HCC

Results from the phase 2 Talem trial, presented at the 2023 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, showed the promising signs of efficacy, anti-tumor activity, and tolerable adverse events when combining blank-microsphere transarterial chemoembolization with lenvatinib and sequential microwave ablation for patients with HCC.

Favorable safety and efficacy data were seen with envafolimab, lenvatinib and transarterial chemoembolization in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Anti-drug antibodies did not seem to affect how well the STRIDE regimen of durvalumab and tremelimumab or durvalumab alone worked in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Data from the health-related quality of life analysis of the LEAP-002 study showed similar scores with the addition of pembrolizumab to lenvatinib vs placebo plus lenvatinib in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Laura A. Dawson, MD, FRCPC, discusses findings from the NRG/RTOG 1112 study of stereotactic body radiation therapy followed by sorafenib vs sorafenib alone in hepatocellular carcinoma.

Better health-related quality of life outcomes were seen with tislelizumab vs sorafenib in patients with hepatocelluar carcinoma.

Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma who were treated with lenvatinib following progression on immunotherapy had a median overall survival of 12.8 months and progression-free survival of 3.7 months.

In IMbrave050, the risk of disease recurrence or death was decreased with adjuvant atezolizumab and bevacizumab compared with active surveillance in patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma.

Milind Javle, MD, discusses the phase 3 HIMALAYA study of durvalumab and tremelimumab in patients with locally advanced or metastatic hepatocellular cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Amit Singal, MD, discussed the data from the LEAP-002 trial of lenvatinib/pembrolizumab vs lenvatinib in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, discusses the data from a phase 3 trial evaluating camrelizumab and rivoceranib vs sorafenib in the first-line for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Richard S. Finn, MD, discussed the case of a patient with a 4.5-cm Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System category 5 (LR-5) hepatic mass, Crohn disease, and cirrhosis.

Richard Kim, MD, walks through options in the frontline setting for patients with advanced staged hepatocellular carcinoma and how newer treatments have impacted this patient population.

In data from a first-in-human study of a novel MPS1 inhibitor in patients with advanced solid tumors, clinical activity was observed.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, MBA, discusses with participants the unexpected results of the LEAP-002 trial of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab versus pembrolizumab alone for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. This is the second of 2 articles based on this event.

OTX-2002 has received an orphan drug designation by the FDA for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. The agent will further be evaluated in the phase 1/2 MYCHELANGELO trial.

Considering the higher-than-average rate of liver cancer in Texas as a whole, it was unexpected that the Kashmere Gardens neighborhood cluster would be linked to environmental issues. Texas Department of State Health Services and the City of Houston confirm the cluster exists and is caused by toxins polluted into the soil by The Union Pacific Railroad.

During a live virtual event, Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, discussed the results of the REFLECT trial of lenvatinib versus sorafenib and the LEAP-002 trial of lenvatinib/pembrolizumab versus lenvatinib in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Mahvish Muzaffar, MD, and Nasreen Vohra, MD, from the Brody School of Medicine/East Carolina University, discuss the past decade of progress in treatment for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Findings from the phase 3 HIMALAYA trial have led the FDA to grant approval to the combination of tremelimumab and durvalumab for the treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

TTI-101, an oral, small molecule, STAT3 inhibitor, has been granted fast track designation by the FDA for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Data presented during the 2022 International Liver Cancer Association Conference showed that less than one-third of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who received regorafenib followed by nivolumab experienced grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events.

The phase 1b Study 116/KEYNOTE-524 trial of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab revealed the RAS gene signature to possibly be associated with progression-free survival in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, MD, discussed 3 late breaking abstracts in the hepatocellular carcinoma space currently influencing the field.

Richard S. Finn, MD, led a discussion on the management of patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.