Kristie L. Kahl

Articles

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.

Apalutamide Dose Reduction Does Not Significantly Reduce Skin-related AEs in Advanced Prostate Cancer

April 28th 2023

Reduced doses of apalutamide did not significantly decrease rates of skin-related adverse effects vs full-dose apalutamide in patients with advanced prostate cancer.

Predictive, Prognostic Models May Tailor Neoadjuvant Approach in HER2+ Breast Cancer

March 3rd 2023

With the advent of effective drug regimens to treat HER2-positive breast cancer, the use of tailored efforts with neoadjuvant therapy in this space may continue to improve efficacy moving forward.

Ide-Cel Improves PFS and ORR in Triple-Class Exposed, Early R/R Multiple Myeloma

February 19th 2023

Idecabtagene vicleucel demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival and objective response compared with standard of care approaches in patients with triple-class-exposed relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Chronic Opioid Use Following ASCT Linked With Poor Survival Outcomes in Multiple Myeloma

February 18th 2023

Patients with multiple myeloma who were treated with autologous stem cell transplantation were found to be utilizing chronic opioids at high rates, in turn leading to worse overall survival outcomes at 6 months of follow-up.

Two Years Post-operative ADT Plus Radiotherapy Improves MFS, Time to Salvage Therapy in Prostate Cancer

September 12th 2022

The addition of 24 months of androgen deprivation therapy to postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy provided a metastasis-free survival benefit and improved time to salvage therapy in patients with prostate cancer.

Tucatinib Plus Trastuzumab Elicits Responses in Crossover Cohort in HER2+ mCRC

September 12th 2022

Tucatinib plus trastuzumab improved radiographic response rates in patients with metastatic HER2-positive colorectal cancer initially treated with tucatinib monotherapy who later crossed over to receive doublet therapy.

Cabozantinib Improves PFS Outcomes With Nivolumab, Ipilimumab in Advanced RCC

September 12th 2022

The triplet regimen of cabozantinib plus standard-of-care nivolumab and ipilimumab reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 27% vs placebo in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Neoadjuvant Cemiplimab Elicits Encouraging Pathologic Complete Response in CSCC

September 12th 2022

Cemiplimab produced pathologic complete responses as a neoadjuvant treatment in more than half of patients with resectable, stage II to IV cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Adjuvant Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Fails to Improve DFS in Localized, High-Risk RCC

September 11th 2022

The combination of adjuvant nivolumab and ipilimumab did not elicit a significant disease-free survival benefit vs placebo in patients with localized, renal cell carcinoma at high risk for relapse after nephrectomy.

Tremelimumab Plus Durvalumab/Chemo Maintains OS Benefit in Metastatic NSCLC

September 11th 2022

The frontline combination of tremelimumab plus durvalumab and chemotherapy generated a long-term overall survival benefit in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.