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Showing 1 - 32Baseline Bone Pain and Survival in Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer
In an analysis from the SWOG-1216 trial reported in JAMA Network Open, Gebrael et al found that the presence of bone pain at diagnosis was associated with poorer progression-free and overall survival in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Study Details In the ...
Cabozantinib Plus Atezolizumab Improves Progression-Free Survival
The combination of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinib (multiple targets, including MET, AXL, VEGFR2, RET, and FLT ) plus the monoclonal antibody atezolizumab achieved statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival compared with second-line novel hormonal therapy in...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Prostate Cancer: Phase III Trial Update on Cabozantinib, Atezolizumab, and Hormonal Therapy
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, discusses results of the CONTACT-2 trial, which showed cabozantinib plus atezolizumab improved radiographic progression–free survival of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer vs a second novel...
Cabozantinib and Atezolizumab in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with extrapelvic nodal or visceral metastasis who were treated with the combination of cabozantinib plus atezolizumab had significantly improved time to disease progression compared with those who were treated with hormonal therapy. This ...
Addition of Talazoparib to Enzalutamide in the First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
As reported in The Lancet by Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO, and colleagues, the phase III TALAPRO-2 trial has shown that the addition of talazoparib to enzalutamide improved radiographic progression–free survival vs enzalutamide alone in the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic...
New Fellows of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
The FASCO distinction recognizes ASCO members for their extraordinary volunteer service, dedication, and commitment to ASCO. Recipients will be recognized during the Opening Session of the Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 3. The following members are being recognized in 2023: Kerin Adelson, MD,...
New Fellows of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO)
The FASCO distinction recognizes ASCO members for their extraordinary volunteer service, dedication, and commitment to ASCO. Recipients will be recognized during the Opening Session of the Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 3. The following members are being recognized in 2023: Kerin Adelson, MD,...
Expert Point of View: Elena Castro, MD, PhD
The formal discussant of the TALAPRO-2 trial, Elena Castro, MD, PhD, took issue with the conclusion of Dr. Neeraj Agarwal and colleagues that these results support the use of talazoparib plus enzalutamide as a first-line treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer,...
TALAPRO-2: Talazoparib Plus Enzalutamide Extends Radiographic Progression–Free Survival in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
The addition of the poly (ADP ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor talazoparib to the androgen receptor signaling inhibitor enzalutamide achieved a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression–free survival compared with placebo plus enzalutamide as...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Prostate Cancer: New Data on Talazoparib and Enzalutamide
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, discusses phase III results from the TALAPRO-2 study, which suggested an improvement in radiographic progression-free survival with the combination of talazoparib and enzalutamide over standard-of-care enzalutamide alone as...
Adding Talazoparib to Enzalutamide Extends Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
The addition of the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor talazoparib to the androgen receptor signaling inhibitor enzalutamide resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression–free survival compared with placebo plus enzalutamide as...
TALAPRO-2: Talazoparib Plus Enzalutamide Improves Progression-Free Survival in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
The TALAPRO-2 phase III clinical trial found that combining the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor talazoparib with the androgen receptor inhibitor enzalutamide resulted in significantly better progression-free survival vs the current standard of care for patients with metastatic...
Cabozantinib and Atezolizumab for Patients With Progressive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Post–Hormonal Therapy
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and colleagues, findings in the expansion cohort of the phase Ib COSMIC-021 trial indicate activity of the combination of cabozantinib and atezolizumab in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer whose disease progressed ...
SWOG-1216: Orteronel vs Bicalutamide With ADT for Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and colleagues, the phase III SWOG-1216 trial showed no significant improvement in overall survival—the study’s primary endpoint—with orteronel plus androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) vs bicalutamide plus ADT in patients with...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Advanced Prostate Cancer: Data on Cabozantinib Plus Atezolizumab
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of Hunstman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, discusses efficacy and safety results from the COSMIC-021 study, in which cabozantinib plus atezolizumab demonstrated clinically meaningful activity and a manageable safety profile in patients with metastatic...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Treatment Patterns and Disparities in Patients With Prostate Cancer
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, discusses three studies that examined real-world treatment patterns and utilization of advanced therapies in men with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer, which served to highlight the ways in which Black men...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Prostate Cancer: Androgen-Deprivation Therapy With Orteronel or Bicalutamide
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, discusses phase III data from the SWOG S1216 trial, which evaluated the clinical benefit of using androgen-deprivation therapy with either orteronel (or TAK-700, a CYP17 inhibitor) or bicalutamide in patients with newly...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, Named Senior Director of Clinical Research Innovation by Huntsman Cancer Institute
Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) announced the appointment of Neeraj Agarwal, MD, physician-scientist at HCI and Professor of Internal Medicine at the U of U, as Senior Director of Clinical Research Innovation. In this role, Dr. Agarwal will oversee critical...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Prostate Cancer: Apalutamide vs Placebo in Treatment of Metastatic Disease
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, discusses final results of the phase III TITAN study, which showed apalutamide plus androgen-deprivation therapy improved overall survival, reducing the risk of death up to 48%. This combination treatment also delayed...
