David Carbone, MD, PhD, professor, internal medicine, College of Medicine Director, James Thoracic Center, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute at Ohio State University Medical Centerdiscusses the Checkmate 057 trial, which evaluates Opdivo (nivolumab) versus docetaxel in previously treated patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
In the phase 3 EXCALIBER-RRMM trial, iberdomide plus daratumumab and dexamethasone doubled MRD-negative complete response rates over standard therapy in relapsed myeloma.
Closing sessions at IMS 2026 featured MRD-guided treatment strategies, real-world CAR T-cell data, and mixed results on cilta-cel neurotoxicity prevention in myeloma.
Etentamig significantly improved response and survival over standard therapy in the phase 3 CERVINO trial, headlining day 3 of IMS 2026 myeloma coverage.
Half of patients who stopped MRD-guided maintenance in GEM2014MAIN remained progression-free at 7 years, as IMS 2026 also featured DREAMM-9, MIDAS, and novel bispecific data.
Dr Raj Singh previews key ASTRO 2026 data, from FMISO PET-guided de-escalation in HPV-positive head and neck cancer to SRS vs whole brain radiotherapy trials in brain metastases.
Mezigdomide plus elranatamab yielded a 100% ORR in MELT-MM, as other IMS 2026 abstracts covered cevostamab, anito-cel vs cilta-cel, and linvoseltamab in HR-SMM.