FDA Update
FDA Approves Therapy for NSCLC With High c-Met Protein Overexpression
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On May 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to telisotuzumab vedotin-tllv (Emrelis), a c-Met–directed antibody and microtubule inhibitor conjugate, for adults with locally advanced or metastatic, nonsquamous, non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with high c-Met ...
FDA Approves Doublet for KRAS-Mutated, Recurrent, Low-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to the combination of the dual RAF/MEK inhibitor avutometinib and the FAK inhibitor defactinib (Avmapki Fakzynja Co-pack) for adults with KRAS-mutated, recurrent, low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) who have received...
FDA OCE Announces Project Interface Outreach Initiative
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The Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched Project Interface to advance engagement and outreach to patients with cancer, advocacy organizations, and oncology experts. Its mission is to protect, promote, and advance public health by organizing...
Retifanlimab-dlwr Approved for Anal Cancer in Combination With Carboplatin Plus Paclitaxel and as a Single Agent
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved retifanlimab-dlwr (Zynyz), a PD-1–blocking monoclonal antibody, with carboplatin and paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of adults with inoperable locally recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal. The FDA also approved...
FDA Approves First Oral Therapy for Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma
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On May 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the oral hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2α) inhibitor belzutifan (Welireg) for patients aged 12 years and older with locally advanced, unresectable, or metastatic pheochromocytoma or paraganglioma (PPGL). This represents the first FDA ...
FDA Approves Anti–PD-1 Antibody for Nasopharyngeal Cancer
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the humanized IgG1 monoclonal anti–PD-1 antibody penpulimab-kcqx with cisplatin or carboplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adults with recurrent or metastatic nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). The FDA also app...
Combination Immunotherapy Approved for Unresectable or Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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On April 11, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved nivolumab (Opdivo) with ipilimumab (Yervoy) for the first-line treatment of adults with unresectable or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. (See here for details on approval of this combination immunotherapy for colorectal canc...
Cabozantinib Approved for Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the tyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinib (Cabometyx) for adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (N...
FDA Expands Indication for Lu-177 Vipivotide Tetraxetan in mCRPC
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On March 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the indication for lutetium Lu-177 vipivotide tetraxetan (Pluvicto) to include adults with prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have been treated with androgen ...
FDA Approves Nivolumab With Ipilimumab for Unresectable or Metastatic MSI-H/dMMR Colorectal Cancer
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On April 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) with the CTLA-4 inhibitor ipilimumab (Yervoy) for adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability–high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair–def...
Recent FDA Approvals in Lymphoma and in Rarer Tumors
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) in combination with lenalidomide and a rituximab product for adults with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL)—including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) not otherwise specified, DLBCL arising ...
FDA Approves First Companion Diagnostic to Identify Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer Eligible for T-DXd
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label expansion for the PATHWAY anti-HER2/neu (4B5) Rabbit Monoclonal Primary Antibody to identify patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-ultralow metastatic breast cancer who may be eligible for treatment with fam-trastuzumab de...
T-DXd Approved by the FDA for Pretreated Patients With HER2-Low or -Ultralow Metastatic Breast Cancer
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The antibody-drug conjugate fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-low (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 1+ or IHC 2+/in situ hybridiza...
FDA Approves Acalabrutinib With Bendamustine and Rituximab for Previously Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma
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On January 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval to the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor acalabrutinib (Calquence) with bendamustine and rituximab for adults with previously untreated mantle cell lymphoma who are ineligible for autologous hematopoietic stem c...
FDA Approves Preparative Regimen for Allogeneic HSCT in Patients With AML or MDS
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On January 21, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved treosulfan (Grafapex), an alkylating agent, with fludarabine as a preparative regimen for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in adult and pediatric patients 1 year of age and older with acute myeloid leukemia ...
Accelerated Approval Granted to Zanidatamab-hrii for HER2-Positive Biliary Tract Cancer
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted accelerated approval to zanidatamab-hrii (Ziihera), a bispecific HER2-directed antibody, for previously treated, unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC 3+) biliary tract cancer, as detected by an FDA-approved test. The FDA also appr...
Oral Liquid Imatinib Approved by the FDA in Leukemia
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently has approved an oral solution of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor, imatinib mesylate, called Imkeldi, to treat certain types of leukemia and other cancers. The new solution is an advanced liquid formulation of imatinib designed to provide dosing accu...
