cedazuridine for the frontline treatment of adults with acute myeloid leukemia who are not candidates for standard induction chemotherapy.
The European Medicines Agency has validated a marketing authorization application for elacestrant for estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
Maintenance therapy with rucaparib following platinum-based chemotherapy prolonged progression-free survival compared with placebo in patients with DNA repair–deficient-positive, metastatic urothelial cancer.
The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the fixed-dose combination capsule of the PARP inhibitor senaparib and temozolomide for the treatment of adult patients with small cell lung cancer.
The European Commission has approved melphalan flufenamide for use in combination with dexamethasone for the treatment of adult patients with multiple myeloma who have received at least 3 prior therapies.
Treatment with avapritinib led to clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in patient-reported symptoms and objective measures of mast cell burden in patients with non-advanced systemic mastocytosis.
Trastuzumab deruxtecan led to a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival and overall survival vs treatment with physician’s choice in patients with HER2-positive unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer previously treated with trastuzumab emtansine.
