Kristie L. Kahl

Articles

Pembrolizumab Plus CG0070 Induces Promising Response Rates in BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC

April 13th 2022

The addition of the selective oncolytic adenovirus CG0070 to pembrolizumab showed encouraging activity and safety in Bacillus Calmette-Guerin–unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, according to early data from the phase 2 CORE1 trial.

Genetically Adjusting PSA May Improve Screening with PSA Alone in Prostate Cancer

April 11th 2022

The genetic adjustment of prostate-specific antigen could reduce over-diagnosis, de-escalate invasive testing, and improve the detection of aggressive disease in patients with prostate cancer.

NCCN Guidelines: How to Shared Decisions in Metastatic TNBC Treatment

December 17th 2021

As part of its CURE Speaking Out video series, CURE spoke with Rebecca Moroose, MD, from Orlando Health Cancer Institute, and Virginia G. Kaklamani, MD, from UT Health San Antonio, about shared-decision making with the NCCN guidelines on metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

The Impact of the NCCN Guidelines on Metastatic TNBC Treatment

December 17th 2021

CURE discusses the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines and what they mean for patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Ibrutinib Plus FCR Shows Encouraging Activity as Time-Limited Option for Younger Patients With CLL

December 13th 2021

The addition of ibrutinib to fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab resulted in a higher rate of complete responses with bone marrow undetectable minimal residual disease in younger, fit patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

MRD-Guided Therapy Could Inform Treatment-Free Surveillance in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

December 12th 2021

Minimal residual disease, assessed through next-generation sequencing was found to inform treatment selection and duration with daratumumab plus carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone following autologous transplant in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Chemotherapy Plus Eryaspase Demonstrates Efficacy in ALL With Risk for Hypersensitivity Reactions

December 12th 2021

The addition of eryaspase to chemotherapy demonstrated biological efficacy and tolerability in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who are at risk of developing hypersensitivity reactions to Escherichia coli–derived pegylated asparaginase.

Ibrutinib Plus R-Mini-CHOP Misses OS End Point but Shows Improved PFS in Newly Diagnosed DLBCL

December 12th 2021

Ibrutinib plus rituximab and mini-CHOP failed to demonstrate a statistically significant improvement in overall survival at 2 years but led to an improvement in progression-free survival, quality of life, and function in elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Subcutaneous Daratumumab Plus SOC Maintains Efficacy in Newly Diagnosed AL Amyloidosis

December 11th 2021

The addition of subcutaneous daratumumab to standard-of-care bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, and dexamethasone (D-VCd) continued to elicit stronger hematologic and organ responses vs VCd alone in patients with newly diagnosed light chain amyloidosis.

Final Results from PALLAS Study Confirm Lack of Benefit in Adding Palbociclib to ET in Early HR+, HER2- Breast Cancer

December 7th 2021

Adding adjuvant palbociclib to standard endocrine therapy did not improve outcomes in patients with stage II to III hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer.

Biomarkers May Predict Outcomes Following De-Escalated Neoadjuvant T-DM1 in HR+/HER2+ Early Breast Cancer

September 20th 2021

Baseline tumor immunogenicity may be associated with higher pathologic complete response rates and favorable outcomes in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-positive early stage breast cancer when comparing de-escalated neoadjuvant ado-trastuzumab emtansine with or without endocrine therapy, vs trastuzumab plus endocrine therapy.

Sunitinib Elicits Improved Efficacy Vs Placebo in Malignant Pheochromocytoma/Paragangliomas

September 20th 2021

First-line sunitinib was found to improve efficacy compared with placebo in patients with malignant pheochromocytoma and paragangliomas.

18F-DCFPyL Could Become a Key Diagnostic Tool for Biochemical Recurrence in Prostate Cancer

September 13th 2021

18F-DCFPyL, a PET prostate specific membrane antigen targeting agent, demonstrated statistically significant potential in detecting biochemical recurrence in men with prostate cancer.

Avelumab Plus BCG Induction Shows Favorable Tolerability in BCG-Unresponsive NMIBC

September 13th 2021

The addition of avelumab to Bacillus Calmette-Guerin induction therapy appeared to be safe and well tolerated in patients with BCG-unresponsive non–muscle invasive bladder cancer.

Avapritinib Elicits Clinical Activity in Chinese Patients With PDGFRA D842V+ GIST

July 4th 2021

Avapritinib demonstrated encouraging clinical activity in Chinese patients with PDGFRA D842V–mutant gastrointestinal stromal in a bridging study of the NAVIGATOR trial.

Lenvatinib Treatment Can Continue in Unresectable HCC With Child–Pugh Class-B Liver Function

July 1st 2021

Lenvatinib can continue to be administered in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma that has Child-Pugh class B liver function, as they experienced a similar tumor size reduction as their Child-Pugh class A counterparts in a post-hoc analysis of the phase 3 REFLECT trial.

Cilta-Cel Induces Deep, Durable Responses in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

June 13th 2021

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel continued to yield early, deep, and durable responses after longer follow-up in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Daratumumab Plus Standard of Care Continues to Improve Survival in Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

June 12th 2021

The addition of daratumumab to lenalidomide and dexamethasone continued to reduced the risk of death by 32% compared with Rd alone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma who are transplant ineligible after almost 5 years of follow-up.

Lenalidomide/Rituximab Continues to Improve PFS in iNHL, MCL

June 11th 2021

The combination of lenalidomide and rituximab continued to improve progression-free survival with durable outcomes and a manageable safety profile in patients with indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas and mantle cell lymphomas.

Teclistamab Demonstrates Encouraging Efficacy, Safety at the RP2D in Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma

June 8th 2021

Treatment with teclistamab, administered subcutaneously at a dose of 1500 µg/kg once weekly, led to a high response rate and an encouraging safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.