GI CANCERS

Results from the phase 3 FRESCO-2 trial substantiate the potential of fruquintinib to offer enhanced survival benefits and improved quality of life for individuals with metastatic colorectal cancer who have undergone prior treatments.

Results from the phase 3 CheckMate-8HW trial support first-line treatment with nivolumab plus ipilimumab as a standard-of-care option for patients with microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair deficient metastatic colorectal cancer.

Lutetium Lu 177 dotatate plus octreotide significantly improved PFS vs high-dose octreotide in patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

The updated data of larotrectinib as a treatment in TRK fusion GI cancers continued to demonstrate optimal responses, survival, and safety.

From 2013 to 2022, the use of FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab increased in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, with a trend in patients aged 50 years and younger.

Fostroxacitabine bralpamide combined with lenvatinib showed acceptable safety and tolerability, while inducing promising efficacy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Neoadjuvant camrelizumab in combination with nab-paclitaxel and cisplatin exhibited enhanced pathological complete response compared to solitary chemotherapy in individuals diagnosed with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

The combination of neoadjuvant FLOT with durvalumab demonstrated enhanced pathological complete response compared to sole chemotherapy in individuals with resectable gastric and GEJ cancers, regardless of geographical location.

An immunotherapy combination with chemotherapy significantly extended survival and delayed cancer progression in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma compared with standard chemotherapy alone.

ASKB589 exhibited anti-tumor activity when used alongside capecitabine and oxaliplatin, along with sintilimab, for the treatment of gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancers.

In patients who were administered nivolumab in conjunction with chemotherapy, there were enhancements observed in both overall survival and progression-free survival compared to those who received chemotherapy alone.

Findings from an observational investigation revealed that the combination of nivolumab and chemotherapy contributed to improve survival in individuals diagnosed with advanced gastrointestinal cancers.

The latest advances regarding local and systemic regulatory mechanisms of immune responses in cold and hot tumors will be an important topic explored during the 9th Annual School of Gastrointestinal Oncology.

At 12 months, patients in the experimental arm showed OS rates of 14.4% compared with 11.1% for patients receiving chemotherapy alone in the phase 3, open-label CheckMate649 study.

With an investigational new drug application cleared by the FDA, a multi-center, open-label, modified dose-escalation, phase 1b trial of ACT-IOP-003 will begin in pancreatic cancer.

Igor Astsaturov, MD, PhD, discusses the planned phase 1 trial of LP-184 in multiple advanced solid tumors and central nervous system cancers, including pancreatic cancer.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Igor Astsaturov, MD, PhD, discussed what led to the development of LP-184 and explained how the agent will be evaluated moving forward.

A phase 1 study investigating padeliporfin vascular targeted photodynamic in patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma will begin following the FDA clearance of an investigational new drug application.

The phase 3 RELATIVITY-123 trial in metastatic microsatellite stable colorectal cancer is not expected to meet its primary end point upon completion and is being discontinued due to futility.

Recent findings identified that overall and cancer-specific mortality risks were lowered in patients who used antidepressants following a diagnosis with hepatocellular carcinoma compared with patients that did not.

New guidelines for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors were issued by the American Society of Clinical Oncology and geared toward community oncologists who often encounter these rare and complex cases infrequently.

Mohamad Adham Salkeni, MD, FRCPC, discusses the mechanism of action of ivaltinostat and what rationalizes its use in combination with capecitabine for patients with metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Chris Haqq, MD, PhD, discussed the potential use of cancer vaccines in patients with KRAS-mutated pancreatic and colon cancer.

Rohit Gosain, MD, and Rahul Gosain, MD, provide a summary of the key gastrointestinal cancer data updates discussed following the 2023 ESMO Congress Meeting.

Rachna Shroff, MD, details key data from the phase III GASTFOX study comparing FOLFOX to docetaxel (TFOX) in the first line treatment of advanced gastric cancer.