Jonah Feldman

The rise of earlier-onset disease and the introduction of noninvasive testing has changed the landscape of colorectal cancers for oncologists.

The FDA released a draft guidance for drug sponsors of clinical trials in oncology, outlining its move toward requiring randomized controlled trials to grant accelerated approvals for most oncology therapeutics.

A patient who received AB8939, a microtubule inhibitor, in a phase 1 study, had a significant reduction in bone marrow blasts, showing its potential to treat drug-resistant acute myeloid leukemia.

A study of isatuximab and cemiplimab in 3 lymphoma subtypes will not continue, for reasons unrelated to safety.

Investigators from the China ARCHES trial of enzalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy announced that it had met its primary end point in Chinese patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Results were published from a phase 1b trial of patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, showing strong efficacy and safety outcomes.

Following positive phase 1 results in patients with previously treated advanced urothelial carcinoma, the FDA granted Fast Track Designation for the novel AHR inhibitor IK-175.

The LIMBER-304 trial of parsaclisib plus ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis who did not sufficiently respond to ruxolitinib was discontinued after preplanned interim analysis.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Shaji K. Kumar, MD, discussed the presentations from ASH 2022 that stood out as most important to the multiple myeloma landscape.

Patrick Wagner, MD, director of complex general surgical oncology at AHN Cancer Institute, discussed the current state of important developments in treatment of gallbladder cancer.

According to findings presented at the 2023 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings, experts did not identify clear correlation between the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ruxolitinib in patients with graft-vs-host-disease.

Risk of relapse was significantly greater for those with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had low minimal residual disease of less than 10-4 vs those with undetectable MRD, according to results of a retrospective study.

Early results announced from the VITALIZE study show efficacy and safety of maveropepimut-S plus pembrolizumab and low-dose, intermittent cyclophosphamide for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Patients treated with brexucabtagene autoleucel as standard of care in US Lymphoma CAR T Consortium centers responded to treatment consistently with the ZUMA-2 trial, showing real-world efficacy and safety as well as additional data on outcomes for patients with high-risk features and different bridging therapies.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology™, Nathan Bahary, MD, PhD, discussed adapting to new therapy options and what the future holds for improving care for patients with cholangiocarcinoma.

Results of a study of dabrefenib, trametinib, and spartalizumab showed efficacy for the combination of a BRAF inhibitor, a MEK inhibitor, and an anti–PD-1 agent in patients with BRAF V600-mutated colorectal cancer.

The phase 1 POLARIS trial showed a 100% overall response rate for OriCAR-017, a novel CAR T-cell therapy with a new target in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Elacestrant has recieved FDA approval for the treatment of patients with estrogen receptor-positive/HER2-negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Results from the CRC-PREVENT trial of a noninvasive diagnostic screening test have led to the submission of a premarket approval application to the FDA for patients with colorectal cancer and advanced adenomas.

Better health-related quality of life outcomes were seen with tislelizumab vs sorafenib in patients with hepatocelluar carcinoma.

A phase 1 trial showed efficacy of a novel T-cell therapy targeting MAGE-A4 in solid tumors, particularly synovial sarcoma.

A phase 2 dose expansion cohort which received the investigational agent abequolixron plus docetaxel showed clinical responses in patients with non–small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer.

Positive topline results were announced from a study comparing TAVT-45, a formulation of abiraterone acetate that is easier to swallow, to the current formulation.

A Nectin-4–directed drug received FDA Fast Track Designation based on preclinical and clinical data showing potential efficacy and safety in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.

A phase 2b trial of pembrolizumab plus a personalized mRNA vaccine resulted in improved recurrence-free survival in patients with resected high-risk melanoma, the first successful randomized trial of its kind.

The combination of palbociclib and fulvestrant beyond progression on prior CDK4/6 inhibitor did not show significant improvements in progression-free survival compared with fulvestrant alone in ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

Adaptive Biotechnologies announced the launch of its clonoSEQ ctDNA-based MRD assay for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The allogeneic CAR T-cell therapy CB-010 received regenerative medicine advanced therapy and Fast Track designations for the treatment of patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals announced that the phase 3 PhALLCON trial of ponatinib for Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia succeeded in improving the rate of minimal residual disease–negative complete remission.

Investigators in the IT-01 trial of INT230-6 as monotherapy or combined with ipilimumab showed safety and potential efficacy in patients with sarcoma.