LUNG CANCER

Mark Socinski, MD and Joshua Sabari, MD, share their insight for community oncologists who treat patients with KRASG12C-mutated NSCLC with CNS metastases.

Two experts discuss the potential role of using adagrasib and sotorasib in the front-line setting and how it might shift the treatment paradigm for patients with KRASG12C-mutated NSCLC with CNS metastases.

Drs Socinski and Sabari comment on the use of sotorasib in patients with KRASG12C-mutated NSCLC with brain metastases and review data from the CodeBreak 100 and CodeBreak 200 trials.

Mark Socinski, MD and Joshua Sabari, MD review the key efficacy data from the KRYSTAL 1b cohort and discusses strategies for managing adverse events seen with adagrasib.

Drs Socinski and Sabari discuss the emergence of the KRAS12C mutation, specifically in patients with CNS metastases and how this factors into their treatment decision.

Drs Socinski and Sabari explain the different types of testing methods commonly used in their clinical practice and share advice for community oncologists who are testing for biomarkers in their patients with NSCLC.

Closing out her discussion on PD-L1–high metastatic NSCLC, Marina Chiara Garassino, MD, looks toward future evolutions in the treatment paradigm.

Centering focus on the second-line setting of PD-L1–high metastatic NSCLC, a key opinion leader defines a potential role for chemoimmunotherapy,

Highlighting data from the EMPOWER-Lung1 trial, Marina Chiara Garassino, MD, considers the role of first-line cemiplimab in managing PD-L1–high metastatic NSCLC.

Comprehensive insight to factors that inform the optimal selection of first-line therapy for patients with PD-L1–high metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Expert oncologist Marina Chiara Garassino, MD, reflects on a patient case of PD-L1–high metastatic NSCLC and outlines first-line treatment options in this setting.

Results from the phase 3 PEARLS/KEYNOTE-091 trial have led to the FDA approval of adjuvant pembrolizumab for the treatment fully resected NSCLC.

Nathan Pennell, MD, PhD, discusses the importance of developing drugs based on resistance to previous treatments in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, discussed adjuvant therapy options and the use of molecular testing in patients with earlier-stage non–small cell lung cancer. This is the first of 2 articles based on this event.

The panel closes by summarizing recent advances in the field and shares hopes for future improvements in molecular testing and treatment options for patients with mNSCLC.

A focused discussion on whether immunotherapy might be an effective treatment option for patients with RET-positive mNSCLC.

The panel reviews LIBRETTO-001 and ARROW safety data on selpercatinib and pralsetinib in RET fusion-positive mNSCLC, and share their clinical experience in adverse event (AE) management in patients who are receiving one of these therapies.

Dr Piotrowska outlines the RET tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) selpercatinib and pralsetinib, which are available for patients with RET fusion-positive mNSCLC, then Dr Neal follows with a discussion of supporting efficacy data from the LIBRETTO-001 and ARROW trials.

Joel Neal, MD, presents a second case of a 67-year-old man with no smoking history who was diagnosed with RET-rearranged mNSCLC, while Michelle Shiller, DO, AP/CP, MGP, touches on molecular testing approaches in patients who are suspected of having a RET alteration.

Zosia Piotrowska, MD, explains how she might treat a patient with EGFR exon 20-mutated mNSCLC who develops an EGFR T790M mutation after mobocertinib treatment.

Karen L. Reckamp, MD, MS, discusses findings from the phase 2 Lung-MAP substudy S1800A of pembrolizumab and ramucirumab in patients with stage IV, previously-treated non–small cell lung cancer.

The COVALENT-102 study has started BMF-219 treatment in patients with KRAS-mutated, advanced solid tumors.

Administering toripalimab with a platinum-based chemotherapy doublet around the time of surgery may extend event-free survival in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

Updated findings from the TACTI-002 trial of pembrolizumab and eftilagimod alpha in non–small cell lung cancer were presented during the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer 37th Annual Meeting & Pre-Conference.

Edward B. Garon, MD, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Thoracic Oncology group at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, reviews key clinical trial data and explains the rationale of using combination IO therapies in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

The FDA has granted the OncobiotaLUNG assay a breakthrough device designation for the early detection of lung cancer.

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.

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, discusses the mechanism of action of canakinumab.

The FDA has approved the liquid biopsy next-generation sequencing-based test FoundationOne Liquid CDx in companion with entrectinib for patients with non–small cell lung cancer with a ROS1 mutation in their tumor.

Dr Neal outlines second-line targeted treatment selection for the patient case, while Lauren Welch, MSN, NP-C, AOCNP, shares her experience with managing the adverse effects of mobocertinib in patients with EGFR exon 20-mutated mNSCLC and comments on potential strategies for treatment modification.