A novel treatment approach to squamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) may improve the prognosis for patients with previously limited treatment options, according to data presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer.1 Findings from ...
Jarushka Naidoo, MHS, MBBCh, of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, discusses some of the key lung cancer data presented at the ESMO Congress 2023: CheckMate 77T, a phase III study of nivolumab, chemotherapy, and surgery for previously untreated...
As reported in The Lancet by Chu et al, a phase III trial conducted in Canada, Italy, and France showed that the addition of pembrolizumab to chemotherapy improved survival in previously untreated patients with advanced pleural mesothelioma. Study Details In the multicenter open-label trial, 440...
An ASCO Rapid Recommendation Update advises oncologists to avoid the use of triple combination therapy for the management of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC).1 The new guidance, which updates recommendations from the original 2022 guideline, reflects findings from a phase III,...
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Fred Saad, MD, of the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, and colleagues, the final prespecified overall survival analysis of the phase III PROpel trial has shown no significant benefit with the addition of first-line olaparib to abiraterone in...
In the global randomized phase III CANOVA study, venetoclax plus dexamethasone (VenDex) demonstrated numerically longer progression-free survival compared with pomalidomide and dexamethasone (PomDex) in patients with t(11;14)-positive relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, though the difference...
In a major development in the treatment of breast cancer, short-course, or hypofractionated, radiation therapy has demonstrated comparable outcomes to conventional postmastectomy radiation therapy while reducing treatment breaks and financial toxicity, according to data presented at the 2023...
Resource-sparing hypofractionated radiation therapy could offer an invaluable alternative for treating head and neck cancer, especially for patients in low- and middle-income countries, according to data presented during the Plenary Session at the 2023 American Society for Radiation Oncology...
Commenting on the AEGEAN study at the 2023 World Conference on Lung Cancer were the abstract’s invited discussant Solange Peters, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Medical Oncology and the Thoracic Malignancies Program at Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland, and Upal Basu Roy, PhD, MPH,...
The addition of durvalumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy led to higher rates of R0 resections and posed no apparent impediments to successful surgery for resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to findings from the randomized phase III AEGEAN trial presented at the International...
A secondary analysis from the phase III SWOG S0931 EVEREST trial found that adjuvant everolimus given to patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma at very high risk of recurrence after nephrectomy produced a statistically significant improvement in recurrence-free survival compared with placebo ...
The invited discussant Krishnansu Tewari, MD, Professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of California, Irvine, called innovaTV 301 a “practice-changing study” that should result in full approval of tisotumab vedotin-tftv in the United States “and, importantly, will...
In the global randomized open-label phase III innovaTV 301/ENGOT-cx12/GOG-3057 trial, treatment with the antibody-drug conjugate tisotumab vedotin-tftv resulted in a statistically significant 30% reduction in the risk of death in patients previously treated for recurrent or metastatic cervical...
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by François-Clément Bidard, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the French phase III STIC CTC trial showed a nonsignificant overall survival benefit with a circulating tumor cell (CTC) count–driven approach to therapy vs physician’s choice in the first-line...
In the phase III DUO-E trial, a first-line treatment regimen that includes chemotherapy plus the checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab followed by maintenance durvalumab, with or without the PARP inhibitor olaparib, significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with advanced or recurrent...
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Niemann et al, the 4-year follow-up of the phase III GLOW trial has shown a continued progression-free survival benefit with fixed-duration ibrutinib/venetoclax vs chlorambucil/obinutuzumab in the first-line treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in patients ...
Invited discussant Andrea Apolo, MD, of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, emphasized that the EV-302/KEYNOTE-A39 and CheckMate 901 trials mark a significant achievement. “Outperforming chemotherapy in first-line therapy is monumental for our field. The two studies presented are...
Two phase III trials presented at a Presidential Symposium during the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2023 showed an overall survival benefit for patients with advanced urothelial cancer. The results from both studies were hailed as practice-changing. The EV-302/KEYNOTE-A39...
Benjamin Besse, MD, PhD, of the Gustave Roussy Cancer Centre, discusses phase II findings from the HERTHENA-Lung01 study, which showed patients with previously treated EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer may benefit from the antibody-drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan after EGFR tyrosine...
In a phase III trial (OVAL Study/GOG 3018) reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Arend et al found that the addition of ofranergene obadenovec to paclitaxel did not improve survival outcomes in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. Ofranergene obadenovec is a gene-based targeted...
The TROP-2–directed antibody-drug conjugate datopotamab deruxtecan (Dato-DXd) significantly improved progression-free survival over standard chemotherapy in the TROPION-Breast01 trial involving patients with previously treated, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, unresectable and/or...
In a 5-year follow-up of the phase II OPRA trial reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Verheij et al found that many patients receiving total neoadjuvant therapy for rectal adenocarcinoma remained free of the need for total mesorectal excision. Study Details In the U.S. multicenter trial,...
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Planchard et al, the phase III FLAURA2 trial has shown superior progression-free survival with osimertinib plus platinum-based chemotherapy vs osimertinib alone in the first-line treatment of EGFR-mutant advanced non–small cell lung cancer...
In a retrospective study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Iacoboni et al found that preapheresis bendamustine exposure was associated with poorer outcomes among patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma receiving CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell...
