Immuno-Oncology

Gary K. Schwartz, MD, highlights research that is being done with regard to genomic signatures in sarcoma, challenges faced with immunotherapy, and where the field is headed.

The investigational immunotherapeutic ERC1671 in combination with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, cyclophosphamide, and bevacizumab showed promising activity in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

Clinical cancer trials that fail to successfully enroll a racially and ethnically diverse patient population run the risk of leaving critical gaps in understanding regarding the effectiveness of new approaches.

The Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency has approved pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with radically unresectable, advanced, or recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma whose tumors are PD-L1–positive, and at an additional recommended dosage of 400 mg every 6 weeks as an intravenous infusion across all adult indications.

Spartalizumab in combination with dabrafenib and trametinib failed to meet the primary end point of investigator-assessed progression-free survival in treatment-naïve patients with unresectable or metastatic BRAF V600 mutation–positive cutaneous melanoma.

Despite encouraging data shown in some subtypes, there is still a lot of work that still needs to be done with determining the optimal use for immunotherapy in patients with sarcoma, a population that has historically been difficult to treat.

The FDA has approved daratumumab in combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who have received 1 or more prior lines of therapy.

Pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival and progression-free survival in the frontline treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic esophageal cancer.

The FDA has granted a priority review designation to a supplemental biologics license application for a new 4-week, fixed-dose regimen as treatment in approved indications of non–small cell lung cancer and bladder cancer.

Guru P. Sonpavde, MD, discusses several trials in the field of first-line metastatic urothelial cancer that are testing combinations with gemcitabine/platinum-based therapy followed by maintenance avelumab.

Nina Shah MD, discusses the future of CAR T-cell therapy and bispecific antibodies in multiple myeloma.

Jennifer L. Atlas, MD, discusses the ​current cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma treatment paradigm.

Bradley G. Somer, MD, discusses the clinical implications of the FDA approval of atezolizumab in combination with bevacizumab in unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma.

The combination of ARID1A mutations and the immune signaling protein CXCL13 proved to be predictive of clinical response and prolonged survival after treatment with checkpoint inhibitors in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Nina Shah, MD, discusses the updated efficacy findings of JNJ-4528 from the phase 1b/2 CARTITUDE-1 study in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Marianne Davies, DNP, MSN, RN, APRN, CNS-BC, ACNP-BC, AOCNP, discusses the management of immune-related adverse effects in patients who are receiving treatment with checkpoint inhibitors.

Nivolumab in combination with chemotherapy as a frontline treatment demonstrated a significant survival benefit in patients with metastatic gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer, or esophageal adenocarcinoma

Hung Khong, MD, discusses the potential benefit of combining immunotherapy with endocrine therapy in estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab significantly improved overall survival versus chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Sintilimab injection plus pemetrexed and platinum-based therapy led to a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy alone as a first-line treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Anne Chiang, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale for combining immunotherapy with chemotherapy in lung cancer.

Karen Kelly, MD, discusses the experimental window-of-opportunity studies with monotherapies in lung cancer.

In a special OncLive video program, The Board, Joshua M. Bauml, MD, led a discussion regarding key abstracts that were presented during the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program in extensive-stage SCLC and limited-stage SCLC.

David R. Gandara, MD, discusses the impact of immunotherapy on the tumor microenvironment in lung cancer.

Hung Khong, MD, discusses antiestrogen and immunotherapy combinations in ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.