ESMO Congress | Conference

Global Maximum-Tolerated Dose of Mobocertinib Found Tolerable in Japanese Patients With NSCLC

September 16th 2021

Mobocertinib displayed a manageable safety profile across 40-mg, 120-mg, and 160-mg dose cohorts in Japanese patients with non–small cell lung cancer, which, when coupled with pharmacokinetic analysis, led to the determination of 160 mg as the maximum tolerated dose and recommended phase 2 dose for further study in this population.

Mobocertinib Shows Improved Responses Vs Real-World Data in Advanced EGFR Exon 20 Insertion+ NSCLC

September 16th 2021

Mobocertinib, a novel EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, exhibited clinically meaningful activity in patients with non–small cell lung cancer who harbor EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations following frontline platinum-based chemotherapy when compared indirectly with real-world data of patients treated with standard of care.

Linagliptin/Atezolizumab Combo Shows Limited Clinical Activity in Second-Line Gastric/GEJ Cancer

September 16th 2021

Linagliptin plus atezolizumab was linked with limited responses as a second-line treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer who participated in an arm of the open-label, phase 1b/2 MORPHEUS platform.

TMB-H Status Linked With High Responses to Dostarlimab in Endometrial Cancer

September 16th 2021

Patients with endometrial cancer who had a high tumor mutational burden experienced high responses to single-agent dostarlimab-gxly, irrespective of mismatch repair or microsatellite stability status.

Darolutamide Plus ADT Demonstrates Similar Safety Profile Vs ADT Alone in Nonmetastatic CRPC

September 16th 2021

The safety profile of daralutamide in combination with androgen-deprivation therapy was similar to placebo in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Darolutamide Favorably Affects Episodic Memory Vs Enzalutamide in mCRPC

September 16th 2021

Treatment with darolutamide was associated with statistically significant benefits in episodic memory by computerized cognitive assessment compared with enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

ESMO 2021: Oncology Experts Share Game-Changing Data in Breast Cancer, Gynecologic Malignancies

September 16th 2021

The 2021 ESMO Congress, held as a virtual format for the second consecutive year, is fast approaching and isn’t holding back in terms of pivotal data across malignancies, especially in breast cancer and gynecologic cancers.

Brigatinib Boosts Intracranial PFS and Health-Related QoL in ALK+ NSCLC

October 1st 2020

Brigatinib demonstrated sustained improvements in overall and intracranial progression-free survival and health-related quality of life compared with crizotinib in patients with ALK-positive advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

Plinabulin Shows Efficacy in Chemo-Induced Neutropenia Prevention During COVID-19 Era

September 29th 2020

Plinabulin was found to be a more favorable option for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia compared with pegfilgrastim during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Apalutamide Maintains Health-Related QoL Among Men With Nonmetastatic CRPC

September 25th 2020

With more than 4 years of follow-up, the health-related quality of life of men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy was shown to be maintained with the addition of apalutamide.

Dr. Nixon on the Role of MSI in Cancer

September 24th 2020

Andrew B. Nixon, PhD, MBA, discusses the role of microsatellite instability in cancer.

Dr. Grivas on the Subgroup Analyses of the JAVELIN Bladder 100 Trial in Advanced Urothelial Cancer

September 24th 2020

Petros Grivas, MD, PhD, discusses findings from the subgroup analyses of JAVELIN Bladder 100 in advanced urothelial cancer.

Dr. Bardia on the Need to Develop Additional Therapies in Metastatic TNBC

September 24th 2020

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses the need to develop additional therapies for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Dr. Hamilton on the Results of the nextMONARCH Trial in Patients With HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer

September 23rd 2020

Erika P. Hamilton, MD, discusses the final overall survival results from the randomized, phase 2 nextMONARCH trial in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Nivolumab/Chemo Improves PFS, Elicits Durable Responses in Gastric/GEJ Cancers

September 21st 2020

The addition of nivolumab to chemotherapy resulted in a statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival and elicited higher overall response rates in patients with previously untreated advanced or recurrent gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Dr. Kelly on the Rationale for the CheckMate-577 Trial in Esophageal/GEJ Cancer

September 21st 2020

Ronan J. Kelly, MD, MBA, discusses the rationale to conduct the phase 3 CheckMate-577 study in esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Atezolizumab Plus Bevacizumab/Chemo Fails to Significantly Improve PFS in Ovarian Cancer

September 21st 2020

The addition of atezolizumab to a backbone comprised of bevacizumab and chemotherapy failed to significantly improve progression-free survival in patients with newly diagnosed stage III/IV ovarian cancer.

Dr. Bardia on the Results of the ASCENT Trial in Previously Treated Metastatic TNBC

September 21st 2020

Aditya Bardia, MD, MPH, discusses the results of the randomized phase 3 ASCENT trial in previously treated, metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Dr. Coleman on the Clinical Implications of the innovaTV 204 Trial in Cervical Cancer

September 21st 2020

Robert L. Coleman, MD, FACOG, FACS, discusses the clinical implications of the phase 2 innovaTV 204/GOG-3023/ENGOT-cx6 trial in women with previously treated recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Study Demonstrates Improved Responses With Molecularly-Guided Therapy in mRCC

September 21st 2020

Findings from the noncomparative, phase 2, biomarker-driven BIONIKK trial demonstrated clinical evidence to support the use of molecularly-directed frontline therapy as means to enrich responses in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.