Early findings from the phase II EDGE-Gastric trial indicate the potential for two novel agents to make a difference in advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma, according to findings reported at the ASCO Plenary Series: November 2023 Session by Yelena Y. Janjigian, MD, Chief of the...
Real-world outcomes often fall short of those achieved in clinical trials, but this is apparently not so for patients receiving chemoradiotherapy plus consolidation with durvalumab in unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The robust results achieved in the phase III PACIFIC...
In a phase III trial (LUNAR) reported in The Lancet Oncology, Ticiana Leal, MD, Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, and colleagues found that the addition of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy to standard systemic therapy improved overall survival in patients with metastatic...
I’ve been contending with health issues since I was 12, when I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. As I began my early 30s, I was feeling the healthiest of my life. I was working out 5 days a week and attributed sudden weight loss and fatigue to weight training and high-intensity Zumba classes....
A first-in-class, claudin 18.2 (CLDN18.2)-targeted antibody-drug conjugate may be a new treatment option for patients with advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancers, according to data presented by Xu et al during the ASCO Plenary Series: November 2023 Session (Abstract 434420)....
In interim analyses from the phase III KEYNOTE-811 trial reported in The Lancet, Yelena Y. Janjigian, MD, and colleagues found that the addition of pembrolizumab to trastuzumab and chemotherapy in first-line treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive...
Peter Schmid, MD, PhD, of Queen Mary University of London, discusses phase III findings from the KEYNOTE-522 study, which showed neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab continues to improve event-free survival compared with neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone in...
Mark M. Awad, MD, PhD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses phase III findings from the CheckMate 816 trial, which showed a potential clinical benefit to neoadjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab vs chemotherapy in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (Abstract 1261O).
As reported in The Lancet by Shukui Qin, MD, and colleagues, interim analysis of the phase III IMbrave050 trial has shown significantly better recurrence-free survival with adjuvant atezolizumab/bevacizumab vs active surveillance in patients who underwent curative-intent resection or ablation for...
As reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology by Rau et al, the German phase III GASTRIPEC-I trial showed no improvement in overall survival with the addition of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) to cytoreductive surgery in patients with gastric cancer and synchronous peritoneal...
In an analysis reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Bradley J. Monk, MD, FACS, FACOG, and colleagues described final overall survival results from the phase III KEYNOTE-826 trial, which evaluated the addition of first-line pembrolizumab to chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab, in...
An interim analysis of the phase III LIBRETTO-431 trial has shown significantly improved progression-free survival with first-line selpercatinib vs platinum-based chemotherapy with or without pembrolizumab in patients with RET fusion–positive advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The...
As reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by John V. Heymach, MD, PhD, and colleagues, the phase III AEGEAN trial has shown that perioperative durvalumab improved event-free survival and pathologic complete response (pCR) rate in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer ...
As reported in The Lancet Oncology by Sun Young Rha, MD, and colleagues, the phase III KEYNOTE-859 trial has shown that the addition of first-line pembrolizumab to chemotherapy was associated with a statistically significant improvement in overall survival in patients with HER2-negative advanced...
As presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2023 (Abstract LBA3) and reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Hadoux et al, an interim analysis from the phase III LIBRETTO-531 trial has shown improved progression-free survival with selpercatinib vs...
In an analysis presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2023 (Abstract LBA50) and reported in The New England Journal of Medicine by Jessica C. Hassel, MD, and colleagues, overall survival at 3 years in the phase III IMCgp100-202 trial continued to favor...
Hossein Borghaei, DO, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, discusses phase III findings from the SAPPHIRE study of sitravatinib plus nivolumab vs docetaxel in patients with previously treated, advanced nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (Abstract LBA63).
The phase III PAPILLON study has shown that the addition of amivantamab-vmjw to chemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival in the first-line treatment of advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with EGFR exon 20 insertions. The findings were presented at the European Society...
The phase III CodeBreaK 300 trial showed that sotorasib plus panitumumab improved progression-free survival vs standard care in patients with KRAS G12C–mutated refractory metastatic colorectal cancer. Findings were presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2023 (LBA10)...
Prostate cancer treatment just got a major boost from the PACE trials, which may have established a new standard of care in low- and favorable intermediate-risk disease, according to data presented at the 2023 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting.1 The results of the phase ...
A perioperative regimen of neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy followed by surgery and adjuvant nivolumab achieved a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in event-free survival compared with neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus placebo followed by surgery and adjuvant...
The TROP-2–directed antibody-drug conjugate datopotamab deruxtecan may significantly improve progression-free survival in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), especially in patients with non–squamous cell tumors, according to new findings simultaneously published by Ahn et...
In the phase III EMBARK trial reported in The New England Journal of Medicine, Stephen J. Freedland, MD, and colleagues found that enzalutamide/leuprolide and enzalutamide alone improved metastasis-free survival vs leuprolide alone in patients with high-risk biochemical recurrence of prostate...
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) reduced the risk of toxicity to the lungs and radiation exposure to the heart vs three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) for the treatment of locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a planned long-term prospective...
Early-phase trials demonstrate the potential for TROP-2–directed antibody-drug conjugates to enhance the response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without actionable genomic alterations, several investigators reported at the International...
The treatment of patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated lung cancer that progresses on EGFR-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors has been challenging. In the phase II HERTHENA-Lung01 trial, the topoisomerase-1 HER3-targeting antibody-drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan...