Kelly G. Paulson, MD, PhD, on Extensive-Stage SCLC: Tarlatamab Plus Anti–PD-L1 as Maintenance Therapy
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Kelly G. Paulson, MD, PhD, of Providence Swedish Cancer Institute (Seattle, WA) and lead of the Center for Immuno-Oncology at Paul G. Allen Research Center, reviews findings from the safety and efficacy data from the phase Ib DeLLphi-303 trial. The study examined tarlatamab, a bispecific T-cell engager, in combination with PD-L1 inhibition as first-line maintenance; the regimen led to unprecedented overall survival results in this patient population, and had an acceptable safety profile (Abstract OA13.01).
For more information on DeLLphi-303, read more in The Lancet Oncology.
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Jonathan D. Spicer, MD, PhD, of McGill University Health Centre, discusses health-related quality of life (HRQoL) findings from the CheckMate 77T trial. The analysis determined that receipt of perioperative nivolumab does not result in worse HRQoL outcomes vs placebo in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), regardless of nodal status (Abstract MA04.05).
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John M. Varlotto, MD, presents results from the phase III EA5181 trial (from the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group), which evaluated concurrent and consolidation durvalumab vs consolidation durvalumab alone for patients with unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (Abstract PL03.04).
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Gerrina Ruiter, MD, PhD, of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, discusses data from the Beamion LUNG-1 trial, which is evaluating zongertinib—an irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor that selectively inhibits HER2 while sparing EGFR—in patients with HER2-mutant advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This analysis of the trial focused on previously treated patients with active brain metastases (cohort 4) or stable/asymptomatic brain metastases (cohort 1) at baseline (Abstract PT2.12.03).
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Jordi Remon, MD, PhD, of Gustave Roussy, was the invited discussant for the phase III ACROSS 2 study (Abstract PL02.06). Dr. Remon describes the effect of the addition of aumolertinib, an oral third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, to platinum/pemetrexed chemotherapy in patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR sensitizing mutations and concomitant tumor-suppressor gene mutations.
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Susan C. Scott, MD, of Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, presents findings from cohort 5 of the phase II PALOMA-2 trial. The data show that subcutaneous administration of the bispecific monoclonal antibody amivantamab-vmjw every 4 weeks, combined with daily receipt of the EGFR TKI lazertinib orally, resulted in high objective response rates among patients with previously untreated EGFR-mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (Abstract MA08.05).
