Immuno-Oncology

The FDA has granted durvalumab a breakthrough therapy designation to treat patients with locally-advanced, unresectable non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has not progressed following platinum-based chemoradiation.

Jennifer A. Stein, MD, PhD, an associate professor of dermatology at New York University School of Medicine in New York, discusses the skin-related adverse events (AEs) associated with melanoma treatment.

Corey Langer, MD, discusses KEYNOTE-189, the current arena in NSCLC treatment, and the obstacles that remain in effectively treating patients with non-driver mutations.

Frontline durvalumab (Imfinzi) did not improve progression-free survival in patients with stage IV metastatic non–small cell lung cancer compared with standard platinum-based chemotherapy.

Anna C. Pavlick, DO, associate professor of hematology and medical oncology and medical director of the Clinical Trials Office at the Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the need for adjuvant immunotherapy in patients with high-risk melanoma.

Michael B. Atkins, MD, deputy director, Georgetown-Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, professor of oncology and medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, discusses the excitement surrounding the combination of atezolizumab (Tecentriq) plus bevacizumab (Avastin) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, director of Genitourinary Clinical Research at Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses the phase Ib trial of epacodostat and pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with urothelial carcinoma.

Elizabeth Plimack, MD, recaps recent advances in bladder cancer and discusses the need for diverse approaches to further improve patient outcomes.

Andrea Apolo, MD, discusses a pooled analysis of the phase Ib Javelin Solid Tumor study, and a phase I study of cabozantinib, nivolumab, and ipilimumab.

The FDA has accepted supplemental Biologics License Applications seeking to add a second dosing schedule for nivolumab (Opdivo) across all of the PD-1 inhibitor’s monotherapy indications.

Toni K. Choueiri, MD, director, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, director, Kidney Cancer Center, senior physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the synergy between immunotherapy agents and VEGF inhibitors in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Jorge Garcia, MD, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Cleveland Clinic, discusses selecting a second-line and beyond immunotherapy treatment for patients with bladder cancer.

Brian Rini, MD, discusses the KEYNOTE-426 study and the promise of emerging combinations in renal cell carcinoma.

Joshua Bauml, MD, assistant professor, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, discusses the next steps for immunotherapy in head and neck cancer.

Loretta Nastoupil, MD, discusses the positive interim analysis and shared her thoughts on areas of future investigation for patients with relapsed follicular lymphoma.

The FDA has approved ipilimumab for the treatment of patients aged ≥12 years with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has taken a positive position on indications for atezolizumab in non­-small cell lung cancer and urothelial carcinoma.