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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.

FDA Selects Ontada to Investigate the Natural History of Rare Cancers Treated in the U.S. Community Oncology Setting

October 26th 2023

Ontada®, a McKesson business dedicated to leveraging oncology real-world data and evidence, clinical education, and provider technology, was awarded a competitive contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to advance the use of real-world data in the U.S. community oncology setting.

Novel Frontline Combinations Influence Later-Line Treatment Strategies in SCLC

October 26th 2023

While progress in outcomes has been greater in non–small cell lung cancer, recent advances, including molecularly targeted therapies against EGFR and ALK, checkpoint inhibitors that boost immune response, improved staging, and video-assisted surgery have all contributed to progress in treatment of all types of lung cancer, including in SCLC.

Retrospective Data Show Venetoclax-Based Approaches Improve Outcomes in CLL/SLL After Covalent BTK Inhibitor Intolerance

October 26th 2023

Catherine C. Coombs, MD, discusses a real-world investigation of switching to a BCL-2 inhibitor-based regimen vs another covalent BTK inhibitor in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic leukemia who were intolerant to a prior covalent BTK inhibitor and highlighted factors to consider when deciding between these 2 approaches for this patient population.

ARX517 Demonstrates Early Efficacy With Favorable Safety in Heavily Pretreated mCRPC

October 25th 2023

ARX517 displayed preliminary efficacy and a strong safety profile in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to findings from the phase 1/2 APEX-01 study.

Vepdegestrant Continues to Show Tolerability, Activity in ER+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

October 25th 2023

Vepdegestrant continued to showcase clinical activity with favorable tolerability spanning all doses examined in heavily pretreated patients with estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, according to updated dose-escalation data from a phase 1/2 study.

Venetoclax Monotherapy Leads to Responses, Genomic Changes in R/R CLL

October 25th 2023

Jennifer A. Woyach, MD, elucidates the updated results generated from a phase 2 study of venetoclax monotherapy in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) whose disease progressed on a prior B-cell receptor inhibitor, expanded on key findings from a genomic analysis from the study, and highlighted what these findings could mean for the CLL treatment paradigm.

Dr Nakamura on the Association Between MRD Negativity and DFS in Resected CRC

October 25th 2023

Yoshiaki Nakamura, MD, PhD, discusses updated findings from an analysis of the association between circulating tumor DNA minimal residual disease status and disease-free survival in the GALAXY trial, an observational arm of the ongoing CIRCULATE-Japan trial in patients with resected colorectal cancer.

New Clinical Trials Test Innovative Ways To Preserve Muscle Mass During Metastatic Prostate Cancer

October 25th 2023

The National Cancer Institute awarded investigators at Huntsman Cancer Institute a grant totaling more than $3 million to conduct a clinical trial to see if combining creatine monohydrate supplementation and resistance exercise training helps preserve muscle in people who have metastatic prostate cancer.

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to TTX101 in Malignant Glioma

October 25th 2023

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to TTX101 as a potential therapeutic option for patients with malignant glioma.

Bezuclastinib Plus Sunitinib Shows Encouraging Safety and Efficacy Profile in R/R Second-Line GIST

October 25th 2023

The combination of bezuclastinib and sunitinib had a tolerable safety profile and demonstrated early signals of clinical activity in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

ImPrint Biomarker Predicts Immunotherapy Response in Patients With HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer

October 25th 2023

Denise M. Wolf, PhD, discusses the methods used to conduct the I-SPY2 study and the implications that immune biomarkers could have on selecting treatment for patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer in the future.

Artificial Technology and the Future of Cancer Care: The Good, Bad and Potentially Very Ugly

October 25th 2023

It is difficult to browse a major medical journal these days and not find an article, commentary, or editorial that discusses the objectively rather profound implications for clinical science and health care delivery resulting from simply stunning advances in computer technology in the arena of artificial intelligence.

FDA Approves Ivosidenib for Relapsed/Refractory IDH1-Mutant MDS

October 24th 2023

The FDA has approved ivosidenib (Tibsovo) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed/refractory myelodysplastic syndromes with a susceptible IDH1 mutation, as detected by an FDA-approved test.

Updated Data Continue to Aid IO-Based Frontline Treatment Decisions in Advanced RCC

October 24th 2023

Tian Zhang, MD, MHS, details how updated data presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting from trials such as KEYNOTE-426 and CLEAR have showed the sustained efficacy of VEGF plus immunotherapy combinations vs sunitinib in the first-line setting; discusses where the immunotherapy-only combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab fits in the frontline setting; and highlights how data from CONTACT-03 provided key insights on the use of immunotherapy in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma after progression on a prior immune checkpoint inhibitor.

Data Reveal Medicaid Expansion May Result in Mortality Rate Reductions for Patients With Cancer

October 24th 2023

As a result of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, positive trends are becoming apparent regarding mortality rates for patients with cancer living in the states that have adopted Medicaid expansion.

Retrospective Data Show Nephrectomy With Immune-Targeted Therapy Offers Potential PFS Benefit in Metastatic RCC

October 24th 2023

Nephrectomy with immune-targeted therapy was associated with a progression-free survival benefit compared with immunotherapy alone in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Multidisciplinary Consideration of Frontline Modalities Should Guide Decisions in Melanoma With In-Transit Metastases

October 24th 2023

Danielle K. DePalo, MD, explains the lack of research directly comparing first-line treatment options for patients with unresectable melanoma in-transit metastases, expands on the safety and efficacy of 3 treatment modalities for these patients, and underscores the need for more data to inform the management of these patients.

Bradley Bernstein of Dana-Farber Elected to National Academy of Medicine

October 24th 2023

Bradley Bernstein, MD, PhD, Chair of Cancer Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine.

TAR-200 Monotherapy Is Effective and Well Tolerated in BCG-unresponsive NMIBC

October 24th 2023

The intravesical chemotherapy delivery system TAR-200 provided sustained and durable responses in patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–unresponsive, high-risk, non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer.

Epcoritamab Receives UK Approval for R/R DLBCL After 2 Prior Lines of Therapy

October 24th 2023

The United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has granted conditional marketing authorization to epcoritamab-bysp monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma after 2 or more systemic therapy.