IMMUNOTHERAPY

Exosome-based therapy for glioblastoma receives FDA orphan drug designation, promising targeted treatment and improved delivery methods for cancer care.

FDA designates ZEN-3694 as an orphan drug, offering hope for patients with NUT carcinoma with no current approved therapies.

A recent trial evaluates the impact of dostarlimab on ovarian cancer treatment, revealing modest benefits and no significant safety concerns with niraparib.

The FDA designates daraxonrasib as an orphan drug for pancreatic cancer, targeting RAS mutations with promising trial results.

The FDA fast-tracks JSKN003, a promising treatment for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, enhancing development and approval processes for this critical therapy.

Nirogacestat shows significant long-term benefits in treating desmoid tumors, improving survival rates and patient outcomes with manageable side effects.

A phase 1 trial reveals camu camu's safety and potential benefits in melanoma and NSCLC patients undergoing immune checkpoint therapy.

Expert Joe DePinto analyzes the 2025 Cell and Gene Therapy Report, highlighting industry barriers and the growing role of oncologists in patient access.

Combination therapy of percutaneous hepatic perfusion with immune checkpoint inhibitors shows promising survival rates in metastatic uveal melanoma patients.

During a live event, Mark Yarchoan, MD, and participants reviewed adverse event management for 3 different combination regimens for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Immunotherapy shows promise in reducing recurrence rates for high-risk skin cancer, despite mixed results in recent clinical trials.

Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD, discusses findings from the KEYNOTE-689 trial in adult patients with resectable, locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Ravindra Uppaluri, MD, PhD, discusses the background regarding locally advanced head and neck cancer and what the trial design of KEYNOTE-689 entailed.

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab showed activity in mCRPC, and while adding SBRT was safe, it did not boost efficacy in the CheckPRO trial.

Shlomo Koyfman, MD, discusses the MK-3475-630/​KEYNOTE-630 trial, which focused on patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell cancer.

Trials of IFx-Hu2.0 are initiating, looking to overcome checkpoint inhibitor resistance in Merkel cell carcinoma.

LBL-007 plus toripalimab showed manageable safety and favorable response in advanced solid tumors, notably higher in IO-naive nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Higher LAG-3 was linked to better responses.

Updated findings from a phase 2 study investigating the IL-2–binding monoclonal antibody AU-007 show a manageable safety profile with strong antitumor evidence.

A study in Nature Communications found that older cancer patients have similar outcomes with immune checkpoint inhibitors as younger patients, despite having different baseline immune profiles, suggesting potential for age-tailored therapies.

This approach aims to improve treatment for patients with this highly aggressive and treatment-resistant type of breast cancer.

OST-HER2 led to significant 12-month event-free survival and demonstrated favorable overall survival trends at 1 and 2 years in recurrent, fully resected osteosarcoma and lung metastases.

R-5780, an oral immuno-oncology drug designed to activate gut-regulated immune pathways, will now be evaluated in a phase 1 trial for cancer treatment.

The C-POST trial has shown cemiplimab to significantly improve disease-free survival in patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma following surgery.