ESMO Congress | Conference

Lenvatinib/Pembrolizumab Combo Shows Antitumor Activity in Previously Treated Advanced Solid Tumors

September 20th 2020

Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab showed early antitumor activity and tolerability in previously treated patients with advanced solid tumors.

Frontline Ipatasertib/Abiraterone Regimen Shows Superior Radiographic PFS in PTEN-Loss mCRPC

September 20th 2020

Ipatasertib combined with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone led to a significantly superior radiographic progression-free survival and antitumor activity compared with placebo plus abiraterone/prednisone in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with PTEN loss.

Long-Term Follow-Up Shows Encouraging OS With Enfortumab Vedotin in Urothelial Carcinoma

September 20th 2020

Long-term follow-up of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma treated with enfortumab vedotin monotherapy showed encouraging results, with half of patients still alive at 12 months and approximately one-third alive at 18 months.

BLU-945 Elicits Robust Clinical Activity in Preclinical EGFR+ Lung Cancer Models

September 20th 2020

BLU-945, an investigational precision therapy, elicited robust antitumor activity in multiple preclinical models of triple-mutated EGFR-positive non–small cell lung cancer .

Surufatinib Improves PFS in Advanced Pancreatic NETs

September 20th 2020

The novel VEGFR, FGFR, and CSF-1R inhibitor surufatinib yielded a statistically significant and clinically meaningful progression-free survival benefit compared with placebo in patients with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.

Dr. Lwin on the Results of the LEAP-005 Trial in Advanced Solid Tumors

September 20th 2020

Zarnie Lwin, MBBS, FRACP, discusses the results of the LEAP-005 trial in advanced solid tumors.

Dr. Johnston on the Results of monarchE With Abemaciclib in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer

September 20th 2020

Stephen Johnston, MA, PhD, FRCP, discusses the results of the phase 3 monarchE study examining the addition of abemaciclib to endocrine therapy in patients with high-risk early hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Regorafenib Showed Modest Activity in Ewing Sarcoma

September 20th 2020

Regorafenib extended progression-free survival at 24 weeks compared with placebo for patients with Ewing sarcoma in the phase 2 REGOBONE study. However, the oral multi-kinase inhibitor failed to meet the study’s primary endpoint of non-progression at 8 weeks.

Updated Findings Show Olaparib Prolongs OS in Men with mCRPC

September 20th 2020

Olaparib induced a significantly longer duration of overall survival, compared with enzalutamide or abiraterone plus prednisone, in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who had tumors with at least 1 alteration in BRCA1, BRCA2, or ATM and whose disease had progressed during previous treatment with a next-generation hormonal agent.

Pralsetinib Active in RET-Mutant Advanced Medullary Thyroid Cancer

September 20th 2020

Potent and durable clinical activity was shown with pralsetinib as treatment of patients with RET-mutant advanced medullary thyroid cancer, regardless of the line of therapy.

EGFR-MET Bispecific Antibody Amivantamab Excels in Advanced EGFR-Mutant NSCLC

September 20th 2020

The combination of amivantamab and lazertinib demonstrated high response rates and was well tolerated in treatment-naïve and osimertinib-resistant patients with advanced EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

First-Line Apatinib/Gefitinib Combo Shows Significant Benefit for EGFR-Mutant NSCLC

September 20th 2020

Dual inhibition of both VEGFR and EGFR with the combination of apatinib and gefitinib in the first-line treatment of patients with advanced EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer demonstrated superior progression-free survival.

DART Molecule MGD019 Displays Monotherapy Efficacy in Heavily Pretreated Solid Tumors

September 20th 2020

An acceptable safety profile coupled with pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data for the DART molecule MGD019 were reported during the European Society for Medical Oncology Virtual Congress 2020 from results of a first-in-human study.

Osimertinib/Bevacizumab Combination Fails to Prolong PFS in EGFR T790M+ Lung Cancer

September 20th 2020

The combination of osimertinib and bevacizumab did not prolong progression-free survival in patients with advanced adenocarcinoma who had EGFR T790M mutations compared with osimertinib alone

Sotorasib Shows Encouraging Antitumor Activity in Advanced NSCLC

September 20th 2020

The investigational drug sotorasib demonstrated promising antitumor activity in patients with non-small cell lung cancer that harbor the KRAS p.G12C mutation, an aberration for which no targeted treatment has yet been approved.

Immune-Related Biomarkers Linked With OS Benefits of Frontline Maintenance Avelumab in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma

September 20th 2020

Overall survival benefits of frontline maintenance treatment with avelumab in patients with advanced urothelial cancer were found to be positively associated with biomarkers of immune activity and negativity linked with biomarkers of tumor homeostasis and chronic inflammation.

QoL Maintained in Patients With Gynecologic Malignancies Treated on PRIMA Trial

September 20th 2020

Quality of life according to patient-reported outcomes was not reduced despite treatment toxicities in those with ovarian, primary peritoneal, or fallopian tube cancer treated with niraparib versus placebo in the PRIMA/ENGOT-OV26/GOG-3012 trial.

Abemaciclib Reduces the Risk of Recurrence in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer

September 20th 2020

The addition of abemaciclib to endocrine therapy led to a significant reduction in the risk of invasive disease versus endocrine therapy alone in patients with high-risk early hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

PORT Not Recommended as Standard of Care in Completely Resected Stage IIIAN2 NSCLC

September 20th 2020

Post-operative radiotherapy was linked with a nonstatistically significant increase in disease-free survival in patients with completely resected stage IIIAN2 non–small cell lung cancer and thus cannot be recommended as a standard of care for this population.

Dose-Dense iddEPC Demonstrates Significant Benefits in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer

September 20th 2020

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with intense dose-dense epirubicin, paclitaxel, and cyclophosphamide demonstrated significant benefit in the treatment of patients with HR+/HER2- breast cancer.