Tumor Treating Fields Therapy Receives FDA Approval in Metastatic NSCLC
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On October 15, 2024, Novocure announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Optune Lua® for concurrent use with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors or docetaxel for the treatment of adults with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have experienced disease progression on or after a...
FDA Approves Perioperative Nivolumab for Resectable NSCLC
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On October 3, 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved nivolumab (Opdivo) with platinum-doublet chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment, followed by single-agent nivolumab after surgery as adjuvant treatment, for adults with resectable (tumors ≥ 4 cm and/or node-positive) non–small cell lu...
Isatuximab Plus VRd Approved by FDA for Newly Diagnosed, Transplant-Ineligible Multiple Myeloma
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On September 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the monoclonal antibody isatuximab-irfc (Sarclisa) in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone for adults with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are not eligible for autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). ...
FDA Approves Osimertinib in Stage III NSCLC After Chemoradiotherapy
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On September 25, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved osimertinib (Tagrisso) for adults with locally advanced, unresectable (stage III) non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease has not progressed during or after concurrent or sequential platinum-based chemoradiation therapy. These ...
FDA Approves Amivantamab-vmjw With Carboplatin and Pemetrexed for Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With EGFR Exon 19 Deletions or L858R Mutations
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On September 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant) with carboplatin and pemetrexed for adults with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 deletions or exon 21 L858R substit...
FDA Approves Immunotherapy for Relapsed or Refractory CTCL
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On August 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved denileukin diftitox-cxdl (Lymphir), a novel immunotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) who have received at least one prior systemic therapy. Denileukin diftitox is t...
FDA Approves IDH1/2 Inhibitor for Certain Patients With Astrocytoma or Oligodendroglioma
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved vorasidenib (Voranigo), an isocitrate dehydrogenase-1 (IDH1) and -2 (IDH2) inhibitor, for adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma with a susceptible IDH1 or IDH2 mutation, following su...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Repotrectinib for NTRK Fusion–Positive Solid Tumors
The ASCO Post Staff
On June 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to repotrectinib (Augtyro) for adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with solid tumors that have a neurotrophic tyrosine receptor kinase (NTRK) gene fusion, are locally advanced or metastatic or where...
FDA Approves Selpercatinib for RET Fusion–Positive Thyroid Cancer
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On June 12, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval to selpercatinib (Retevmo) for adult and pediatric patients aged 2 years and older with advanced or metastatic RET fusion–positive thyroid cancer who require systemic therapy and whose disease is radioactive iodine–...
FDA Approves Lisocabtagene Maraleucel for Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma
The ASCO Post Staff
On May 30, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy lisocabtagene maraleucel (Breyanzi) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma who have received at least two prior lines of systemic therapy, including a Bruto...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Lisocabtagene Maraleucel for Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
The ASCO Post Staff
On May 15, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to the chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy lisocabtagene maraleucel (Breyanzi) for adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma who have received two or more prior lines of systemic thera...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Lifileucel for Unresectable or Metastatic Melanoma
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On February 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to lifileucel (Amtagvi), a tumor-derived autologous T-cell immunotherapy, for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma who were previously treated with a PD-1 blocking antibody, or, if they have B...
Alectinib Approved as Adjuvant Treatment for ALK-Positive Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
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On April 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the tyrosine kinase inhibitor alectinib (Alecensa) for adjuvant treatment after tumor resection in patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as detected by an FDA-approved test. Alectinib is an orally bioavailable...
FDA Approves Nivolumab in Combination With Cisplatin and Gemcitabine for Unresectable or Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma
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On March 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) in combination with cisplatin and gemcitabine for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic urothelial carcinoma. CheckMate 901 Efficacy was evaluated in CheckMat...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Zanubrutinib Plus Obinutuzumab for Relapsed or Refractory Follicular Lymphoma
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On March 7, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to the small-molecule BTK inhibitor zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) in combination with the anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody obinutuzumab for patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after two or more lines of ...
FDA Approves Amivantamab-vmjw for EGFR Exon 20 Insertion–Mutated NSCLC
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On March 1, the FDA approved the monoclonal bispecific anti–EGFR-MET antibody amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant) in combination with carboplatin and pemetrexed for the first-line treatment of locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations, as detected by an FDA-approved test. ...
FDA Approves Irinotecan Liposome as First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
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On February 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved irinotecan liposome (Onivyde) with oxaliplatin, fluorouracil, and leucovorin for the first-line treatment of metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma. NAPOLI-3 Efficacy was evaluated in NAPOLI-3 (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT0408...
