Lauren Averett Byers, MD, on ABBV-706 in Relapsed or Refractory SCLC
ASCO 2026
Lauren Averett Byers, MD, of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, describes data on ABBV-706—an investigational antibody-drug conjugate targeting SEZ6—alone or in combination with the anti–PD-1 monoclonal antibody budigalimab in patients with relapsed or refractory small cell lung cancer (SCLC) (Abstract 8008).
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Shilpa Gupta, MD, of Taussig Cancer Institute, discusses findings from the phase III MAIN-CAV study (Alliance A032001) of maintenance cabozantinib and avelumab vs avelumab after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced/metastatic urothelial cancer (Abstract 4514).
Antonio Llombart-Cussac, MD, PhD, of Medica Scientia Innovation Research (MEDSIR), discusses the ongoing ADELA study, a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized phase III trial of elacestrant plus everolimus vs elacestrant plus placebo in patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive HER2-negative advanced breast cancer with ESR1-mutated tumors who experienced disease progression on endocrine therapy plus CDK4/6 inhibition (Abstract TPS1154).
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT06382948
Laura Alder, MD, of Duke University Medical Center, highlights emerging data discussed in the meeting’s oral abstract session on small cell lung cancer, including increased toxicity without efficacy benefit from concurrent chemoradiation and immunotherapy, the intracranial activity of tarlatamab-dlle, and early data for a SEZ6-targeting antibody-drug conjugate.
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Lillian L. Siu, MD, of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, discusses the clinical utility of liquid biopsy testing for common KRAS variants to facilitate matching patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to appropriate early-phase trials (Abstract 3049).
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Danny Rischin, MD, of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, talks about data from the disease-free survival analyses of the C-POST study, which were conducted per high-risk criteria and start time after radiotherapy. C-POST evaluated adjuvant cemiplimab-rwlc for patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) (Abstract 6083).