Upfront Apalutamide Delays Time to Second Progression in Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
The addition of apalutamide to androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) reduced the risk of second disease progression or death (PFS2) by 34% vs ADT alone in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer, in a post hoc analysis of the phase III TITAN trial presented at the 2020...
Novel Combination of Cabozantinib Plus Atezolizumab Shows Benefit in Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
The combination of the small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinib (inhibits VEGF, AXL, MET, and others), plus the immune checkpoint inhibitor atezolizumab achieved encouraging activity in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to the results of...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Results From the COSMIC-021 Study of Cabozantinib and Atezolizumab
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of the University of Utah Huntsman Cancer Institute, discusses trial findings that showed the combination of cabozantinib and atezolizumab had a tolerable safety profile and showed activity in men with metastatic disease. Further evaluation of cabozantinib and atezolizumab is...
Apalutamide Treatment for Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer and Health-Related Quality of Life
In an analysis of the phase III TITAN trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and colleagues found that that treatment with apalatuamide was associated with preserved health-related quality of life, including pain and fatigue outcomes, in patients with metastatic...
Apalutamide Treatment for Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer and Health-Related Quality of Life
In an analysis of the phase III TITAN trial reported in The Lancet Oncology, Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and colleagues found that that treatment with apalatuamide was associated with preserved health-related quality of life, including pain and fatigue outcomes, in patients with metastatic...
ENZAMET Trial Shows Enzalutamide Improves Overall Survival in Hormone-Sensitive Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Agents that improve survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer when added to background androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) are showing success in treating metastatic prostate cancer earlier while it is still hormone-sensitive. These agents include docetaxel (chemotherapy) and...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and Arnaud Méjean, MD, PhD, on Renal Cancer: Cytoreductive Nephrectomy Followed by Sunitinib in the Metastatic Setting
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and Arnaud Méjean, MD, PhD, of the Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Paris Descartes University, discuss an update to the CARMENA trial with new phase III study results on the benefit of cytoreductive nephrectomy followed by sunitinib vs...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and Thomas Powles, MD, PhD, on Renal Cell Carcinoma: KEYNOTE-426 on First-Line Pembrolizumab Plus Axitinib vs Sunitinib
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Care, and Thomas Powles, MD, PhD, of Queen Mary University of London, discuss phase III study findings on outcomes with combination therapy for intermediate/poor-risk and sarcomatoid subgroups of renal cell carcinoma...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and Thomas W. Flaig, MD, on Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Predicting Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah Health Care, and Thomas W. Flaig, MD, of the University of Colorado, discuss phase II findings on a novel predictive biomarker of response to the two accepted neoadjuvant regimens for muscle-invasive bladder cancer:...
Sumanta K. Pal, MD, and Neeraj Agarwal, MD, on Prostate Cancer: The Talapro-2 Trial
Sumanta K. Pal, MD, of the City of Hope, and Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of the Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, discuss the ongoing phase III Talapro-2 study of talazoparib with background enzalutamide in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with DNA damage–repair deficiencies...
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, and Sumanta K. Pal, MD, on Prostate Cancer: Expert Perspectives on the LATITUDE Trial
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, of Huntsman Cancer Institute, and Sumanta K. Pal, MD, of the City of Hope, examine the study findings on androgen-deprivation therapy with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone or placebos in newly diagnosed high-risk metastatic hormone-naive prostate cancer. (Abstract LBA3)
Vaccine Therapy in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Past, Present, and Future
As reviewed in this issue of The ASCO Post, Brian Rini, MD, and colleagues recently reported results from the phase III IMPRINT trial,1 which randomized HLA-A*02–positive patients with treatment-naive metastatic clear cell variant renal cell carcinoma, in favorable- and intermediate- risk...
Huntsman Cancer Institute Investigator Receives Leadership Award from the National Cancer Institute
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, a Huntsman Cancer Institute investigator and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah, has received the 2014 Cancer Clinical Investigator Team Leadership Award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This highly competitive award recognizes exceptional cancer...
