Jonah Feldman is an assistant editor for Targeted Oncology and Peers and Perspectives in Oncology.
T-DXd Maintains QOL, Delays Pain Deterioration in HR+/HER2-Low/Ultralow MBC
September 15th 2024Patient-reported outcomes from DESTINY-Breast06 show trastuzumab deruxtecan improved time to deterioration for pain and other subscores, with no decline in overall QOL in either arm in the HER2 low/ultralow breast cancer setting.
Recognizing cGVHD and When to Make Key Management Decisions
June 10th 2024In a feature article incorporating Case-Based Roundtable® discussions, we look at the evolution of management for chronic graft-vs-host disease (cGVHD) following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and the impact of effective non-steroid therapies for cGVHD.
Real-World Sacituzumab Govitecan Yields Lower ORR Post-EV in mUC
June 2nd 2024A retrospective cohort of patients with metastatic urothelial cancer who received prior enfortumab vedotin had low efficacy when treated with sacituzumab govitecan, with the best outcomes coming from direct sequencing the two agents.
Responders to UGN-101 Have Positive RFS in Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer
Published: May 5th 2024 | Updated: May 5th 2024In patients at 15 centers who had upper tract urothelial cancer, those with no evidence of disease after UGN-101 induction had a 68% rate of 3-year recurrence-free survival, and this outcome did not differ based on tumor status, method of instillation, or treatment intent.
Advances in Subsequent Therapies Shake Up Sequencing of ccRCC Treatment
April 25th 2024With the approval of belzutifan and other newer data for treating patients with recurrent renal cell carcinoma, the state of subsequent therapies is advancing beyond the reuse of frontline options with impacts on duration of response and quality of life.
Immune Engager Therapies Show Best PFS in RRMM Post CAR T-Cell Therapy
February 23rd 2024A retrospective study of real-world patients showed that immune engager therapies had the best response and progression-free survival rates in patients with multiple myeloma who had a relapse after idecabtagene vicleucel treatment.
Durable Treatment With Ruxolitinib Demonstrated in Real-World cGVHD Population
February 23rd 2024A retrospective study of insurance claims showed patients received ruxolitinib mainly in the second or third line for chronic graft-vs-host disease, with dose adjustment used and no difference shown in time to discontinuation between adult and pediatric patients.
Analysis of Subsequent Therapies Confirms OS Benefit of Darolutamide in mHSPC
January 25th 2024A post hoc sensitivity analysis that counted use of subsequent therapies in patients censored from primary overall survival follow-up favored darolutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
Bispecific T-Cell Engagers Raise Questions on Target Selection and Drug Administration
December 18th 2023The approval of talquetamab, a GPRC5D-targeted bispecific T-cell engager, led to discussions in 2 separate Case-Based Roundtable events on therapy sequencing selection, toxicity, and outpatient treatment.
Obe-cel Leads to Favorable Efficacy in R/R B-ALL With Varying Leukemic Burden
December 10th 2023Durable responses were seen with obecabtagene autoleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia across bone marrow blast levels, with best efficacy and tolerability in those with less than 5% blasts.
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Shows Activity in Real-World mBC With Dynamic HER2
December 7th 2023The RELIEVE study looked at real-world patients receiving trastuzumab deruxtecan based on HER2 expression status and time to next treatment including in those whose HER2 status changed during course of treatment.
Role of Single-Agent vs Dual IO Evolves in Metastatic Melanoma
November 3rd 2023The role of immunotherapy continues to evolve for the treatment of patients with skin cancer, now with physicians able to choose between the use of single-agent vs dual immunotherapy treatments. In 2 separate Case-Based Roundtable events led by Alan Tan, MD, and Douglas B. Johnson, MD, MSCI, physicians considered these options for a patient with metastatic melanoma.
Lenvatinib/Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Shows Manageable Toxicity in mESCC
October 23rd 2023The safety run-in of the LEAP-014 trial showed acceptable toxicity and antitumor responses in patients with metastatic esophageal cancer receiving pembrolizumab, lenvatinib, and chemotherapy consisting of cisplatin plus either paclitaxel or 5-fluororacil.