Jordyn Sava is an editor for Targeted Oncology.
FDA Approves Pembrolizumab for Select Patients With MSI-H/dMMR Advanced Endometrial Carcinoma
March 21st 2022Pembrolizumab is now an FDA-approved treatment of patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma that is microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient who have disease progression following prior systemic therapy in any setting and are not candidates for curative surgery or radiation.
Type C Meeting With FDA Requested by Allarity to Discuss Dovitinib in Third-Line RCC
March 16th 2022Type C meeting with the FDA requested by Allarity to discuss potential clinical paths to support approval of dovitinib as a potential option in the third-line treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma
Cabozantinib Plus Atezolizumab Shows No Overall Survival Benefit in HCC
March 15th 2022Cabozantinib in combination with atezolizumab shows no effect on survival compared to sorafenib in patients with previously untreated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma based on results from the final analysis of the phase 3 COSMIC-312 trial.
FDA Approves Olaparib CDx to Detect BRCA in High Risk Early Breast Cancer
March 14th 2022The FDA approved the BRACAnalysis CDx test for use as a companion diagnostic with adjuvant olaparib to identify patients with germline BRCA-mutated for patients with HER2 negative, high-risk early-stage breast cancer.
Ribociclib Plus Letrozole Extends Survival in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer
March 11th 2022Ribociclib plus letrozole demonstrated statistically significant improvement in overall survival with the combination in postmenopausal women with hormone-receptor positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 negative advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
Promising Results of Cabozantinib/Nivolumab in Non-Clear Cell RCC Could Guide Future Research
March 11th 2022In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD further discussed the results of the phase 2 trial of the combination of cabozantinib and nivolumab in patients with metastatic non-clear cell RCC and how it impacts the future of this space.
Pyrotinib/Capecitabine Shows Activity in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer with Brain Metastases
March 10th 2022Pyrotinib combined with apecitabine demonstrated promising activity in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer that have brain metastases, according to findings from the prospective phase 2 PERMEATE study.
Tisagenlecleucel Not Superior to SOC as 2L Treatment for Aggressive B-cell Lymphoma
March 10th 2022Significantly longer event-free survival was not demonstrated with tisagenlecleucel in the second-line setting when compared to standard-of-care second-line therapy in patients with refractory or early relapsed aggressive B-cell lymphoma.
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to 7HP349 for Anti-PD-1 Metastatic Melanoma
March 9th 2022Fast track designation has been granted to 7HP349, in combination with a CTLA-4 inhibitor for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic malignant melanoma following treatment failure with a PD-1 inhibitor.
First-Line Nivolumab/Chemotherapy Could Benefit Patients With Gastric/GEJ/Esophageal Cancers
March 6th 2022In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Ryan Sugarman, MD, discussed the CheckMate 649 trial and Q-TWiST results to provide a further understanding of survival and quality of life benefit of nivolumab plus chemo versus chemo alone.
Elacestrant Improves PFS Over SOC in Advanced ER-Positive, HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer
March 4th 2022Elacestrant demonstrates statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival for patients with ER–positive, HER2-negative mBC who previously received CDK4/6 inhibition.
DKN-01 Triplet Shows Encouraging Early Efficacy/Safety in Frontline Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma
March 1st 2022Findings show DKN-01, tislelizumab, and capecitabine/oxaliplatin (CAPOX) combination to be well tolerated and have encouraging clinical activity as frontline treatment of patients with advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma.