April 17th 2020
The benefit of single-agent acalabrutinib continued well over 3 years after treatment initiation in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
April 16th 2020
The China National Medical Products Administration has granted a priority review to niraparib for use as a frontline maintenance treatment for adult patients with advanced ovarian cancer.
Data from the phase II FIGHT-202 study of pemigatinib in advanced or metastatic FGFR2-positive cholangiocarcinoma have been published as the FDA considers a new drug application for the treatment in this setting.
April 15th 2020
Trastuzumab-dttb (Ontruzant) is now officially available for clinical use in the United States.
Acalabrutinib is being explored in the CALAVI trial as a treatment for cytokine storm in patients with COVID-19.
April 14th 2020
The PD-1 inhibitor tislelizumab combined with frontline chemotherapy significantly improved progression-free survival versus chemotherapy alone in patients with nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has been highly proactive in addressing COVID-19–related issues as the pandemic has created a global healthcare crisis.
April 13th 2020
The phase III ADAURA trial of adjuvant osimertinib in patients with EGFR mutation–positive non–small cell lung cancer has been unblinded due to “overwhelming efficacy.”
April 11th 2020
The success of frontline maintenance niraparib in the phase III PRIMA trial extends to meeting biomarker-defined and other secondary endpoints and showing positive patient-reported outcomes.
April 10th 2020
The China National Medical Products Administration has accepted an application for gilteritinib for the treatment of adult patients with FLT3 mutation–positive acute myeloid leukemia.
STP705 met the primary efficacy end point in an ongoing phase II study of patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in situ.
April 9th 2020
The NCCN has published guidelines for ensuring that patients with cancer, care providers, and staff are kept as safe as possible during the COVID-19 crisis.
A supplemental Biologics License Application has been filed with the FDA for avelumab for the frontline maintenance treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.
The FDA has approved the combination of encorafenib and cetuximab for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with a BRAF V600E mutation, following prior therapy.
The investigational RAF inhibitor lifirafenib demonstrated antitumor activity in patients with melanoma and other solid tumors.
April 8th 2020
AV-GBM-1 showed early promise in an interim overall survival analysis of an ongoing phase II trial in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
The FDA has granted a priority review designation to nivolumab plus ipilimumab and chemotherapy for use as a frontline treatment for patients with metastatic or recurrent non–small cell lung cancer.
Treatment with paxalisib, an investigational small molecule inhibitor of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, was associated with a positive overall survival signal in patients with glioblastoma.
The FDA has granted the PD-1 inhibitor balstilimab a Fast Track Designation for the treatment of patients with cervical cancer.
April 7th 2020
The FDA has granted a fast track designation to sacituzumab govitecan for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.