April 10th 2020
STP705 met the primary efficacy end point in an ongoing phase II study of patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in situ.
April 9th 2020
The NCCN has published guidelines for ensuring that patients with cancer, care providers, and staff are kept as safe as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.
A supplemental Biologics License Application has been filed with the FDA for avelumab for the frontline maintenance treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
The FDA has approved the combination of encorafenib and cetuximab for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with a BRAF V600E mutation, following prior therapy.
The investigational RAF inhibitor lifirafenib demonstrated antitumor activity in patients with melanoma and other solid tumors.
April 8th 2020
AV-GBM-1 showed early promise in an interim overall survival analysis of an ongoing phase II trial in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
The FDA has granted a priority review designation to nivolumab plus ipilimumab and chemotherapy for use as a frontline treatment for patients with metastatic or recurrent non–small cell lung cancer.
Treatment with paxalisib, an investigational small molecule inhibitor of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, was associated with a positive overall survival signal in patients with glioblastoma.
The FDA has granted the PD-1 inhibitor balstilimab a Fast Track Designation for the treatment of patients with cervical cancer.
April 7th 2020
The FDA has granted a fast track designation to sacituzumab govitecan for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
Selinexor, an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, is being evaluated in a global randomized clinical trial as a potential treatment for hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19.
The FDA has granted a priority review designation to pembrolizumab for the treatment of patients with unresectable or metastatic solid tumors with tissue tumor mutational burden-high status.
The first 2 patients with COVID-19 have received treatment in a phase II trial exploring the investigational agent leronlimab, a CCR5 antagonist which has been advancing through the pipeline as a treatment for patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
April 6th 2020
Adding veliparib to frontline induction chemotherapy increased complete and CA-125 responses compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, according to an exploratory analysis of the phase III VELIA trial.
The European Commission has approved brigatinib for the first-line treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.
Positive efficacy data have halted the confirmatory phase III ASCENT study exploring sacituzumab govitecan in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.
April 4th 2020
Findings from the pivotal phase II ZUMA-2 trial of KTE-X19 as a treatment for adult patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma were published in the New England Journal of Medicine, as the FDA considers a biologics license application for the CAR T-cell therapy for an approval in this setting.
A Biologics License Application has been filed with the FDA for naxitamab for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory high-risk neuroblastoma.
The oncology supportive care agent tocilizumab might effectively treat cytokine storm caused by COVID-19 in patients with blood cancers, according to a case study of a patient with multiple myeloma.
The FDA has approved luspatercept for the treatment of anemia in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes.