Sabrina Serani

A new immunotherapy combination of eftilagimod alpha and pembrolizumab shows promise in treating head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, even in patients with low PD-L1 expression.

Findings from the MARIPOSA trial showed that amivantamab plus lazertinib were superior to osimertinib for the treatment of EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

The SKYSCRAPER-06 trial for the first-line treatment of non–small cell lung cancer was stopped because the combination of tiragolumab and atezolizumab did not improve survival compared with the control of pembrolizumab and chemotherapy.

Elizabeth Loggers, MD, PhD, discussed the phase 3 DeFi study exploring ovarian toxicity in female patients receiving nirogacestat for the treatment of desmoid tumors.

The application of remestemcel-L, a potential first-of-its-kind treatment for pediatric patients following stem cell transplants, has been resubmitted for FDA approval after addressing previous concerns.

Jessica Paulus, ScD, discussed a study investigating real-world trends in lung cancer staging among community oncology practices.

Mariam Eskander, MD, MPH, discussed a study exploring how inequity and social vulnerability factor into clinical trial enrollment.

Alexandra Gomez Arteaga, MD, discussed findings from a retrospective study comparing Orca-T with posttransplant cyclophosphamide graft-vs-host disease prophylaxis to assess outcomes in patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplant.

The CARTITUDE-4 study that found that treatment with cilta-cel led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival among patients with relapsed and lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma who received 1 to 3 prior lines of therapy.

The manufacturer has resubmitted an application to the FDA for approval of the drug cosibelimab, which is being investigated for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

The tissue-based companion diagnostic device was approved for the same therapy and indication in August 2023.

Neil Segal, MD, discussed findings from a phase 1/2 trial investigating REGN7075 in patients with solid tumors refractory to immunotherapy.

The FDA approved Tepylute, a ready-to-dilute formulation of an existing treatment for breast and ovarian adenocarcinoma.

A phase 1/2a study is investigating the novel antibody-drug conjugate for the treatment of ovarian and non–small cell lung cancers.

Patritumab deruxtecan has been issued a complete response letter to its biologics license application for the treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutations after prior treatment with 2 or more lines of therapy.

This FDA approval marks the first subcutaneous bispecific antibody to be approved in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Durvalumab did not significantly improve disease-free survival in patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer following resection.

Secondary malignancies following CAR T-cell therapy have been a known risk, but an FDA investigation and call for labeling change have renewed interest.

Nikhil Khushalani, MD, discussed a phase 3 study investigating fianlimab plus cemiplimab vs nivolumab and relatlimab for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma.

David Spigel, MD, discussed the findings and implications from the phase 3 ADRIATIC study of durvalumab in small cell lung cancer presented at the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Neel Bhatt, MD, discussed the importance of long-term patient monitoring following hematopoietic cell transplantation.

The phase 3 ENVISION study investigating UGN-102 previously met its primary end point of complete response rate.

Pembrolizumab plus standard-of-care chemotherapy improved survival in patients with endometrial cancer vs chemotherapy alone.

Anthony Conley, MD, discussed findings from a phase 1/2 study investigating the oncolytic virus AdAPT-001 in patients with solid tumors presented at ASCO 2024.

Stephen Williams, MD, MBA, MS, FACS, FACHE, discussed updates from the SunRISe-2 study investigating TAR-200 plus cetrelimab vs chemotherapy in muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Benjamin Lowentritt, MD, discussed findings from real-world analyses looking at enzalutamide or abiraterone vs apalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

The FDA has greenlighted blinatumomab for the treatment of patients with CD19-positive, B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia following a priority review designation.

MOST study shows high rates of disease progression in low/intermediate-risk myelofibrosis over 4 years, with the rate increasing over time. This offers valuable insight for a patient group with limited prior data.

The FDA granted approval to repotrectinib for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced solid tumors with an NTRK gene fusion.