Kristie L. Kahl

Articles

Frontline Nivolumab Plus Chemotherapy Boosts OS and PFS in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

October 22nd 2023

Concurrent frontline nivolumab and gemcitabine-cisplatin followed by nivolumab maintenance therapy elicited OS and PFS benefits vs gemcitabine-cisplatin alone in patients with previously untreated, metastatic or unresectable urothelial carcinoma.

Pembrolizumab Plus Enzalutamide Delivers No rPFS or OS Benefits in mCRPC

October 22nd 2023

Pembrolizumab plus enzalutamide provided no radiographic progression-free survival or overall survival improvements vs enzalutamide alone in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Maintenance Durvalumab Plus Olaparib Improves PFS in Advanced or Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

October 21st 2023

The addition of durvalumab to first-line chemotherapy, followed by maintenance treatment with durvalumab plus olaparib significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, according to data from the phase 3 DUO-E/GOG-3041/ENGOT-EN10 trial.

Perioperative Nivolumab Significantly Improves EFS in Previously Untreated Resectable NSCLC

October 21st 2023

Neoadjuvant treatment with nivolumab plus chemotherapy followed by surgery and adjuvant nivolumab resulted in a statistically significant improvement in event-free survival vs placebo plus chemotherapy, in patients with previously untreated resectable stage II to IIIB non-small cell lung cancer, according to data from the phase 3 CheckMate 77T trial.

Frontline Atezolizumab Plus Chemotherapy Elicits PFS Benefit in Advanced/Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

October 21st 2023

Atezolizumab plus standard-of-care platinum-based chemotherapy, followed by maintenance therapy with atezolizumab monotherapy, improved progression-free survival vs chemotherapy plus placebo, followed by placebo maintenance therapy, in the frontline treatment of patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma particularly in those with mismatch repair–deficient disease.

Pembrolizumab Plus Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Produces Long-Term Survival Benefits in High-Risk TNBC

October 20th 2023

Treatment with neoadjuvant pembrolizumab in combination with platinum-containing chemotherapy and followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab improved event-free survival compared with neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone in patients with high-risk triple-negative breast cancer.

Adjuvant Abemaciclib Plus Endocrine Therapy Sustains iDFS, DRFS Benefit in HR+, HER2– Early Breast Cancer

October 20th 2023

Adjuvant treatment with the combination of abemaciclib and endocrine therapy (ET) maintained a benefit in invasive disease-free survival and distant relapse–free survival compared with ET alone in patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, high-risk early breast cancer.

Repotrectinib Induces Durable Responses in ROS1+ NSCLC Subsets

September 10th 2023

Treatment with repotrectinib in patients with ROS1-positive non–small cell lung cancer, specifically those who were tyrosine kinase inhibitor-naïve or -pretreated, continued to demonstrate durable clinical activity, as well as durable intracranial responses.

Ziftomenib Generates Durable Responses in NPM1-mutant R/R AML

June 11th 2023

Ziftomenib demonstrated clinical activity and a tolerable safety profile in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed/refractory NPM1-mutant acute myeloid leukemia.

Daratumumab Maintenance Is Safe, Feasible After Salvage Transplant in Multiple Myeloma

June 9th 2023

Daratumumab maintenance therapy with or without pomalidomide provided a tolerable and feasible treatment option after salvage hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma.

TTFields Plus SOC Improves OS in Metastatic NSCLC After Progression on Platinum-based Chemotherapy

June 6th 2023

The addition of tumor treating fields to standard-of-care immunotherapy or chemotherapy regimens elicited an improvement in overall survival vs SOC therapies alone in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer following progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy, according to data from the phase 3 LUNAR trial.

Post-hoc Analysis Shows Maintenance Niraparib Provides Additional Antitumor Activity in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

June 6th 2023

The use of maintenance niraparib enhanced antitumor activity and led to a clinically meaningful increase in progression-free survival vs placebo for patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer who displayed measurable residual disease after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, according to findings from a post hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 PRIME study.

Niraparib as Second-line Maintenance Demonstrates Real-world OS Benefit in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

June 6th 2023

Second-line maintenance therapy with niraparib improved overall survival vs active surveillance in patients with recurrent BRCA wild-type ovarian cancer.

Darolutamide Demonstrates Activity, Safety in AR-Positive Salivary Gland Cancer

June 5th 2023

Darolutamide was well tolerated and generated clinically meaningful activity across secondary end points in the treatment of patients with androgen receptor–positive salivary gland cancer.

Health Systems Model Disparities in Leukemia Survival in Low-Income Countries

May 25th 2023

The implementation of health systems strengthening models appeared to be effective in reducing disparities in leukemia survival among patients in low- and middle-income countries.

89Zr-DFO-girentuximab May Improve Identification, Risk Stratification of Renal Tumors

May 2nd 2023

Findings from the phase 3 ZIRCON trial showed that imaging with 89Zr-DFO-girentuximab could improve the identification and risk stratification of patients with renal tumors.

Nivolumab Maintains DFS Benefit in MIUC and MIBC After Radical Surgery

May 1st 2023

Nivolumab following radical surgery continued to display a benefit in disease-free survival in patients with muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma and muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Complications Following Partial Nephrectomy Associated With Particular Comorbidities in RCC

April 30th 2023

Specific comorbidities were linked with complications following partial nephrectomy, compared with radical nephrectomy, in patients with T1b to T2 renal cell carcinoma.

Darolutamide Plus ADT/Docetaxel Produces Durable PSA Responses in mHSPC

April 29th 2023

A post-hoc analysis of the phase 3 ARASENS trial demonstrated that the addition of darolutamide to androgen deprivation therapy and docetaxel produced deep and durable prostate-specific antigen responses in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Long-Term JAVELIN Bladder 100 Data Support Avelumab Maintenance in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

April 28th 2023

First-line avelumab maintenance therapy prolonged survival in patients with advanced urothelial carcinoma, regardless of response to first-line chemotherapy, according to findings from an exploratory subgroup analysis of the phase 3 JAVELIN Bladder 100 trial.