Dylann Cohn-Emery

The ongoing phase 1/2 DREAMM-6 trial demonstrated clinical activity and a good safety profile with the combination of belantamab mafodotin, bortezomib, and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

In a phase 1 study of patients with relapsed/refractory angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and peripheral T-cell lymphoma, the anti-inducible T-cell co-stimulator monoclonal antibody MEDI-570 demonstrated activity, durable responses, safety, and tolerability.

Treatment with lurbinectedin and doxorubicin missed the prespecified end point of overall survival in patients with small cell lung cancer who progressed after 1 prior platinum therapy.

The investigational drug Rhenium NanoLiposome demonstrated efficacy in an interim analysis presented at the 2020 Society for Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting for patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

Patients with newly-diagnosed, recurrent, and first-line MGMT-unmethylated glioblastoma multiforme exhibited a promising median progression-free survival and median overall survival in two phase 2 trials of VAL-083 compared with historical data.

Treatment with the investigation agent INBRX-109 induced responses and decreased the tumor burden in a cohort of patients with chondrosarcoma, according to interim efficacy and safety findings a phase 1 trial in patients with chondrosarcoma, Inhibrx, Inc announced in a press release.

A total of 100,000 patients are now enrolled Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation’s Oncology Care Model, as a result of the efforts of The US Oncology Network.

Investigators of the CheckMate 920 trial found no differences in safety signals or responses with modified dosing of nivolumab and ipilimumab compared with the standard dose in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma treated in the frontline.

Significant short-term disruptions in care delivery were observed during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, which may have long-term consequences in morbidity and survival implications for patients who were unable to receive cancer screening, treatment, and surgery throughout this time.

A draft recommendation statement was published by the United States Preventive Services Task Force stating that screening for colorectal cancer should start at the age of 45, according to a press release from the Task Force Bulletin.

Results of a randomized phase 3 trial demonstrated that the 3-month regimen of adjuvant combination therapy caused significantly less grade 2 or more peripheral sensory neuropathy than the 6-month regimen as treatment of patients with high-risk stage II colorectal cancer, while not affecting the 3-year disease-free survival rate, according to a report in the Annals of Oncology.

At the International Kidney Cancer Symposium Virtual Event, the 2019 Nobel Laureate and recipients of the Kidney Cancer Association’s Andrew C. Noviak Award and the Pieter de Mulder Memorial Award will give lectures on key topics in the kidney cancer landscape on November 6 and 7.

OneOncology announced the creation of OneOncology Research Network, which is a national non-exclusive clinical trial site management organization.

In a phase 2 trial, onvansertib, a polo-like kinase 1 inhibitor, combined with abiraterone acetate in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have early abiraterone resistance, demonstrated a decent safety profile across 3 dosing schedules and efficacy in the evaluable arms.

In a presentation at the 2020 Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium, Virginia G. Kaklamani, MD, DSc, reviewed the current genomic tools in the triple negative breast cancer landscape that predict response to targeted treatments.

The creation of the CRISPR-Cas9, a novel gene-editing technology used in oncology and other areas of scientific research was the antecedent for Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD, and Jennifer A. Doudna, PhD, being awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

At ISGIO 2020, Michael J. Pishvaian, MD, PhD, discussed the importance of using standard-of-care chemotherapy and to test for actionable mutations in patients with pancreatic cancers, which can identify ways to individualize therapy for these patients.

The “switchable” chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy CLBR001 plus SWI019 received a Fast Track designation for patients with B-cell malignancies such as non-Hodgkins lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to a press release from Scripps Research.

In a phase 3 trial, atezolizumab demonstrated a significantly longer overall survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer who had high PD-L1 expression regardless of histologic type compared with platinum-based chemotherapy.

Better response in survival were observed in patients with Child-Pugh B cirrhosis, a patient population that has limited treatment options, when given cabozantinib in the phase 3 CELESTIAL study.

Nivolumab monotherapy administered after surgery demonstrated a significant improvement in disease-free survival compared with placebo in patients with high-risk, muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma, for all patients randomized in the phase 3 CheckMate-274 trial and those with PD-L1 ≥1% in their tumors, meeting the primary end point of the study.

Race, socioeconomic status, and care barriers are factors that affect the timing of treatment and treatment duration throughout the care continuum according to a recent study.

During the 2020 Association of Community Cancer Centers Virtual National Oncology Conference, a cardio-oncologist and nurse navigator explained the importance of identifying cardiotoxicities in patients with cancer and how to implement a program to help these patients have improved care coordination and experience through employing a nurse navigator

In a post hoc analysis of the randomized phase 3 SURTIME trial of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, early treatment with sunitinib demonstrated better control over the disease as well as detection of progression before planned cytoreductive nephrectomy.

Patients with newly diagnosed, advanced BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer who experienced complete or partial response following platinum-based chemotherapy continued to exhibit benefit in progression-free survival when receiving olaparib at long-term follow up versus placebo as first-line maintenance.

The combination of dabrafenib and trametinib in patients with biliary tract cancer and BRAF V600E mutations demonstrated clinical activity and a manageable safety profile, according to results from the phase 2 ROAR study.

Compared to other racial and ethnic groups, Black patients were the least likely to receive chemotherapy or surgical resection for colorectal liver metastases and experienced worse survival, according to a published research paper.

The efficacy of ixazomib with lenalidomide and dexamethasone versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone plus placebo was shown in the phase 3 TOURMALINE-MM2 trial for patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who were not eligible for autologous stem cell transplant, according to a press release from Takeda.

In the first reported trial of an immune checkpoint inhibitor with chemotherapy in patients with treatment naïve malignant pleural mesothelioma, durvalumab in combination with cisplatin and pemetrexed demonstrated clinical activity and tolerability, according to published study.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology gathered the most recent data on the supply of oncologist in comparison to the demand for them in the United States. A significant shortage of specialists was discovered.