Courtney Flaherty

Updated phase 2 trial data presented at the 2024 ASH Annual Meeting show that the novel bicistronic CD19/CD22-directed CAR T-cell therapy is safe, durable, and highly effective in children with relapsed/refractory B-ALL.

Belantamab mafodotin plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone showed significant progression-free survival benefits and maintained quality of life in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, as demonstrated in the DREAMM-8 trial.

A new allogeneic CAR T-cell therapy, P-BCMA-ALLO1, has shown promising results in treating heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

In the NIAGARA trial, significant event-free survival and overall survival gains were observed with neoadjuvant durvalumab plus chemotherapy, followed by adjuvant durvalumab in cisplatin-eligible bladder cancer.

Lurbinectedin and irinotecan in the second line delivered a favorable risk/benefit profile and high, durable response rates in patients with high risk factors in small cell lung cancer.

The 2-year investigator-assessed event-free survival rate in the intent-to-treat population of patients with high-risk head and neck squamous cell carcinoma was 67.4% with atezolizumab.

Findings from a phase 1 trial presented at ASCO showed that axicabtagene ciloleucel was safe with clinical activity seen among patients with relapsed/refractory primary and secondary central nervous system lymphoma.

mKRAS-specific T-cell responses that were produced by ELI-002 7P correlated with tumor biomarker responses among patients with pancreatic and colorectal cancer.

Topline findings from the KICKSTART study showed that tomivosertib led to modest activity in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

There is currently 1 FDA-approved antibody-drug conjugate available for patients with non-small cell lung cancer, and several more potentially coming down the pike.

Combining ixabepilone with bevacizumab generated improved survival rates and high response rates compared with ixabepilone monotherapy in platinum-resistant or platinum-refractory ovarian cancer.

In patients with advanced melanoma, lifileucel showed durable efficacy and a 4-year overall survival rate of 21.9%, according to long-term findings from the phase 2 C-144-01 trial.

Acalabrutinib added to axicabtagene ciloleucel treatment was well-tolerated in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma.

The combination of olaparib and abiraterone acetate resulted in a postponement of disease progression and enhanced outcomes for individuals with mutations in BRCA, ATM, and CDK12 in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

The majority of patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with zanubrutinib or ibrutinib in the phase 3 ALPINE study did not acquire a BTK or PLCG2 mutation.

Responses on the non-covalent BTK inhibitor pirtobrutinib remained high in patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia who expressed frequent baseline BTK mutations, according to a genomic analysis of the phase 1/2 BRUIN trial.

The novel BTK degrader BGB-16673 was well tolerated; produced meaningful and rapid clinical responses; and demonstrated on-target effects in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies.

Although the use of bridging therapy prior to treatment with axicabtagene ciloleucel did not improve efficacy or safety outcomes for patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma, responses to bridging therapy may be prognostic of favorable outcomes after axi-cel administration.

Accurately stratifying hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer using BluePrint and MammaPrint assays demonstrated comparable 3-year recurrence-free survival rates between Black and White patients despite disparities in the distribution of molecular subtypes.

Results unveiled at the 2023 International Kidney Cancer Symposium revealed that patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the 200-mg dose group achieved an overall response rate of 23.1% based on blinded independent central review.

The combination of sacituzumab govitecan-hziy and enfortumab vedotin-ejfv showed early responses in patients with treatment-resistant metastatic urothelial cancer.

The observed benefits of ciltacabtagene autoleucel in patients with multiple myeloma and poor prognostic features are consistent with the overall the population of CARTITUDE-4.

In the phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 trial, ciltacabtagene autoleucel was shown to be effective when used in patients with multiple myeloma exhibiting poor prognostic features.

The phase 3 IMpower151 study has missed it primary end point of progression-free survival.

While the phase 2 CTEP-P9466 trial met its complete response end point, the trial missed its other co-primary end points in patients with BRAF V600–mutant metastatic melanoma.

New findings with the gamma secretase inhibitor nirogacestat show pain reduction for patients with desmoid tumors.