All Oncology News

The European Commission has granted an orphan drug designation to selinexor for the treatment of patients with myelofibrosis.

When assessing monoclonal gammopathy it is important to rule out clinically significant associations requiring treatment.

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki induced meaningful antitumor activity in patients with HER2-positive, HER2-low, or HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer who presented with brain metastases at baseline.

In a 16 to 0 vote, the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted that sufficient evidence has not been provided to conclude that 131I-omburtamab improves overall survival for pediatric patients with central nervous system /leptomeningeal metastases from neuroblastoma.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to MT-101 for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with relapsed or refractory, CD5-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

In a special OncLive video program, The Board, D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, led a discussion regarding key abstracts that were presented during the 2022 ESMO Congress in non–small cell lung cancer.

Suchita Pakkala, MD, discussed how treatments like tucatinib and fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki have widened the armamentarium for patients with brain metastases; the importance of enrolling these patients in clinical trials; and what future treatment sequencing might look like for this population.

Reduced-intensity conditioning treatment plus Iomab-B prior to bone marrow transplant led to a durable and statistically significant 6-month complete remission rate vs conventional care in older patients with active, relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Luspatercept generated a statistically significant improvement in red blood cell transfusion independence with concurrent hemoglobin increase vs epoetin alfa in patients with very low–, low-, or intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndromes who require RBC transfusions, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 COMMANDS trial.

Prognosis, treatment outcomes, and molecular characteristics have become associated with sidedness in colorectal cancers making the distinction an essential characteristic for consideration in decison-making.

Cedars-Sinai cancer researchers identify new biomarkers linked with patient response to immunotherapy for many types of cancers.

D. Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, discusses the potential utility of sunvozertinib in patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations, the efficacy and safety data observed with the agent, and future research directions.

Benjamin Adam Weinberg, MD, discussed the expanding role of circulating tumor DNA in CRC and the various testing methods, the utilization of liquid biopsies, and the need for up-front genetic testing to identify molecular alterations.

A biologics license application has been submitted to the FDA seeking the approval of subcutaneous epcoritamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more lines of systemic therapy.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to 177Lu-edotreotide for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Additional analyses of the phase 2 MOUNTAINEER trial further support the early administration of tucatinib in combination with trastuzumab as an optimal treatment strategy for patients with previously treated HER2-positive metastatic colorectal cancer.

A new study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators shows for the first time that gene expression differs by race in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

The novel brain-penetrant ROS1-selective inhibitor NVL-520 elicited clinical activity and was well tolerated in heavily pretreated patients with ROS1 fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.

PARP inhibitors have emerged as agents that generate improved oncological outcomes in select patient populations with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel produced early, deep, and durable responses in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treated at 8 sites in China.

Darolutamide plus androgen-deprivation therapy and docetaxel elicited an overall survival benefit over placebo plus ADT and docetaxel in Black and African American patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer similar to the benefit observed in the overall population of the ARASENS trial.

Carefully selected patients with triple-negative or HER2-positive breast cancer who demonstrated pathologic complete responses to neoadjuvant systemic therapy as predicted by image-guided vacuum-assisted core biopsy avoided breast surgery and went on to standard radiotherapy.

Omid Hamid, MD, highlights the importance of evaluating PRAME×CD3 Immune-mobilizing T cell receptor against cancer for melanoma treatment, the key benefits provided to patients through improved disease control and circulating tumor DNA reduction, and the safety profile of the therapy.

A regimen comprised of radiation and intermittent hormone therapy (HT) resulted in an improvement in progression-free survival in patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer, according to data from the phase 2 EXTEND trial.

The FDA has expressed concern about the efficacy of 131I-omburtamab prior to a meeting of the regulatory agency’s ODAC to examine data supporting the BLA seeking the agent’s approval for the treatment of pediatric patients with central nervous system/leptomeningeal metastases from neuroblastoma.

Sara A. Hurvitz, MD, discusses the evolving treatment paradigm in HER2-positive breast cancer, ongoing research in the space, and developments in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.

Leading researchers from around the globe visited Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to honor Dr E. Donnall Thomas and to discuss the future of transplantation, gene, and cellular therapies at the inaugural Dr E. Donnall Thomas Symposium.

Highly elevated levels of antidrug antibodies against atezolizumab were associated with poorer clinical outcomes for patients who received atezolizumab plus bevacizumab for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

The treatment of patients with breast cancer is making noteworthy strides in several clinical settings, with recent trial results showing overall survival improvements for advanced and metastatic disease.

One of the more perplexing issues surrounding scientific questions is the extended time required to provide an answer. Even once a well-considered and vetted conclusion is obtained, an additional interval of time may be required to modify or reverse the answer because of new, relevant data.