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Longer follow-up from the phase 3 AMBASSADOR trial showed adjuvant pembrolizumab to demonstrate a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in disease-free survival in patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma.
RP1 with nivolumab treatment for patients with melanoma after progression on anti–PD-1 offers durable responses and a favorable safety profile, as shown in the IGNYTE study.
The combination of ramucirumab with trifluridine/tipiracil failed to show improvements in overall survival vs TAS-102 alone in heavily pretreated metastatic colorectal cancer.
Patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer given maintenance olaparib/cediranib had similar progression-free and overall survival rates vs those given olaparib alone.
In KEYNOTE-522, treatment with neoadjuvant pembrolizumab and chemotherapy, followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab, led to improvements in overall survival among patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
Eric Jonasch, MD, discusses the mechanism of action of NKT-2152.
The combination of encorafenib, cetuximab, and FOLFIRI showed promising antitumor activity in patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer.
Adagrasib demonstrated superior outcomes to docetaxel in patients with previously treated KRAS G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, even among those with baseline brain metastases.
A combination of lenvatinib, pembrolizumab, and TACE significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma compared to dual placebo and TACE.
Adding retifanlimab to carboplatin and paclitaxel improved progression-free survival in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal.
Adding radium-223 to enzalutamide significantly improved survival outcomes in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer and bone metastases.
Encorafenib plus binimetinib demonstrated antitumor activity in patients with treatment-naive BRAF V600E-mutant advanced non–small cell lung cancer.
Zanidatamab combined with chemotherapy demonstrated promising antitumor activity and safety in the first-line treatment of HER2-positive mCRC, with a high response rate and manageable adverse effects.
In a phase 2 trial, datopotamab deruxtecan plus durvalumab achieved a 50% overall pathologic complete response rate in patients with high-risk HER2-negative breast cancer.
Adding relatlimab to nivolumab and chemotherapy improved clinical benefit in patients with stage IV non–small cell lung cancer compared to nivolumab and chemotherapy alone.
Zipalertinib appeared safe and effective in the treatment of heavily pretreated patients with non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations who progressed on or after amivantamab.
Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy followed by targeted therapy led to excellent survival outcomes in patients with hormone-receptor-positive, HER2-positive early breast cancer.
In a 10-year analysis of the ShortHER trial, high tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes were associated with improved survival in patients with early HER2-positive breast cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and trastuzumab.
While the phase 3 ENGOT-en11/GOG-3053/KEYNOTE-B21 trial missed its end point of disease-free survival, benefits were still observed in the dMMR subgroup.
Pembrolizumab combined with chemoradiotherapy followed by pembrolizumab monotherapy significantly improved survival compared to chemoradiotherapy alone in patients with high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer.
The novel ROS1 inhibitor zidesamtinib demonstrated promising early activity in heavily pretreated patients with advanced ROS1-fusion-positive non–small cell lung cancer, including in those treated with other next-generation TKIs.
A study found that reducing the dose of pembrolizumab in patients with advanced stage non–small cell lung cancer did not significantly affect overall survival compared to the standard dose.
The combination of belrestotug and dostarlimab significantly improved response rates in patients with previously untreated non–small cell lung cancer when compared to dostarlimab alone.
Findings from the DESTINY-Gastric03 study support the further exploration of the antibody-drug conjugate trastuzumab deruxtecan for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced HER2+ gastric, esophageal, and GEJ cancers.
Meredith McKean, MD, discusses a longer-term follow-up study investigating fianlimab and cemiplimab immunotherapy in advanced melanoma.
The study found that lenvatinib continued to demonstrate improved efficacy in patients with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer.
When added to tivozanib, nivolumab did not lead to improved clinical outcomes in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
A statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival and objective response rate was seen with belzutifan treatment in patients with previously treated patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
