Caroline Seymour

Editor, OncLive®
Caroline Seymour is your initial point of contact for the OncLive® podcast, OncLive On Air™. She joined the company in 2018 as an assistant editor, with expertise in video production and print/digital publication. Email: cseymour@onclive.com

Articles

Indirect Treatment Comparison Indicates Improved OS With Brexu-Cel in BTK Inhibitor–Exposed R/R MCL

October 30th 2023

Brexucabtagene autoleucel demonstrated an improvement in overall survival vs standard of care therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma following prior exposure to a BTK inhibitor, according to data from an indirect treatment comparison of findings from the phase 2 ZUMA-2 trial and retrospective SCHOLAR-2 trial.

Breaking Ground in Breast, Lung, Gynecologic, and Gastrointestinal Cancers From ESMO 2023: Drs Tarantino, Sands, Vergote, and Janjigian

October 24th 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ESMO Congress. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across oncology during the conference.

Frontline Amivantamab Plus Lazertinib Bests Osimertinib in Advanced EGFR+ NSCLC

October 23rd 2023

The combination of amivantamab and lazertinib reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 30% compared with osimertinib alone as frontline therapy for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer harboring classical EGFR sensitizing mutations.

Gathering Insights in Gastrointestinal Cancers From ESMO 2023: Dr Pietrantonio

October 22nd 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ESMO Congress. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across oncology during the conference.

Tisotumab Vedotin Improves Survival in Recurrent/Metastatic Cervical Cancer

October 22nd 2023

Tisotumab vedotin led to a 30% reduction in the risk of death vs investigator’s choice of chemotherapy as second- or third-line therapy in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with disease progression on doublet chemotherapy.

Looking at Novel Treatments in Lung and Genitourinary Cancers From ESMO 2023: Drs Janne and Bastos

October 21st 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ESMO Congress. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across oncology during the conference.

Amivantamab Plus Chemotherapy Nearly Doubles PFS in EGFR Exon 20–Mutant NSCLC

October 21st 2023

The combination of amivantamab-vmjw (Rybrevant) and chemotherapy produced a median progression-free survival of 11.4 months vs 6.7 months with chemotherapy alone in patients with advanced, EGFR exon 20 insertion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Sacituzumab Govitecan Demonstrates Modest Activity in Pretreated HNSCC

October 21st 2023

Sacituzumab govitecan-hziy led to modest but durable antitumor activity with predominant gastrointestinal toxicities in patients with metastatic or locally recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma who received between 1 and 3 prior lines of therapy.

Understanding Unprecedented Data in Genitourinary Cancers From ESMO 2023: Dr Powles

October 20th 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ESMO Congress. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across oncology during the conference.

EMA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to LSTA1 for Pancreatic Cancer

October 17th 2023

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Orphan Medical Products has granted orphan drug designation to LSTA1 for the treatment of patients with pancreatic cancer.

European Commission Approves Adjuvant Pembrolizumab for High-Risk NSCLC

October 16th 2023

The European Commission has approved pembrolizumab as adjuvant monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with non–small cell lung cancer who are at high risk of recurrence following complete resection and platinum-based chemotherapy.

Venetoclax Elicits Responses in B-Cell Receptor–Pretreated CLL Regardless of Mutation Status

October 9th 2023

Treatment with single-agent venetoclax led to prolonged disease response in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who had relapsed or become refractory to prior B-cell receptor inhibitors including ibrutinib and idelalisib, according to findings from a phase 2 study.

Ibrutinib Cessation Following Prolonged Exposure Supports Intermittent Investigation in CLL

October 8th 2023

Stable peripheral disease levels lasting 12 months were reported in patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia following 6 years of continuous treatment with ibrutinib.

Radiotherapy-Activated NBTXR3 Elicits Activity in Older/Comorbid Locally Advanced HNSCC

October 6th 2023

Treatment with the first-in-class radioenhancer NBTXR3 proved tolerable and effective in older patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and a comorbidity index.

Adjuvant Pembrolizumab Improves DFS in Localized Urothelial Cancer

October 5th 2023

Pembrolizumab as adjuvant therapy led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in disease-free survival compared with observation in patients with localized muscle invasive urothelial cancer and locally advanced urothelial cancer.

European Commission Approves Enrylaze for ALL and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma

September 22nd 2023

The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for Enrylaze for use as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma in adult and pediatric patients 1 month and older who developed hypersensitivity or silent inactivation to E. coli–derived asparaginase.

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to NXC-201 for AL Amyloidosis

September 21st 2023

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to the next generation BCMA-directed CAR T-cell therapy NXC-201 for the treatment of patients with amyloid light chain amyloidosis.

European Commission Approves Elacestrant for Pretreated, ESR1+, ER+/HER2– Breast Cancer

September 20th 2023

The European Commission has approved elacestrant for the treatment of postmenopausal women and men with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced, or metastatic breast cancer with an activating ESR1 mutation who have disease progression following at least 1 line of endocrine therapy including a CDK4/6 inhibitor.

CHMP Releases Positive Opinion for Quizartinib in Newly Diagnosed FLT3-ITD+ AML

September 15th 2023

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the approval of quizartinib in the European Union for use in combination with standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction and cytarabine consolidation chemotherapy, followed by maintenance quizartinib, for adult patients with newly diagnosed, FLT3-ITD–positive acute myeloid leukemia.

DNA/RNA Sequencing Aids Subsequent Treatment Selection in HCC/H-CCK Post Atezolizumab/Bevacizumab

September 15th 2023

Tissue- and blood-based molecular analysis could help match patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatocholangiocarcinoma following disease progression on frontline atezolizumab and bevacizumab to targeted therapy or another TKI based on identified genomic alterations.