In this seventh 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 the data that are still needed to inform optimal utilization of multicancer early detection tests and their potential cost effectiveness.
ASCO has released an update to the guidelines for the practical assessment and management of vulnerabilities in older patients receiving systemic cancer therapy.
Marwan G. Fakih, MD, reviews data from the phase 3 randomized SUNLIGHT trial investigating trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab for third-line treatment of refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.
Alexey Danilov, MD, PhD, discusses considerations for varying treatment approaches in patients with high-risk mantle cell lymphoma.
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.
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.
In 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.
Alexey Danilov, MD, PhD, discusses lingering questions that remain across the treatment landscape of mantle cell lymphoma.
Alexey Danilov, MD, PhD, discusses treatment developments for patients with mantle cell lymphoma who have progressed on BTK inhibitors.
Marwan G. Fakih, MD, discusses how the BASECAMP-1 and EVEREST-1 trials will work in concert and dives into the unique mechanism of action of A2B530.
In 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.
In 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.
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.
In 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.
In 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.
In 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.
Tycel Phillips, MD, MPH, discusses the updated safety profile and clinical activity seen with the addition of acalabrutinib to bendamustine and rituximab in patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
The 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.
In 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.
Swetha 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.
Dr 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.
Tycel 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.
OncLive® 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.
Nivolumab in combination with doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (AVD) resulted in prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) compared with brentuximab vedotin plus AVD in patients with advanced-stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
Tycel 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.
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.
Joshua G. Cohen, MD, FACOG, FACS, discusses key trials supporting the use of PARP inhibitor maintenance therapy in upfront setting in ovarian cancer.
Yiming 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.
Tycel Phillips, MD, MPH, discusses the implications of the FDA approval of pirtobrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.
Tycel Phillips, MD, MPH, discusses treatment options for patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma who have progressed on covalent BTK inhibitors.
