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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.

Majority of US Cancer Centers Report Shortages of Cisplatin/Carboplatin Chemotherapy

June 7th 2023

A survey conducted by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Best Practices Committee found that 93% of United States cancer centers polled in the report are experiencing a shortage of carboplatin, and 70% currently have a shortage of cisplatin.

Nivolumab Plus Relatlimab Demonstrates Consistent Benefit for Patients with Advanced Melanoma

June 7th 2023

Two-year follow-up data from the RELATIVITY-047 trial showed a continued benefit for patients with previously untreated, unresectable, or metastatic melanoma receiving nivolumab plus relatlimab vs nivolumab monotherapy supporting the use of the combination.

FDA Approval Sought for Cilta-cel in Relapsed and Lenalidomide-Refractory Multiple Myeloma

June 7th 2023

A supplemental biologics license application seeking the approval of ciltacabtagene autoleucel for use in adult patients with relapsed and lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma who have previously received at least 1 line of therapy, including a proteasome inhibitor and an immunomodulatory agent, has been submitted to the FDA.

Case Study Shows That Drug Sensitivity Testing Could Help Personalize Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment Selection

June 7th 2023

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have developed a model that mimics patients’ tumor microenvironment that they believe has the potential to inform therapeutic decision making and presented a case study demonstrating the use of the model recently at the Atlantic Regional Hematopathology Meeting.

BL-B01D1 Demonstrates Antitumor Activity in EGFR+ NSCLC and Other Solid Tumors

June 7th 2023

The first-in-class EGFR x HER3 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate BL-B01D1 generated antitumor activity and safety in patients with advanced solid tumors, particularly EGFR-mutated and wild-type non–small cell lung cancer and nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

Sotorasib Provides Consistent Clinical Benefit Over Docetaxel in Key Co-Alteration Subgroups of KRAS G12C+ NSCLC

June 7th 2023

Sotorasib provided consistent benefit over docetaxel in the majority of key prespecified molecularly defined subsets of patients with pretreated KRAS G12C–mutated non–small cell lung cancer enrolled to the phase 3 CodeBreaK 200 trial.

Dabrafenib and Trametinib Plus Navitoclax Meets CR End Point in BRAF V600–mutant Metastatic Melanoma

June 7th 2023

The combination of dabrafenib and trametinib plus navitoclax generated responses and met the co-primary end point for complete response rate vs historical controls in patients with BRAF V600–mutant metastatic melanoma.

Epcoritamab Plus Rituximab/Lenalidomide Produces Responses in High-risk R/R Follicular Lymphoma

June 7th 2023

Treatment with the combination of epcoritamab, rituximab, and lenalidomide led to responses and durable remissions in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

TTFields Plus SOC Improves OS in Metastatic NSCLC After Progression on Platinum-based Chemotherapy

June 6th 2023

The addition of tumor treating fields to standard-of-care immunotherapy or chemotherapy regimens elicited an improvement in overall survival vs SOC therapies alone in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer following progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy, according to data from the phase 3 LUNAR trial.

Liso-Cel Leads to Rapid Responses, High Undetectable MRD Rates in Relapsed/Refractory CLL/SLL

June 6th 2023

Treatment with lisocabtagene maraleucel elicited encouraging responses regardless of prior progression on BTK inhibition or absence of clinical benefit with venetoclax in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, meeting the primary end point of the phase 1/2 TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial.

mRNA-4157 Plus Pembrolizumab Improves DMFS in High-Risk Melanoma

June 6th 2023

The combination of mRNA-4157 and pembrolizumab reduced the risk of developing distant metastasis or death by approximately 65% compared with pembrolizumab alone as adjuvant therapy in patients with resected melanoma at high risk of recurrence, according to findings from the phase 2 KEYNOTE-942 trial.

Datopotamab Deruxtecan Plus Pembrolizumab With or Without Chemo Produces Responses in Advanced NSCLC

June 6th 2023

Combination treatment consisting of datopotamab deruxtecan and pembrolizumab with or without platinum-based chemotherapy generated responses as first- or second-line treatment for patients with advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Sunvozertinib Demonstrates Antitumor Activity and Tolerability in EGFR Exon 20–mutated NSCLC

June 6th 2023

The novel irreversible EGFR exon 20 insertion inhibitor sunvozertinib demonstrated significant clinical activity and similar safety to prior reports in Chinese patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations who progressed on prior platinum-based chemotherapy, according to results from the phase 2 WO-KONH6 study.

Pembrolizumab Plus Chemo Does Not Significantly Improve Survival in TKI-resistant, EGFR+ NSCLC

June 6th 2023

The addition of pembrolizumab to pemetrexed and platinum-based chemotherapy resulted in a numerical, but not statistically significant, improvement in progression-free survival or overall survival vs chemotherapy plus placebo in patients with TKI-resistant, EGFR-mutated, metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Avutometinib Plus Defactinib Demonstrates Promising Activity in Recurrent LGSOC

June 6th 2023

Treatment with avutometinib plus defactinib elicited high responses among patients with recurrent low grade serous ovarian cancer compared with avutometinib monotherapy, supporting the use of the combination in this patient population regardless of KRAS status, according to data from the RAMP 201 trial.

Post-hoc Analysis Shows Maintenance Niraparib Provides Additional Antitumor Activity in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

June 6th 2023

The use of maintenance niraparib enhanced antitumor activity and led to a clinically meaningful increase in progression-free survival vs placebo for patients with newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer who displayed measurable residual disease after first-line platinum-based chemotherapy, according to findings from a post hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 PRIME study.

Niraparib as Second-line Maintenance Demonstrates Real-world OS Benefit in Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

June 6th 2023

Second-line maintenance therapy with niraparib improved overall survival vs active surveillance in patients with recurrent BRCA wild-type ovarian cancer.

Eftilagimod Alpha Plus Pembrolizumab Generates Responses, Safety in Metastatic HNSCC

June 6th 2023

The addition of the soluble LAG-3 protein eftilagimod alpha to pembrolizumab produced responses and was well tolerated in patients with metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

FDA Grants Priority Review to Dostarlimab Plus Chemo for dMMR/MSI-H Endometrial Cancer

June 6th 2023

The FDA has accepted and granted priority review to a supplemental biologics license application seeking the approval of dostarlimab plus chemotherapy for use in adult patients with mismatch repair–deficient/microsatellite instability–high primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Extended Lymphadenectomy Does Not Lead to Survival Benefit in MIBC

June 6th 2023

Extended lymphadenectomy at the time of radical cystectomy did not produce a significant improvement in disease-free survival (DFS) or overall survival (OS) vs standard lymphadenectomy for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer.