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The prespecified interim analysis of the RENOTORCH study showed toripalimab plus axitinib improved progression-free survival, overall response rates, and showed no new safety signals among patients with renal cell carcinoma.

This trial of HST-1011 will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, harmacodynamics, and preliminary clinical activity of the agent when administered as a monotherapy or in combination with cemiplimab.

The use of DecisionDx-Melanoma to guide better risk-aligned care for patients with cutaneous melanoma who are considered low-risk by staging is supported by study findings.

As we better understand the use of artificial intelligence in oncology, experts can improve outcomes, develop approaches to solve problems, advance the development of treatments that are made available to patients with cancer, and more.

Treatment with ceralasertib with and without olaparib showed promising signals of clinical activity in multiple rare gynecologic cancers, according to findings presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Gynaecologic Cancers Congress 2023.

A patient treated with the second highest dose level of FHD-609 had a grade 4 adverse event. Enrollment in the study of the agent in patients with synovial sarcoma or SMARCB-1 deleted tumors has been halted.

Promising results from a type C meeting with the FDA has led to a phase 2/3 trial of darovasertib and crizotinib being initiated in 2023 for patients with first-line HLA-A2 negative metastatic uveal melanoma.

Promising efficacy has been seen with the use of immunotherapy for the management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, Now, durvalumab and tremelimumab combination therapy is being studied for this patient population listed for a liver transplant.

A phase 1 trial of EPI-7386 will evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, drug-drug interactions, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of the agent in combination with apalutamide or abiraterone acetate plus prednisone.

The new Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date for quizartinib for use in patients with newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD-positive acute myeloid leukemia has been set to July 24, 2023.

Findings presented at the ASCO April Plenary Series showed that there was a significant event-free survival improvement among patients treated with toripalimab in the phase 3 Neotorch study.

In an interview, Samer A. Srour, MD, MS, reviewed data from the dose-expansion phase of an ongoing phase 1 trial of Orca-Q in the haploidentical stem cell transplant setting for patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Mitchell E. Horwitz, MD, discussed the FDA approval of omidubicel for the treatment of patients with blood cancers in need of an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant.

Complete remission was achieved in 99% patients with refractory leukemia or hematologic relapse when treated with CD19- and CD22-chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in a phase 2 trial.

DKN-01, an anti-DKK1 antibody, is being evaluated with bevacizumab and chemotherapy for patients with advanced colorectal cancer in the phase 2 DeFianCe trial.

The safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of IDE161, a potent, selective, small-molecule inhibitor of PARG, is being evaluated in a phase 1 clinical trial for advanced solid tumors.

In an interview, Ashish Saxena, MD, discussed the benefit of radiation for the treatment of small cell lung cancer, combining radiation with immune checkpoint blockade treatments, and the next steps for the space.

Data presented at the 2023 AACR Annual Meeting on treatment with BGB-3245 in advanced or refractory tumors with a mutation in the MAPK pathway support ongoing investigations of BGB-3245 in defined cohorts during the dose-expansion portion of a phase 1a/1b trial.

Omidubicel showed encouraging clinical benefit in a phase 3 study vs standard myeloablative umbilical cord blood in patients with blood cancers in need of an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Now, the FDA has approved the agent for this indication.

Positive data from the phase 3 KarMMA-3 study has led to multiple regulatory applications being accepted for ide-cel as a treatment option for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Using the recommended doses of 50 and 70 mg per day from a phase 1a trial of NXP800, the agent will be further evaluated in patients with platinum-resistant, ARID1a-mutated ovarian cancer.

The FDA has requested positive results from a second clinical study of SGX301 in patients with early stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma before filing a new drug application.

The FDA has now granted OM-301 2 orphan drug designations for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma and acute myeloid leukemia.

The effects of chemotherapy-induced myelosuppression for extensive-stage small cell lung cancer were assessed in a new study which used a real-world community oncology setting.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Ajay Nooka, MD, discussed findings from the phase 3 KarMMa-3 trial and the use of ide-cel for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Results from the EARLY-MYO-BC trial assessing the pyrotinib’s cardiac impacts may help researchers select an appropriate anti-HER2 treatment when managing patients with HER2-positive breast cancer.

Mirvetuximab soravtansine is being assessed in combination with bevacizumab as a treatment for patients with folate receptor-alpha-positive recurrent platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

Topline data from part A of the THIO-101 trial showed that patients treated with THIO plus cemiplimab had mild toxicities, including grade 1 fatigue and muscle pain, and 1 case of grade 3 nausea among patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

A phase 2, open-label clinical trial is evaluating treatment with QBS72S in patients with histologically-confirmed breast cancer that has developed brain metastases after a prior cytotoxic chemotherapy regimen.

In a study performed at MD Anderson Cancer Center, there was no significant overall survival impact in patients with anaplastic thyroid cancer who had prior differentiated thyroid cancer, concomitant differentiated thyroid cancer, and prior non thyroid cancers.