Melanoma

The first liver-directed therapy for the treatment of adult with metastatic uveal melanoma is now FDA approved.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Omid Hamid, MD, discussed the efficacy of fianlimab in combination with cemiplimab for advanced melanoma. The results of the study show new possibilities for treating patients who have failed adjuvant anti PD-1 therapy.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Evan J. Lipson, MD, and participants discussed when they would use monotherapy or doublet therapy in metastatic melanoma.

Treatment with the investigational drug FHD-286 exhibits positive results in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma and will be explored further in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Sajeve S. Thomas, MD, discussed key trials of immunotherapy in terms of safety and efficacy for patients with metastatic melanoma.

The safety and efficacy of the combination of lifileucel and pembrolizumab is being assessed in the phase 3 TILVANCE-301 among patients with untreated, unresectable, or metastatic melanoma.

mRNA-4157/V940 in combination with pembrolizumab improved recurrence-free survival in patients with high-risk melanoma.

In the phase 2 KEYNOTE-942 trial, the 18-month distant metastasis-free survival rate was 91.8% with mRNA-4157 plus pembrolizumab vs 76.8% with pembrolizumab alone.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Evan J. Lipson, MD, and participants discussed factors influencing their choice of immunotherapy for a patient with BRAF-negative metastatic melanoma.

Updated progression-free survival analysis data presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting favored the combination of nivolumab plus relatlimab in patients with melanoma.

While the phase 2 CTEP-P9466 trial met its complete response end point, the trial missed its other co-primary end points in patients with BRAF V600–mutant metastatic melanoma.

In a phase 1 study, anti-tumor responses were induced with PRT811 treatment in patients with recurrent, high-grade glioma and advanced or metastatic uveal melanoma.

In the combination of fianlimab and cemiplimab, we showed a consistent and reproducible high clinical activity in 3 independent cohorts of patients who were naive to anti–PD-1 in the advanced melanoma setting, says Omid Hamid, MD.

The biologics license application for lifileucel has been accepted by the FDA for patients with advanced melanoma based on positive data from the C-144-01 clinical trial.

A number of novel immunotherapies, such as PD-1 inhibitors and targeted drug therapies with BRAF and MEK inhibitors, have become available for managing advanced melanoma.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Michael B. Atkins, MD, and participants discussed the case of a 73-year-old man with a history of melanoma whose disease is now metastatic.

A study looked into what drives patient preference for treatment with certain BRAF/MEK inhibitors for BRAF V600E/K-mutant melanoma.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Michael B. Atkins, MD, discussed data from the RELATIVITY-047 trial of nivolumab plus relatlimab for patients with metastatic melanoma. This is the second of 2 articles based on this event.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology for Melanoma Monday, Meredith McKean, MD, MPH, discussed recent and upcoming advances in melanoma treatment.

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.

Primary end point data from the phase 2 KEYNOTE-695 study did not meet the prespecified end point of overall response rate for patients with advanced melanoma.

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.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Michael B. Atkins, MD, discussed with other oncologists what efficacy and safety data aid them in choosing an immunotherapy regimen for patients with metastatic melanoma. This is the first of 2 articles based on this event.

During a live webinar, Hussein Tawbi, MD, PhD, discussed first-line therapy for patients with stage IV melanoma, particularly the impact of targeting both PD-1 and LAG3 in these patients by using nivolumab and relatlimab.

Neither the LEAP-003 nor LEAP-017 studies study showed survival benefit with pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib for patients with melanoma or colorectal cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Anna C. Pavlick, DO, MSc, MBA, BSN, discussed first-line therapy for a patient with metastatic melanoma.

High-dose IL-2 is approved for use as a single agent in patients with metastatic melanoma. However, the agent induces limited efficacy and is known to have considerable toxicity.

Efficacy findings from CheckMate-76 have led the FDA to accept the supplemental biologics license application and the EMA to validate the type II variation marketing authorization application for nivolumab alone in stage IIB or IIC melanoma.

Jason Luke, MD, discussed the role played by the combination of nivolumab plus relatlimab in patients with advanced melanoma.

The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to mRNA-4157/V940 based on data from KEYNOTE-942 which showed that the addition of an mRNA vaccine to adjuvant pembrolizumab improved recurrence-free survival following resection of high-risk melanoma.