Evaluating Toxicities of Antineoplastic Drug Therapeutics: Is It Time for a Critical Review?
July 24th 2023An 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.
Phase 1b Data Support Continued Investigation of Acalabrutinib Plus BR in MCL
July 19th 2023Tycel 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.
Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Takeaways From the ECLIPSE Trial
July 19th 2023In this sixth episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, discuss important takeaways from the ECLIPSE study (NCT04136002), which evaluated a cell-free DNA blood-based test for colorectal cancer in an average-risk population.
Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Lessons Learned From PATHFINDER
July 12th 2023In this fifth episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, walk through the key lessons learned from the prospective, multicenter PATHINDER study (NCT04241796), which evaluated a multicancer early detection test developed by GRAIL.
Interpreting Clinical Trial Data Is Not as Simple as It May Seem
July 10th 2023In our fast-moving world where a report of a clinically important trial finding may be simply a 60-second sound bite for both lay and medical communities, it is critical that great care must be taken that reported conclusions are understandable to all, not just the statisticians.
PSCA-Targeted CAR T-Cell Therapy Demonstrates Safety, Anticancer Activity in mCRPC
The use of prostate stem cell antigen–targeted CAR T-cell therapy was well tolerated and produced evidence of anticancer effects in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Existing Concerns
July 5th 2023In this fourth episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, discuss existing concerns regarding multicancer early detection tests.
Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Need for a Multidisciplinary Clinic
June 28th 2023In this third episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, underscore the need for a multidisciplinary clinic to appropriately interpret multicancer early detection test results.
Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Research Efforts Under Way
June 21st 2023In this second episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, discuss some of the challenges faced with randomized control trials and 2 efforts underway that are slated to provide revelatory data on these assays.
Real-World Analysis Supports Use of Brexu-Cel in Relapsed/Refractory MCL
June 15th 2023The real-world efficacy and safety of brexucabtagene autoleucel were similar to the outcomes seen in the phase 2 ZUMA-2 trial, regardless of patients’ treatment history, according to results from a real-world subgroup analysis of patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests: Overview and Call for RCTs
June 14th 2023In this first episode of OncChats: Examining the Promise of Multicancer Early Detection Tests, Toufic A. Kachaamy, MD, Madappa Kundranda, MD, PhD, and Niloy Jewel J. Samadder, MD, provide an overview on multicancer early detection tests and the need for randomized clinical trials to further explore their use.
Dr Kambhampati on the Real-world Efficacy of Brexu-Cel in Heavily Pretreated Patients With MCL
June 13th 2023Swetha Kambhampati, MD, discusses key findings from an analysis of real-world efficacy outcomes with brexucabtagene autoleucel in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
FDA Approval Insights: Epcoritamab in Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL
June 12th 2023Dr Phillips discusses the FDA approval of epcoritamab in patients with relapsed/refractory DLBCL key efficacy and safety findings from the EPCORE NHL-1 trial, and the potential future of bispecific antibodies in this setting.
Dr Phillips on the Investigation of Acalabrutinib/Benendamustine/Rituximab in MCL
June 7th 2023Tycel Phillips, MD, MPH, discusses the safety and efficacy of acalabrutinib plus bendamustine and rituximab from a phase 1 trial in patients with treatment-naive and relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
Gaining Ground in Gynecologic and Hematologic Cancers at ASCO 2023: Drs Herrera, Westin, and Jabbour
June 5th 2023OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across hematologic oncology during the conference.
Epcoritamab Approval Introduces Novel Later-line Treatment Option in R/R DLBCL
May 31st 2023Tycel Phillips, MD, discusses the significance of the FDA approval for epcoritamab in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, key data from the EPCORE NHL-1 trial that support this approval, and how the approval of epcoritamab signals the expanding role of bispecific antibodies in this patient population.
Novel CDK9 Inhibitor Looks to Expand Options in MYC-Amplified Solid Tumors and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Investigators are aiming to add another agent to the treatment armamentarium for patients with relapsed or refractory solid tumors, as well as those with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, with the development of KB-0742, a CDK9 inhibitor.
METTL3 Controls Splicing Factor Abundance and Aids Progression in CLL
May 24th 2023Yiming Wu, PhD, discusses the rationale for studying splicing defects in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia without spliceosome mutations, shared key findings from this study, and emphasized how these findings support further research with METTL3 in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and other hematologic malignancies with RNA splicing dysregulation.