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The OncLive® News page includes the latest in clinical oncology news, including breaking regulatory decisions, clinical trial findings, pivotal and practice-changing data published in academic peer-reviewed journals, and more across solid and hematologic malignancies. Regulatory news includes new drug approvals by the FDA and European Union, priority review and breakthrough therapy designations, and orphan drug and fast track statuses.

Zanidatamab Triplet Shows Positive PFS Outcomes in HR+/HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

Zanidatamab in combination with palbociclib and fulvestrant resulted in positive progression-free survival outcomes and exhibited an acceptable safety profile in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Atezolizumab Plus Neoadjuvant HP/Chemo Does Not Significantly Improve pCR in HER2+ Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

The addition of atezolizumab to neoadjuvant trastuzumab plus pertuzumab (HP) and chemotherapy led to a numerical, but not statistically significant, increase in pathologic complete response vs HP/chemotherapy alone in patients with HER2-positive operable breast cancer.

MammaPrint Predicts Likelihood of pCR With Neoadjuvant Chemo in HR+/HER2– Early Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

Real-world data support the use of the MammaPrint index as a predictor of neoadjuvant chemosensitivity in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer.

Obesity May Contribute to Biological Differences in Breast Cancer Tumors

December 8th 2023

Clinical, transcriptomic, and genomic differences that may contribute to aggressive tumor biology were observed between Latin-American and non-Hispanic White patients with breast cancer.

Adjuvant T-DM1 Provides Sustained Survival Benefit in HER2+ Early Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

Adjuvant ado-trastuzumab emtansine continued to improve overall survival and invasive disease-free survival vs trastuzumab after 8.4 years of follow-up in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer and residual invasive disease following neoadjuvant therapy enrolled in the phase 3 KATHERINE trial.

SIM0270 Demonstrates Early Antitumor Activity in ER+/HER2– Advanced/Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

The brain-penetrant oral selective estrogen receptor degrader SIM0270 exhibited a favorable safety profile and early signals of antitumor activity in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, including those with ESR1 mutations.

Ribociclib Plus Nonsteroidal Aromatase Inhibitor Improves iDFS in HR+ HER2- Early Breast Cancer

December 8th 2023

A continued statistically significant improvement in iDFS was observed for patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer who received ribociclib plus a nonsteroidal AI vs a nonsteroidal AI alone, according to the final iDFS analysis of the phase 3 NATALEE trial.

Elacestrant Improves PFS in ESR1-Mutant Metastatic Breast Cancer Subgroups

December 8th 2023

Treatment with elacestrant led to a clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free-survival compared with standard-of-care therapy among patients with estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

AHN Cancer Institute Achieves Radiation Oncology Services Accreditation From ASTRO's APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence

December 8th 2023

Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute’s (AHNCI) Radiation Oncology program recently attained accreditation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology APEx - Accreditation Program for Excellence® for all 13 of its radiation oncology facilities.

Phase 3 KEYLYNK-008 Trial of Pembrolizumab Plus Olaparib in Metastatic Squamous NSCLC to Stop for Futility

December 8th 2023

The phase 3 KEYLYNK-008 trial evaluating pembrolizumab plus olaparib in patients with metastatic squamous non–small cell lung cancer will be discontinued for futility, according to an announcement from Merck.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Plus Endocrine Therapy Demonstrates Antitumor Activity in HER2-Low/HR+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2023

Anastrozole or fulvestrant plus fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki demonstrated encouraging antitumor activity in patients with chemotherapy-naïve, HER2-low hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.

T-DXd Yields Early Activity in HER2+/HER2-Low Breast Cancer With Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis

December 7th 2023

Treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan generated clinical responses in patients with HER2-low or HER2-positive advanced breast cancer with pathologically confirmed leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.

Datopotamab Deruxtecan Prolongs PFS in HR+/HER2- Inoperable or Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2023

Datopotamab deruxtecan resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy among patients with previously treated, hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative inoperable or metastatic breast cancer.

Inavolisib Plus Palbociclib and Fulvestrant Improves PFS in PIK3CA-Mutated HR+ Breast Cancer

December 7th 2023

The addition of inavolisib to palbociclib and fulvestrant improved progression-free survival vs palbociclib and fulvestrant alone in select patients with PIK3CA-mutated, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

T-DXd Demonstrates Real-World Efficacy in Advanced Breast Cancer With Dynamic HER2 Expression

December 7th 2023

Administration of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan significantly prolonged time-to-next treatment in patients with HER2-positive or HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, including patients who experienced changes in HER2 status during the treatment course.

Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Improves PFS in Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

December 7th 2023

The combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab led to a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival per blinded independent central review compared with investigator’s choice of chemotherapy as frontline therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Secures $5 Million NIH Grant for Cutting-Edge Cancer Target Discovery and Development Center

December 7th 2023

The Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy and the Icahn Genomics Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health to establish a state-of-the-art center dedicated to the discovery and development of cutting-edge targets for cancer therapy.

Tovorafenib Induces Responses in Low-Grade Gliomas, Including Optic Pathway Gliomas

December 7th 2023

Tovorafenib elicited rapid, clinically meaningful tumor responses in pediatric patients with low-grade gliomas, including those with optic pathway gliomas, regardless of prior MAPK inhibitor status.

Disparities in Survival Outcomes Revealed With BluePrint and MammaPrint Subtyping in HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

December 7th 2023

Precise stratification of hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer using BluePrint and MammaPrint assays revealed comparable 3-year recurrence-free survival rates between Black and White patients despite observed racial differences in the distribution of molecular subtypes.

PFS Benefit Observed With Tucatinib Plus T-DM1 in Previously Treated HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 6th 2023

The addition of tucatinib to ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) significantly improved progression-free survival vs placebo plus T-DM1 in patients with previously treated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, including those with brain metastases.