FDA Approves Trifluridine and Tipiracil With Bevacizumab for Previously Treated Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
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On August 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved trifluridine and tipiracil (Lonsurf) with bevacizumab for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, an anti-VEGF biological therapy, and, if ...
FDA Approves Olaparib Plus Abiraterone and Prednisone or Prednisolone for BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
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On May 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved olaparib (Lynparza) in combination with abiraterone and prednisone (or prednisolone) for adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious BRCA-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, as determined by an FDA-appr...
FDA Approves Polatuzumab Vedotin-piiq Plus R-CHP for Previously Untreated DLBCL–Not Otherwise Specified and High-Grade B-Cell Lymphoma
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On April 19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the antibody-drug conjugate polatuzumab vedotin-piiq (Polivy) with a rituximab product, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone (R-CHP) for previously untreated adult patients who have diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL)–not o...
FDA Approves Elacestrant for ER-Positive, HER2-Negative, ESR1-Mutated Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
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On January 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved elacestrant (Orserdu) for postmenopausal women or adult men with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer with disease progression following at least one line of endocrine the...
FDA Approves New, Updated Indications for Temozolomide
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On September 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated labeling for temozolomide (Temodar) for the treatment of CNS cancers under Project Renewal, an Oncology Center of Excellence initiative aimed at updating labeling information for older oncology drugs to ensure information ...
Recent FDA Approvals in Breast Cancer
The ASCO Post Staff
Over the past year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to several novel drugs and expanded indications for older therapeutic agents used in breast cancer. Abemaciclib Plus Endocrine Therapy On March 3, 2023, the FDA expanded the indication for abemaciclib with endocrine t...
FDA Approves Melphalan Hepatic Delivery System for Adult Patients With Unresectable Hepatic-Dominant Metastatic Uveal Melanoma
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On August 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the HEPZATO KIT, a melphalan hepatic delivery system, as a liver-directed treatment for adult patients with metastatic uveal melanoma and unresectable hepatic metastases affecting less than 50% of the liver and no extrahepatic diseas...
Accelerated Approval for Elranatamab-bcmm in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma
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On August 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to elranatamab-bcmm (Elrexfio), a bispecific B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed CD3 T-cell engager, for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four prior line...
Recent FDA Approvals in Hematologic Oncology
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Over the past year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to several novel drugs and new indications for older therapeutic agents used in hematologic oncology. Glofitamab for DLBCL On June 15, 2023, the FDA granted accelerated approval to glofitamab-gxbm (Columvi) for relaps...
FDA Approves Omidubicel-onlv to Reduce Time to Neutrophil Recovery and Infection in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies
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On April 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved omidubicel-onlv (Omisirge) for use in adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with hematologic malignancies who are planned for umbilical cord blood transplantation following myeloablative conditioning to reduce the time ...
FDA Approves Sacituzumab Govitecan-hziy for Pretreated Patients With HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
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On February 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy) for patients with unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic, hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 0, IHC 1+, or IHC 2+ with a negative in situ hybridizati...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Pirtobrutinib for Relapsed or Refractory Mantle Cell Lymphoma
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On January 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to pirtobrutinib (Jaypirca) for patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma after at least two lines of systemic therapy, including a Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor. BRUIN Efficacy was e...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Mirvetuximab Soravtansine-gynx for FRα-Positive, Platinum-Resistant Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Peritoneal Cancer
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On November 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx (Elahere) for adult patients with folate receptor alpha (FRα)-positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or primary peritoneal cancer, who have received on...
FDA Approves Oral MEK Inhibitor Cobimetinib for Histiocytic Neoplasms
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved cobimetinib (Cotellic), an oral inhibitor of MEK1 and MEK2, for the treatment of adult patients with the family of blood diseases known as histiocytic neoplasms. These diseases include Erdheim-Chester disease, Rosai-Dorfman disease, and Langer...
FDA Approves Cemiplimab-rwlc in Combination With Platinum-Based Chemotherapy for NSCLC
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On November 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the PD-1 inhibitor cemiplimab-rwlc (Libtayo) in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy for adult patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no EGFR, ALK, or ROS1 aberrations. Study 16113 Efficacy was eval...
FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Teclistamab-cqyv for Resistant Myeloma
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On October 25, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to teclistamab-cqyv (Tecvayli), the first bispecific B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed CD3 T-cell engager, for adults with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least four pri...
