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The phase 1 dose-escalation portion of a phase 1/2 trial evaluating BT8009 in patients with urothelial cancer led to promising overall response and clinical benefit rates, including 1 complete response at the 5 mg/m2 dose.

Yago Nieto, MD, PhD, discusses the findings from a phase 2 trial evaluating treatment with panobinostat, gemcitabine, busulfan, and melphalan for high-risk or relapsed/refractory myeloma.

At the final analysis of the ARAMIS study, darolutamide reduced the risk of death by 31% compared with placebo in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Though not statistically significant, data from the PROpel study of abiraterone acetate and olaparib were noted to be the longest overall survival results seen in a first-line phase 3 trial in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Patients with first-line metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer had improvements in radiographic progression-free survival irrespective of homologous recombination repair status when treated with talazoparib and enzalutamide.

Regardless of prior therapies, brexucabtagene autoleucel showed a survival benefit in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, according to subgroup analyses of the phase 3 ZUMA-3 trial.

The triplet therapy should become the new standard of care for this patient population, according to recent data.

Treating patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with 177Lu-PSMA-617 within 6 months of completing radium showed to be clinically feasible and well tolerated.

While JCAR021 showed durable responses, there was a high rate of neurotoxicity when given at a dose of 7 x 106 cells/kg in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Patients treated with darolutamide were less likely to develop disease metastasis or discontinue treatment 6-18 months after treatment initiation compared with enzalutamide or apalutamide.

Risk of relapse was significantly greater for those with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had low minimal residual disease of less than 10-4 vs those with undetectable MRD, according to results of a retrospective study.

The first-in-human phase 1 trial of ADI-001 as a treatment for patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma led to responses and a favorable safety profile.

Findings from the phase 2 DALY II USA trial showed that the 28-day objective response rate was 78% with freshly administered zamtocabtagene autoleucel, exceeding the prespecified efficacy threshold for interim analysis.

Data comparing 4 donor types showed matched sibling donors to be preferred in patients with myelofibrosis, according to a presentation given at the 2023 Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meeting.

Further guidance from the FDA will be requested for the new drug application submission for SGX301 for the treatment of early-stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.

A new arm of the I-SPY 2 Endocrine Optimization Platform will investigate lasofoxifene in patients with clinically high-risk ER-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer who are molecularly low-risk.

The independent Data Monitoring Committee recommends the phase 3 study evaluating treatment with uproleselan in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia to continue to the original planned final overall survival events trigger.

Edward B. Garon, MD, MS, discusses data from the phase 3 CANOPY-A study and what they mean for the future of canakinumab for patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

A phase 3 trial of bortezomib, dexamethasone, rituximab, and cyclophosphamide shortened the median time to first response and increased the number of patients with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.

Early results announced from the VITALIZE study show efficacy and safety of maveropepimut-S plus pembrolizumab and low-dose, intermittent cyclophosphamide for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The upcoming THIO-102 trial will evaluate the safety and efficacy of THIO administered in sequence with pembrolizumab or atezolizumab across multiple tumor types.

Presenters at the 2022 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium discussed how antibody-drug conjugates have been changing the treatment landscape for patients with breast cancer.

An interim analysis of the phase 3 ALPINE study showed stronger results for patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma on the next generation BTK inhibitor zanubrutinib than standard of care ibrutinib.

Patients treated with brexucabtagene autoleucel as standard of care in US Lymphoma CAR T Consortium centers responded to treatment consistently with the ZUMA-2 trial, showing real-world efficacy and safety as well as additional data on outcomes for patients with high-risk features and different bridging therapies.

The FDA has approved the first non-covalent Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor for the treatment of relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma in adult patients, based on clinical studies conducted with participation by Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute.

Nivolumab plus cabozantinib led to superior overall survival, progression-free survival, overall response, duration of response, and complete response rates vs sunitinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Patients with acute myeloid leukemia given annamycin demonstrated tolerable safety and preliminary efficacy with the agent, according to topline results from a phase 1/2 study.

Seth Wander, MD, PhD, discusses what research and topics excite him when looking to further evaluate future treatments for patients with breast cancer.

Treatment with futibatinib is now available for patients with previously treated, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic intrahepatic FGFR2-muatant cholangiocarcinoma.

In the phase 3 ETAL3-ASAP trial, patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia given an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant had similar overall survival rates vs those given intense salvage chemotherapy first.