Gastrointestinal Cancer

Aravind R. Sanjeevaiah, MD, discusses the benefit of immunotherapy agents in the treatment of patients with gastric cancers.

The addition of the first-in-class chimeric monoclonal antibody zolbetuximab to frontline epirubicin, oxaliplatin, and capecitabine chemotherapy resulted in prolonged progression-free survival and overall survival compared with EOX alone in patients with advanced Claudin 18.2-positive gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, according to the primary results of the phase 2 FAST trial.

Katelyn M. Atkins, MD, PhD, examines the evolving role of radiotherapy in the treatment of patients with gastric cancer, the subgroups who might derive the most benefit from this approach, and ongoing research efforts that are seeking to address remaining questions with this modality.

Jun Gong, MD, discusses the impact of the IMbrave150 trial on the advanced HCC treatment paradigm and challenges faced with sequencing.

Offering patients with metastatic gastroesophageal tumors a more personalized and adaptable treatment approach using monoclonal antibodies matched to genetic profiles in combination with chemotherapy may result in higher rates of survival compared with historic controls.

Riad Salem, MD, presents slides supporting global real-world data confirming a significant association between tumor-absorbed dose, objective response between tumor-absorbed dose and overall survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with yttrium-90 glass microspheres.

Yelena Y. Janjigian, MD, discusses the FDA approval of nivolumab plus chemotherapy in frontline gastric cancer.

Monica A. Patel, MD, discusses factors that determine whether a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma is a good candidate to receive a combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the first-in-class ruthenium-based small molecule therapeutic BOLD-100 for the treatment of patients with gastric cancer.

Although the standard-of-care treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer remains largely unchanged with multi-agent chemotherapy, the role for multidisciplinary care has expanded significantly in recent years.

Arsen Osipov, MD, discusses the potential for ongoing research with immunotherapeutic approaches in gastrointestinal malignancies, including CAR T-cell therapy, bispecific T-cell engagers, and vaccines.

Yoomi Lee, MD, discusses her process for selecting a treatment approach for patients with neuroendocrine tumors.

Nataliya V. Uboha, MD, PhD, discusses early efficacy data demonstrated with zanidatamab in HER2-expressing upper gastrointestinal cancers.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab for use in combination with trastuzumab, fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2 positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

The FDA has granted a priority review to the supplemental new drug application for ivosidenib tablets as a treatment option for patients with previously treated, IDH1-mutant cholangiocarcinoma.

The rolling submission of a new drug application to the FDA for surufatinib for the treatment of patients with pancreatic and non-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors has been completed.

Amy Jones, MD, discusses future research efforts in pancreatic cancer.

The first patient has received treatment with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki in the phase 2 DESTINY-CRC02 trial, which is exploring the safety and efficacy of the antibody-drug conjugate in patients with HER2-overexpressing, BRAF wild-type, RAS-mutant or wild-type or mutant locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer who have progressed following treatment with standard chemotherapy.

Edward Kim, MD, discusses the FDA approval of TheraSphere™ Yttrium-90 Glass Microspheres in hepatocellular carcinoma.

In a 5 to 4 vote, the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted to oppose maintaining the accelerated approval of nivolumab monotherapy for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who received prior treatment with sorafenib.

Dr. Riedel and Dr. Van Tine discuss the multidisciplinary management of patients with sarcoma, the clinical impact of the FDA approval of ripretinib in the gastrointestinal stromal tumor paradigm, and other exciting advances in sarcoma.

In an 8 to 0 vote, the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted to support the accelerated approval of pembrolizumab monotherapy for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who received prior treatment with sorafenib.

In a 6 to 2 vote, the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted against maintaining the accelerated approval of pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with PD-L1–positive recurrent or advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma who have received 2 or more lines of therapy.

The combination of atezolizumab and bevacizumab has become the frontline standard of care for most patients with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma who have not received prior systemic therapy.

Amgen has completed its planned acquisition of Five Prime Therapeutics for $38.00 per share in cash, or approximately $1.9 billion.