An evaluation of the utility of a cancer therapeutic in a clinical trial is determined through metrics that define 2 distinctive features of an antineoplastic strategy: efficacy and toxicity. Although that may be an oversimplification, the aim of such therapy is to improve clinical outcomes.
Omid Hamid, MD, discusses the key efficacy and safety findings for the combination of fianlimab plus cemiplimab in patients with advanced melanoma.
Locoregional recurrence rates among patients with favorable-risk, node-positive hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer was not significantly reduced by the addition of regional nodal irradiation to these patient’s treatment regimens.
Long-term assessments did not reveal differences in patient-reported outcomes between primary surgery or radiotherapy for patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of JZP458 for use in combination with multi-agent chemotherapy for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients 1 month and older with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma who developed hypersensitivity or silent inactivation to Escherichia coli–derived asparaginase.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of a Type II variation for teclistamab in the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least 3 prior therapies.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended conditional marketing authorization of talquetamab for use as a single agent in adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have previously received at least 3 therapies.
Two innovative ASCP education initiatives have received accolades from the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of pembrolizumab plus trastuzumab, fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma whose tumors have a PD-L1 combined positive score of at least 1.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of nivolumab monotherapy for the adjuvant treatment of patients at least 12 years of age with completely resected stage IIB or IIC melanoma.
The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has issued a positive opinion recommending conditional marketing authorization to epcoritamab monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more lines of systemic therapy.
Three months following a major colorectal cancer surgery, the majority of older patients achieved functional recovery.
Eileen M. O’Reilly, MD, expands on the updated survival data from NAPOLI-3, explains how NALIRIFOX could fit into the current pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma treatment paradigm, and shares potential opportunities to build upon this research moving forward.
The FDA has approved quizartinib in combination with standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction and cytarabine consolidation, and as maintenance monotherapy following consolidation chemotherapy, for the treatment of adult patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia that is FLT3-ITD positive, as detected by an FDA-approved test.
Brian I. Rini, MD, FASCO, highlights key clinical trial updates from the genitourinary cancers landscape presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting, details the implications of the CONTACT-03 data, expands on the long-term data from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-426 trial in clear cell RCC, discusses findings from the phase 3 TALAPRO-2 trial in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and more.
Treatment with the CD3 x CD123 bispecific antibody APVO436 plus venetoclax and azacitidine led to durable remissions in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia who had not received prior venetoclax.
Treatment with the combination of ENB-003 and pembrolizumab was well tolerated and produced preliminary signs of clinical activity in patients with platinum-refractory or -resistant, microsatellite stable ovarian cancer, and those with other advanced refractory solid tumors.
Nausheen Ahmed, MD, explains the rationale for examining real-world outcomes observed with the use of brexu-cel in the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma, details the key efficacy and safety findings from the overall population and different subgroups, and discusses what will be gained with longer follow-up of the study.
The US Oncology Network announced that the Cancer Center of Kansas has joined The Network by entering into a new managed services partnership.
China’s National Medical Products Administration has accepted a supplemental new drug application seeking the approval of toripalimab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.
The addition of the PD-L1 inhibitor tislelizumab to standard bevacizumab and platinum-doublet chemotherapy in the first-line setting prolonged progression-free survival, produced encouraging responses, and was well tolerated in patients with cervical cancer.
The FDA has granted fast track designation to ARX517 for use as a potential treatment option in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who experience disease progression on an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor.
Bexmarilimab in combination with standard-of-care azacitidine or azacitidine plus venetoclax demonstrated early signs of efficacy in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, speaks on the significance of the approval and how the combination of talazoparib and enzalutamide will fit into the treatment landscape of HRR gene–mutated mCRPC.
Ahmed Elkhanany, MD discusses unmet needs in patients with estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer who progress on frontline therapy, treatment considerations for these patients, and how FES PET imaging may benefit this population.
Tycel Phillips, MD, discusses the rationale and design of a phase 1b trial investigating acalabrutinib plus bendamustine and rituximab in patients with mantle cell lymphoma, highlights key efficacy and safety findings in the treatment-naïve and relapsed/refractory patient cohorts, and postulated next steps on the horizon for investigating BTK inhibitors in combination with chemotherapy in this patient population.
Theseus Pharmaceuticals has announced that the development of THE-630 as a potential therapeutic option for patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor has been terminated, and enrollment to the ongoing phase 1/2 trial evaluating the agent’s safety and efficacy in this population has been discontinued.
Finding a comprehensive cancer care provider that is able to provide patients with swift and easy access to the highest-quality diagnosis and treatment planning is essential to reducing stress and ensuring patients achieve the best possible outcomes.
The addition of pembrolizumab to external beam radiotherapy and concurrent chemotherapy, followed by brachytherapy, improved progression-free survival vs concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone in newly diagnosed patients with high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer.
The FDA has granted a fast track designation to selinexor for use in the treatment of patients with myelofibrosis, including primary myelofibrosis, post–essential thrombocytopenia myelofibrosis, and post–polycythemia vera myelofibrosis.
