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Zenocutuzumab Showcases Robust, Durable Efficacy in Advanced NRG1+ Cancer, Irrespective of Tumor Histology

June 05, 2022

Zenocutuzumab was found to produce durable responses in patients with previously treated advanced NRG1-positive cancers, with antitumor activity observed across several tumor types, and to have an extremely well tolerated toxicity profile, according to data from a phase 1/2 trial (NCT02912949).

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Is New Standard of Care for HER2-Low MBC

June 05, 2022

Treatment with fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki doubled progression-free survival and reduced the risk of death by 36% compared with physician's choice of chemotherapy for patients with HER2-low, hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.

Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Bolsters PFS2 Outcomes in Advanced Endometrial Cancer

June 05, 2022

The combination of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab demonstrated clinically meaningful improvements in progression-free survival on next line of therapy among all-comer patients with advanced endometrial cancer and those with DNA mismatch repair proficient disease, according to an exploratory analysis of the phase 3 KEYNOTE-775 trial.

Epcoritamab Plus R2 Elicits High Metabolic Response Rate in Relapsed/Refractory Follicular Lymphoma

June 04, 2022

The addition of subcutaneous epcoritamab to treatment with rituximab and lenalidomide resulted in a 100% response rate and a low incidence of low-grade cytokine release syndrome in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma, according to findings from arm 2 of the EPCORE NHL-2 trial.

Epcoritamab Plus R-CHOP Shows Efficacy and Tolerability as First-Line Treatment for High-Risk DLBCL

June 04, 2022

The addition of subcutaneous epcoritamab to standard-of-care R-CHOP demonstrated clinically meaningful response in the first-line treatment of patients with high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma according to updated results of a single-arm of the EPCORE NHL-2 trial.

CLN-081 Produces Antitumor Activity With Acceptable Safety in Heavily Pretreated EGFR Exon 20 Insertion+ NSCLC

June 03, 2022

The selective EGFR inhibitor CLN-081 elicited objective responses in heavily pretreated patients with non–small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertions and was found to have an acceptable toxicity profile, according to data from the phase 1/2a CLN-081-001 trial.

HITS Combo Meets Primary End Point for ORR in High-Risk Neuroblastoma

June 02, 2022

The combination of the humanized anti-GD2 antibody naxitamab-gqgk, irinotecan, temozolomide, and sargramostim met its primary end point for objective response rate in patients with chemoresistant high-risk neuroblastoma.

Heightened Histological Focus Fosters Treatment Advances in Non-clear Cell RCC

June 01, 2022

Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD, explains the historical barriers to treatment developments in non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma; highlights the efficacy of cabozantinib plus nivolumab in patients with unclassified, translocation, papillary, and fumarate hydratase–deficient non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma; and elaborates on the need for increased molecular classification of the histologic subsets of non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

The Future of Frontline CLL Treatment Hinges on Chemotherapy-Free Approaches

May 03, 2022

Anthony Mato, MD, MSCE, discusses current data surrounding BTK inhibitors in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the benefits of targeted therapies in this population, ways to begin addressing unmet needs, and the importance of improved clinical trial designs for varying patient populations.

Checkpoint Blockade Before Allogeneic Transplant Improves PFS, But Not OS, in Hodgkin Lymphoma

April 07, 2022

Checkpoint inhibitors prior to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant improved progression-free survival and relapse incidence in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma, but the treatment did not improve non-relapse mortality or overall survival.