Furmonertinib Generates Activity and Tolerable Safety in EGFR Exon 20 Insertion+ NSCLC
September 10th 2023The use of the oral, brain penetrant, furmonertinib, resulted in encouraging responses and a tolerable safety profile in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations, according to data from the phase 1b FAVOUR trial.
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Quizartinib Improves OS Irrespective of Allo-HCT in CR1 and Pre-Allo MRD Status in FLT3-ITD+ AML
September 9th 2023Quizartinib plus standard intensive induction and consolidation therapy resulted in improved overall survival compared with placebo in patients with newly diagnosed, FLT3-ITD–positive AML irrespective of allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in first complete remission and pre-allo minimal residual disease status.
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Neoadjuvant Durvalumab/Tremelimumab Plus Chemo Meets PFS End Point in Advanced Ovarian Cancer
March 27th 2023Neoadjuvant treatment with the combination of durvalumab plus tremelimumab and chemotherapy elicited a promising 12-month progression-free survival rate in patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer.
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Ruxolitinib Provides ORR Benefit vs BAT in Early Treatment of SR-aGVHD
February 17th 2023Early treatment with ruxolitinib led to high response rates in patients with steroid refractory acute graft-vs-host-disease, although benefits with ruxolitinib vs best available therapy were observed regardless of the timing of ruxolitinib administration.
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Haploidentical donors and posttransplant cyclophosphamide is a comparable alternative to matched unrelated donors for patients with myelofibrosis receiving blood or marrow transplant without matched sibling donors, although matched sibling donors, when available, remain the preferred donor option.
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Orelabrutinib Plus R-CHOP Demonstrates Impressive ORR, PFS Rates in Non-GCB DLBCL
September 12th 2022The combination of orelabrutinib and R-CHOP elicited a favorable overall response rate and progression-free response rate in patients with previously untreated non–germinal center B-cell–like diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with extranodal disease.
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Abemaciclib Plus Aromatase Inhibitor Generates Survival Benefit in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer
September 9th 2022The addition of abemaciclib to a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor elicited an improvement in overall survival vs a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor alone in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, early-stage breast cancer.
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The triplet regimen of lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone plus autologous stem cell transplantation and lenalidomide maintenance therapy significantly improved progression-free survival compared with RVd alone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, with notable benefit observed in those with high-risk cytogenetics.
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Isatuximab Plus Pomalidomide and Dexamethasone Shows Meaningful PFS Benefit in Multiple Myeloma
August 26th 2022Isatuximab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone elicited favorable progression-free survival and proved tolerable in pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.
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Pembrolizumab Plus Lenvatinib Elicits Positive Clinical Activity in Recurrent Pleural Mesothelioma
August 7th 2022The combination of pembrolizumab and lenvatinib generated promising clinical activity with a manageable safety profile in pretreated patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma.
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Larotrectinib Exhibits Sustained Efficacy and Favorable Safety in TRK Fusion Lung Cancer
June 6th 2022Rapid onset and sustained responses translating to extended survival and a favorable toxicity profile were seen with larotrectinib in patients with advanced lung cancer harboring NTRK gene fusions, including in those with central nervous system metastases, according to results from an expanded cohort.
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Larotrectinib Shows Continued Tumor-Agnostic Efficacy in Pediatric TRK Fusion+ Cancer
June 6th 2022Pediatric patients with non–central nervous system, TRK fusion–positive cancers who were enrolled to the phase 1/2 SCOUT and phase 2 NAVIGATE trials and received larotrectinib continued to experience rapid and durable tumor-agnostic efficacy and prolonged survival.
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Addition of Ivosidenib to Azacitidine Improves Outcomes in Newly Diagnosed IDH1-Mutant AML
June 4th 2022The combination of ivosidenib and azacitidine elicited a clinically meaningful benefit across end points compared with azacitidine alone among patients with newly diagnosed IDH1-mutant acute myeloid leukemia who were ineligible for intensive induction chemotherapy.
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Positive Harm-Benefit Data Found in PSA Screening for Black Patients With Prostate Cancer
May 15th 2022Complementary approaches to quantifying overdiagnosis generated a more beneficial harm-benefit tradeoff of prostate-specific antigen screening, compared with previous estimates that used shorter follow-up from the introduction of screening.
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Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy Improves Event-Free Survival in Resectable NSCLC
April 11th 2022The combination of nivolumab plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy led to a significant improvement in event-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone as neoadjuvant treatment in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer, according to findings from the phase 3 CheckMate 816 trial.
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Elacestrant Significantly Improves PFS Over SOC in Advanced ER+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
March 5th 2022Elacestrant was found to result in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival over standard-of-care treatment in patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who previously received CDK4/6 inhibitors.
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