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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.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Elicits Responses in Difficult-To-Treat HER2+ Solid Tumors

June 5th 2023

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki demonstrated clinically meaningful activity across a wide range of HER2 expressing solid tumors, including hard-to-treat tumors, according to findings from the phase 2 DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial.

Zotatifin Triplet Shows Promising Activity, Low Toxicity in Heavily Pretreated ER+ Breast Cancer

June 5th 2023

The triplet combination of zotatifin, abemaciclib, and fulvestrant demonstrated a confirmed overall response rate of 21% in heavily pretreated patients with estrogen receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.

Gaining Ground in Gynecologic and Hematologic Cancers at ASCO 2023: Drs Herrera, Westin, and Jabbour

June 5th 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across hematologic oncology during the conference.

Tovorafenib Presents Opportunity for Tumor Reduction in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma

June 4th 2023

Treatment with tovorafenib elicited encouraging and fast onset responses in heavily pretreated pediatric patients with low-grade glioma regardless of response assessment criteria, according to data from the phase 2 FIREFLY-1 trial that were presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Benefits of Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Chemo Elucidated in NSCLC Exploratory Analysis

June 4th 2023

Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy improved clinical outcomes vs chemotherapy alone in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer who received definitive surgery with numerical but not statistical improvements seen even when definitive surgery was not achieved.

Nirogacestat Provides Rapid and Sustained Pain Reduction for Patients With Desmoid Tumors

June 4th 2023

Treatment with the investigational gamma secretase inhibitor nirogacestat allowed patients with progressing desmoid tumors to experience a significant and clinically meaningful reduction in several aspects of disease-related pain when compared with placebo.

Subgroup Analysis Demonstrates Promising Activity With Elacestrant in ER+/HER2- Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

June 4th 2023

Findings from a subgroup analysis of the phase 3 EMERALD trial presented during the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting demonstrated elacestrant elicited prolonged progression-free survival compared with standard-of-care therapy for patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative non-detected ESR1 mutated breast cancer who experienced disease progression within 6 months of CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment plus endocrine therapy.

TIGIT, PD-1 Bispecific Rilvegostomig Shows Promise Following Prior Immunotherapy Resistance for Advanced PD-L1+ NSCLC

June 4th 2023

The PD-1 and TIGIT bispecific rilvegostomig demonstrated promising early signs of tolerability and efficacy in patients with advanced or metastatic PD-L1–positive non–small cell lung cancer following progression on at least 1 prior checkpoint inhibitor. according to initial findings from the phase 1/2 ARTEMIDE-01 study.

Talazoparib/Enzalutamide Combo Significantly Improves rPFS in HRR Gene–Altered mCRPC

June 4th 2023

The combination of talazoparib and enzalutamide resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in radiographic progression-free survival when used as a first-line therapy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer harboring homologous recombination repair gene alterations.

BRCA Mutations Associated with Worse Survival in HRR-deficient mCRPC

June 4th 2023

Patients with homologous recombination repair–deficient mutations and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who also harbored BRCA mutations experienced poorer survival outcomes vs patients without BRCA mutations and those with non-BRCA HRR mutations, according to an analysis from the CAPTURE trial.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Elicits Promising Antitumor Activity in HER2+ mCRC

June 4th 2023

The 5.4-mg/kg dose of trastuzumab deruxtecan elicited numerically higher activity in patients with HER2-positive, metastatic colorectal cancer compared with the 6.4-mg/kg dose.

PRO Outcomes With Dostarlimab/Chemo Similar to Chemo Alone in 3-Year Follow-Up of Patients With Endometrial Cancer

June 4th 2023

Dostarlimab maintained the health-related quality of life in patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

GC012F Remains Safe, Generates Durable Responses in Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma

June 4th 2023

The BCMA- and CD19-targeted CAR T-cell therapy GC012F continued to demonstrate a favorable safety profile with no new safety signals, and it elicited deep and durable responses in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Vorasidenib Is Potential First Targeted Therapy for Low-Grade Glioma

June 4th 2023

Treatment with the IDH1/2 inhibitor vorasidenib reduced the risk of progression or death by 61% compared with placebo for patients with grade 2 IDH-mutant glioma, according to findings from the phase 3, double-blind INDIGO trial.

Adjuvant Osimertinib Provides OS Benefit in EGFR+ Stage IB-IIIA NSCLC

June 4th 2023

Treatment with adjuvant osimertinib produced a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival compared with placebo in patients with resected, EGFR-mutated, stage IB to IIIA non–small cell lung cancer.

Preoperative FOLFOX Is Noninferior to Preoperative Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer

June 4th 2023

Neoadjuvant treatment with fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin proved to be as effective as pelvic chemoradiation with fewer adverse effects in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer who were eligible for sphincter-sparing surgery.

Nivolumab With AVD Confers PFS Benefit Vs Brentuximab Vedotin Plus AVD in Advanced-stage Hodgkin Lymphoma

June 4th 2023

Nivolumab in combination with doxorubicin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine (AVD) resulted in prolonged progression-free survival (PFS) compared with brentuximab vedotin plus AVD in patients with advanced-stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Positioned as New Standard in Frα+ Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

June 4th 2023

Mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx demonstrated a 35% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with investigator’s choice of chemotherapy in patients with folate receptor alpha-high, platinum-resistant ovarian cancer.

Elranatamab Elicits Responses in Relapsed/Refractory Myeloma After Prior BCMA-directed Therapy

June 4th 2023

Treatment with elranatamab monotherapy produced early, deep, and durable responses in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who received a prior BCMA-directed therapy, according to a pooled analysis of the MagnetisMM-1, MagnetisMM-2, MagnetisMM-3, and MagnetisMM-9 trials.

Looking at the Latest Data in Lung Cancer at ASCO 2023: Dr Naidoo

June 4th 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across oncology during the conference.

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