In the phase 1 GARNET trial, durable antitumor activity was observed with dostarlimab in patients with advanced or recurrent DNA mismatch repair deficient and proficient endometrial cancer. The disease control rate was promising and the safety profile of the agent was tolerable, according to results presented during the 2020 European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress.
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Sacituzumab Govitecan Sustains Clinical Activity in Patients With Heavily Pretreated mUC
September 20th 2020Final results from cohort 1 of the phase 3 TROPHY-U-01 trial reported continued significant activity with sacituzumab govitecan-hziy as treatment of patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma who progressed on both platinum-based chemotherapy and checkpoint inhibition.
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Spartalizumab Triplet Does Not Improve PFS in Metastatic Melanoma
September 20th 2020The phase 3 COMBI-I clinical trial of spartalizumab plus dabrafenib and trametinib showed no improvement in investigator-assessed progression-free survival in patients with untreated BRAF V600-mutant unresectable or metastatic melanoma, missing the primary end point in part 3 of the study.
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Continued PFS, OS Benefit Seen With Ripretinib in Advanced GIST
September 19th 2020For patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors, there was continued clinically meaningful benefit with the novel broad-spectrum KIT and PDGFRα inhibitor ripretinib in the fourth line or later, according to updated data from the randomized phase 3 INVICTUS trial presented at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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PFS End Point Missed With Spartalizuamb, Dabrafenib, and Trametinib in Melanoma
September 19th 2020The primary end point of investigator-assessed progression-free survival was missed in part 3 of the randomized, Phase 3 COMBI-i study of spartalizumab in combination with dabrafenib and trametinib in patients with untreated BRAF V600-mutant unresectable or metastatic melanoma, according to results presented at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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Sequencing Immunotherapy After Encorafenib and Binimetinib Showed Higher PFS in Metastatic Melanoma
September 19th 2020The use of encorafenib and binimetinib followed by immunotherapy demonstrated a higher progression-free survival, as well as an objective response rate and median PFS at 1 and 2 years that were consistent with those reported in pivotal studies, according to a presentation by Paolo Ascierto, MD, at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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Alpelisib and Fulvestrant Show Benefit for Breast Cancer Subgroups in SOLAR-1
September 19th 2020Postmenopausal patients with PIK3CA-mutant, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer in the SOLAR-1 trial experienced prolonged overall survival with alpelisib and fulvestrant even though the study did not cross the prespecified O’Brien-Fleming efficacy boundary (P ≤ .0161), according to research presented at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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Durvalumab With or Without Tremelimumab Fails to Meet OS Endpoints in Urothelial Cancer
September 19th 2020The co-primary end points of overall survival in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer were not met in the phase 3 DANUBE trial of durvalumab in combination with tremelimumab and durvalumab monotherapy, according to results presented at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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The health-related quality of life had clinically meaningful improvements with pembrolizumab as a first-line therapy for patients with microsatellite instability-high and/or mismatch repair-deficient metastatic colorectal cancer versus standard-of-care chemotherapy, according to new data presented at the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020.
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Durable Benefit Observed at 4 Years With Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Advanced RCC
September 19th 2020At 4 years of follow-up, nivolumab and ipilimumab in combination as first-line therapy of advanced renal cell carcinoma demonstrated durable benefit versus sunitinib, according to research presented at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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Lanreotide Autogel Dosed More Frequently Delays More Toxic Regimens in Pancreatic, Midgut NETs
September 19th 2020For patients with progressive pancreatic or midgut neuroendocrine tumors, improvements in disease-free survival and progression-free survival were seen when the dosing of lanreotide Autogel was increased from 120 mg every 28 days to every 14 days. Data from the phase 2 CLARINET FORTE study suggest that this treatment option can delay switching to a more toxic treatment, which was presented at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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RO7122290 Active in First-in-Human Trial for Patients With Select Solid Tumors
September 19th 2020A first-in-human study of the bispecific antibody RO7122290 alone or in combination with atezolizumab showed preliminary antitumor activity and a good safety profile for patients with advanced solid tumors, according to findings of the trial presented at the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020.
