ASCO Annual Meeting | Conference

PRT811 Elicits Responses and Shows Safety in Advanced Glioma and Uveal Melanoma

June 5th 2023

The protein arginine methyltransferase 5 brain-penetrant inhibitor PRT811 demonstrated preliminary antitumor activity and acceptable safety for patients with recurrent high-grade glioma and advanced or metastatic uveal melanoma, according to data from the dose-expansion portion of a phase 1 trial presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Dr Asai on Final Results From a Phase 1/2 Trial of Tirabrutinib in R/R PCNSL

June 5th 2023

Katsunori Asai, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan, discusses the use of tirabrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma according to a phase 1/2 study (JapicCTI-173646).

Dr Doger de Spéville on Key Efficacy Findings From Part C of TACTI-002 in HNSCC

June 5th 2023

Bernard Doger de Spéville, MD, PhD, discusses key findings from part C of the phase 2 TACTI-002 trial of eftilagimod alpha plus pembrolizumab as second-line treatment for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Erdafitinib Confers OS Benefit in FGFR-Altered Urothelial Cancer

June 5th 2023

Erdafitinib reduced the risk of death by 36% vs investigator’s choice of chemotherapy in patients with FGFR2/3-altered metastatic urothelial cancer who were previously treated with anti–PD-1 therapy, according to findings from the phase 3 THOR trial.

Frontline Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Plus Chemotherapy Maintains Efficacy Advantage in Metastatic NSCLC

June 5th 2023

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab and chemotherapy continued to show durable benefit at 4 years compared with chemotherapy alone as first-line therapy in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer, particularly in the PD-L1–negative and squamous populations.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Elicits Responses in Difficult-To-Treat HER2+ Solid Tumors

June 5th 2023

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki demonstrated clinically meaningful activity across a wide range of HER2 expressing solid tumors, including hard-to-treat tumors, according to findings from the phase 2 DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial.

Zotatifin Triplet Shows Promising Activity, Low Toxicity in Heavily Pretreated ER+ Breast Cancer

June 5th 2023

The triplet combination of zotatifin, abemaciclib, and fulvestrant demonstrated a confirmed overall response rate of 21% in heavily pretreated patients with estrogen receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.

Tovorafenib Presents Opportunity for Tumor Reduction in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma

June 4th 2023

Treatment with tovorafenib elicited encouraging and fast onset responses in heavily pretreated pediatric patients with low-grade glioma regardless of response assessment criteria, according to data from the phase 2 FIREFLY-1 trial that were presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Dr Raghav on Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in HER2+ mCRC

June 4th 2023

Kanwal P. S. Raghav, MBBS, MD, discusses primary findings from the phase 2 DESTINY-CRC02 trial (NCT04744831) of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with HER2 amplification or overexpression.

Dr Herbst on Adjuvant Osimertinib in EGFR-mutant NSCLC

June 4th 2023

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, discusses findings from the overall survival analysis of the phase 3 ADAURA trial of adjuvant osimertinib in patients with stage IB to IIIA resected non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations.

Benefits of Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Chemo Elucidated in NSCLC Exploratory Analysis

June 4th 2023

Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy improved clinical outcomes vs chemotherapy alone in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer who received definitive surgery with numerical but not statistical improvements seen even when definitive surgery was not achieved.

Nirogacestat Provides Rapid and Sustained Pain Reduction for Patients With Desmoid Tumors

June 4th 2023

Treatment with the investigational gamma secretase inhibitor nirogacestat allowed patients with progressing desmoid tumors to experience a significant and clinically meaningful reduction in several aspects of disease-related pain when compared with placebo.

Subgroup Analysis Demonstrates Promising Activity With Elacestrant in ER+/HER2- Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

June 4th 2023

Findings from a subgroup analysis of the phase 3 EMERALD trial presented during the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting demonstrated elacestrant elicited prolonged progression-free survival compared with standard-of-care therapy for patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative non-detected ESR1 mutated breast cancer who experienced disease progression within 6 months of CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment plus endocrine therapy.

TIGIT, PD-1 Bispecific Rilvegostomig Shows Promise Following Prior Immunotherapy Resistance for Advanced PD-L1+ NSCLC

June 4th 2023

The PD-1 and TIGIT bispecific rilvegostomig demonstrated promising early signs of tolerability and efficacy in patients with advanced or metastatic PD-L1–positive non–small cell lung cancer following progression on at least 1 prior checkpoint inhibitor. according to initial findings from the phase 1/2 ARTEMIDE-01 study.

Talazoparib/Enzalutamide Combo Significantly Improves rPFS in HRR Gene–Altered mCRPC

June 4th 2023

The combination of talazoparib and enzalutamide resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression-free survival when used as a first-line therapy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer harboring homologous recombination repair gene alterations.

BRCA Mutations Associated with Worse Survival in HRR-deficient mCRPC

June 4th 2023

Patients with homologous recombination repair–deficient mutations and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who also harbored BRCA mutations experienced poorer survival outcomes vs patients without BRCA mutations and those with non-BRCA HRR mutations, according to an analysis from the CAPTURE trial.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Elicits Promising Antitumor Activity in HER2+ mCRC

June 4th 2023

The 5.4-mg/kg dose of trastuzumab deruxtecan elicited numerically higher activity in patients with HER2-positive, metastatic colorectal cancer compared with the 6.4-mg/kg dose.

PRO Outcomes With Dostarlimab/Chemo Similar to Chemo Alone in 3-Year Follow-Up of Patients With Endometrial Cancer

June 4th 2023

Dostarlimab maintained the health-related quality of life in patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

GC012F Remains Safe, Generates Durable Responses in Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma

June 4th 2023

The BCMA- and CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy GC012F continued to demonstrate a favorable safety profile with no new safety signals, and it elicited deep and durable responses in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Vorasidenib Is Potential First Targeted Therapy for Low-Grade Glioma

June 4th 2023

Treatment with the IDH1/2 inhibitor vorasidenib reduced the risk of progression or death by 61% compared with placebo for patients with grade 2 IDH-mutant glioma, according to findings from the phase 3, double-blind INDIGO trial.