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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.

Real-world Data Confirm Safety Profile for Tucatinib Plus Trastuzumab/Capecitabine in HER2+ Breast Cancer

December 8th 2022

The safety profile for the combination of tucatinib, trastuzumab, and capecitabine from the phase 3 HER2CLIMB trial was confirmed with real-world data for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Frontline Adagrasib Plus Pembrolizumab Elicits Encouraging Clinical Activity in KRAS G12C+ Advanced NSCLC

December 8th 2022

Concurrent adagrasib and pembrolizumab produced preliminary activity when administered as first-line treatment in patients with non–small cell lung cancer harboring a KRAS G12C mutation, irrespective of PD-L1 status, according to data from the KRYSTAL-1 phase 1b and the KRYSTAL-7 phase 2 cohorts.

Frontline Dostarlimab Shows Superior PFS vs Pembrolizumab in NSCLC

December 8th 2022

Treatment with dostarlimab (Jemperli) plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 30% compared with pembrolizumab (Keytruda) plus chemotherapy as a frontline treatment for patients with metastatic non-squamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Eribulin Demonstrates Comparable Efficacy to Traditional Chemotherapy Options in HER2-low and HER2-0 Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Eribulin mesylate demonstrated a trend toward improved outcomes vs other chemotherapy options of physician’s choice in patients with HER2-low or HER2-0 metastatic breast cancer who were previously treated with at least 1 chemotherapy.

Yoga, Exercise Associated With Better Survival in Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Patients with non-metastatic breast cancer undergoing treatment who added yoga to conventional exercises experienced improvements in disease-free survival, overall survival, and long-term quality of life vs those who did conventional exercises alone.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Continues to Best T-DM1 Survival Rates With Longer Follow-Up in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer experienced a significant survival benefit when treated with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan compared with trastuzumab emtansine.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan, With or Without Endocrine Therapy, Shows Promising Responses in Operable HR+, HER2-Low Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Neoadjuvant treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan showed promising responses in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Generates PFS, OS Benefit Vs Capecitabine-based Regimens in Pretreated HER2+ Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

Trastuzumab deruxtecan demonstrated a 64% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with physician's choice of treatment in patients with advanced HER2-positive unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer who previously received ado-trastuzumab emtansine.

FDA Seeks to Withdraw Melphalan Flufenamide for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

December 7th 2022

Oncopeptides AB announced December 7, 2022, that the FDA has asked the company to withdraw melphalan flufenamide from the US market.

UF Discovery Could Lead to Earlier Pancreatic Cancer Treatments

December 7th 2022

Pancreatic cancer often lurks as a silent disease. With no known symptoms, it can progress undetected and spread to other organs.

Race Shown to Predict Survival Disparities in Head and Neck Cancer Clinical Trials

December 7th 2022

A study published by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center suggests that race itself may predict disparate outcomes between patients with head and neck cancer.

RP1 Plus Nivolumab Elicits Responses in Melanoma After Progression on Anti–PD-1 Therapy

December 7th 2022

The combination of vusolimogene oderparepvec and nivolumab generated promising responses in patients with cutaneous melanoma who failed previous anti–PD-1 therapy, according to initial data from the phase 2 IGNYTE trial.

Breast Cancer Index Risk Scores Are Prognostic for Premenopausal Women With HR+ Breast Cancer Receiving Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy

December 7th 2022

The Breast Cancer Index test reliably identified premenopausal women undergoing adjuvant endocrine therapy for early-stage, hormone receptor–positive breast cancer who would derive benefit from the addition of ovarian function suppression.

The State of Biosimilars: Obstacles and Barriers to Use in 2022

December 7th 2022

With patents expiring on some of the revolutionary agents in cancer treatment, the emergence of biosimilars as a lower-cost option has seen exponential growth.

Resistance Mechanisms Spur Innovative Research in FGFR-Mutant Liver and Bladder Cancer

December 7th 2022

Sameek Roychowdhury, MD, PhD, discusses the rationale for targeting FGFR mutations in cholangiocarcinoma and urothelial carcinoma, the potential efficacy of irreversible pan-FGFR inhibitors in these populations, and how continued research in this area may yield more personalized therapeutic approaches for patients with FGFR mutations.

Black Women With HR+ Breast Cancer Have Worse Outcomes, Despite Similar Recurrence Scores

December 7th 2022

Non-Hispanic Black patients with hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer were more likely to have worse outcomes vs non-Hispanic White, Asian, and Hispanic patients, according to an analysis of the phase 3 RxPONDER trial.

Everolimus Plus Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy Fails to Improve iDFS, OS in HR+/HER2- Breast Cancer

December 7th 2022

The addition of 1 year of everolimus to adjuvant endocrine therapy did not demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in invasive disease-free survival or overall survival in patients with high-risk, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Frontline Ribociclib Plus Endocrine Therapy Provides PFS Benefit in Pre/Perimenopausal HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

December 6th 2022

The combination of ribociclib plus endocrine therapy yielded a 46% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death compared with chemotherapy in pre/perimenopausal patients with aggressive hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.

Chemotherapy Followed by Endocrine Therapy Could Increase Cognitive Impairment in Breast Cancer, Irrespective of Menopausal Status

December 6th 2022

Chemotherapy prior to treatment with endocrine therapy could increase the risk of cancer-related cognitive impairment compared with endocrine therapy alone in women with breast cancer, irrespective of menopausal status.

Racial Disparity Revealed in Prometastatic TME in Women With Residual Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Chemo

December 6th 2022

Tumor microenvironment of metastasis doorway density—a biomarker of distant metastatic recurrence—is higher in Black women vs White women with estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer who have residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.