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Activity Observed With Balstilimab With or Without Zalifrelimab for Cervical Cancer
September 19th 2020In patients with recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer, the PD-1 inhibitor balstilimab monotherapy or combined with the CTLA-4 inhibitor zalifrelimab demonstrated promising objective response rates no matter the patients PD-L1 status, plus a tolerable safety profile, according to data from 2 independent phase 2 trials presented during the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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NeoTRIPaPDL1 Trial Showed TIL Activity With Guidance From PD-L1 Status
September 19th 2020The combination of atezolizumab, carboplatin, and nab-paclitaxel increased pathological complete response by 10% or more in “immune-rich” patients with high-risk and locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer, as well as turned PD-L1 negative tumors positive most patients treated with immunotherapy, according to the phase 3 NeoTRIPaPDL1 trial data presented at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.
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Xevinapant Combination Induced Significant Overall Survival Improvements in LA-SCCHN
September 19th 2020The addition og xevinapant to standard cisplatin-based concomitant fractionation chemoradiation therapy led to a reduction in the risk of mortality as treatment of patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.
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Frontline Nivolumab Plus Cabozantinib Significantly Improves Survival in Renal Cell Carcinoma
September 19th 2020Frontline nivolumab in combination with cabozantinib demonstrated a 49% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death as treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
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Tumor Regression Is Observed With Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable NSCLC
September 19th 2020In patients with non–small cell lung cancer who were eligible for surgical resection, treatment with one dose of neoadjuvant atezolizumab was considered safe and induced major pathological responses in some patients.
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Pembrolizumab/Lenvatinib Combo Achieves Promising Responses in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
September 19th 2020Christine Dierks, MD, discusses the results from the prospective phase 2 ATLEP study of lenvatinib in combination with pembrolizumab as treatment of patients with metastatic anaplastic or poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
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Survival Improved With Frontline Avelumab as Maintenance in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma
September 19th 2020Avelumab in combination with best supportive care as frontline maintenance in patients with advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who had not progressed on first-line platinum-based chemotherapy led to improvements in both progression-free and overall survival.
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Durable Responses Observed With PD-1/PD-L1 Combination in Urothelial Carcinoma
September 19th 2020The addition of BGB-A333 to tislelizumab led to marked antitumor activity and durable responses with a tolerable safety profile as treatment of patients with urothelial carcinoma in the phase 1/2 BGB-900-101 study.
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Ipatasertib Combination Misses End Points in HR+ HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer
September 19th 2020An improvement in progression-free survival and objective response rate was not observed with the addition of ipatasertib to paclitaxel in patients with PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN-altered hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.
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Futibatinib Induces Durable Responses in FGFR2+ Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
September 18th 2020Futibatinib demonstrated efficacy and tolerability when administered as treatment of patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma who harbor FGFR2 fusions/rearrangements, according to interim analysis results presented in a poster during the the European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress 2020
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Durability of Responses With Larotrectinib Demonstrated in TRK+ Lung Cancer Population
September 17th 2020Larotrectinib induced durable responses in patients with TRK fusion–positive lung cancer, even in patients with central nervous system metastases, according to results pooled from 2 trials of the TRK inhibitor and presented in a poster at the European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress 2020.
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Responses were improved for patients receiving treatment with mogamulizumab with the use of concomitant topical steroids compared with the overall study population in the phase 3 MAVORIC study of patients with mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome, according to the results of a post hoc analysis of the study.
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HIV-Positivity in Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma Shows Comparable Outcomes to Patients Without HIV
September 11th 2020Patients with classic Hodgkin lymphoma and human immunodeficiency virus were found to have similar clinical outcomes compared with patients with cHL and no HIV, according to an analysis presented during the eighth annual virtual meeting of the Society of Hematologic Oncology.
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Daratumumab Leads to Deep Responses Among Newly Diagnosed Black Patients With Multiple Myeloma
September 10th 2020Adding the anti-CD38 antibody, daratumumab, to the standard of care regimen of lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone, improved depth of response, stringent complete response , and minimal residual disease negativity, in a subgroup of Black patients who had newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, according to findings presented at the eighth annual Society of Hematologic Oncology meeting.
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Prognostic factors in patients with myelofibrosis treated with a myeloablative busulfan/fludarabine conditioning regimen prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation in a single-institution analysis showed that a time from diagnosis to transplant of more than 12 months was associated with poorer overall survival and displayed a trend toward higher non-relapse mortality.
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