Investigational Agents and Ongoing Clinical Trials in Advanced RAI-R-DTC

PYX-201 has gained FDA fast track designation in recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

In season 4, episode 6 of Targeted Talks, Warren Swegal, MD, takes a multidisciplinary look at the RAI-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer treatment landscape, including the research behind 2 promising systemic therapy options.

The FORTIFI-HN01 trial has begun enrolling patients with advanced head and neck cancer to evaluate ficerafusp alfa plus pembrolizumab as a first-line therapy.

The FDA granted breakthrough therapy status to first-line petosemtamab plus pembrolizumab for PD-L1–positive recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Post-operative nivolumab significantly improved disease-free survival in resected locally advanced head and neck cancer, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 NIVOPOSTOP trial.

The NRG-HN004 trial showed that durvalumab did not improve outcomes vs cetuximab in locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy with contraindications to cisplatin, leading to early trial closure.