ASCO Annual Meeting | Conference

Obe-cel Elicits 76% CR/CRi Rate, 97% MRD-Negativity Rate in Relapsed/Refractory B-ALL

June 2nd 2023

Obecabtagene autoleucel was associated with a 76% complete response (CR)/CR with incomplete count recovery rate in adult patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Imetelstat Prolongs Transfusion Independence, Increases Hemoglobin in R/R MDS

June 2nd 2023

Treatment with the first-in-class direct and competitive telomerase inhibitor imetelstat resulted in statistically significant and clinically meaningful efficacy in patients with heavily transfusion dependent, non-del(5q) lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome that is relapsed or refractory to erythropoiesis stimulating agents, according to findings from the phase 3 IMerge trial.

Simple Hysterectomy Is Noninferior to Radical Hysterectomy in Low-risk, Early-stage Cervical Cancer

June 2nd 2023

Simple hysterectomy was found to be noninferior to radical hysterectomy and pelvic node dissection in patients with low-risk, early-stage cervical cancer, according to results of the Canadian Cancer Trials Group CX.5/SHAPE trial.

Addition of Ribociclib to Endocrine Therapy Provides iDFS Benefit in HR+/HER2– Early Breast Cancer

June 2nd 2023

Treatment with ribociclib plus endocrine therapy led to a statistically and clinically meaningful improvement in invasive disease-free survival among patients with hormone receptor–positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer compared with endocrine therapy alone, meeting the primary end point of the phase 3 NATALEE trial.

ASCO 2023 Insights: ADCS, Next-Generation TKIs, and More Lead Data Pack Ahead of Annual Meeting

May 31st 2023

Experts in the field share the abstracts they found to be the most practice changing at this year’s ASCO Annual meeting.

Medicaid Expansion Improves Survival in Pancreatic, Gastric Cancers, Potentially Reducing Disparities

May 25th 2023

Study findings demonstrated that states that expanded Medicaid had improved survival rates in patients with pancreatic and gastric cancers, with greater improvements in Black patients for some analyses.

Health Systems Model Disparities in Leukemia Survival in Low-Income Countries

May 25th 2023

The implementation of health systems strengthening models appeared to be effective in reducing disparities in leukemia survival among patients in low- and middle-income countries.

Telephone-Based Weight Loss Program Is Effective for Breast Cancer Survivors

May 25th 2023

A telephone and web-based weight loss intervention was successful in helping patients with breast cancer who were overweight or obese lose weight—which can ultimately lead to improved outcomes.

Luspatercept Nearly Doubles Likelihood of Transfusion Independence in Lower-Risk MDS

May 25th 2023

Luspatercept-aamt led to a higher rate of sustained transfusion independence compared with erythropoiesis stimulating agents in patients with ESA-naïve, lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

Pembrolizumab Plus Chemo With or Without Bevacizumab Maintains OS Benefit in Frontline Cervical Cancer

May 25th 2023

Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab led to a substantial improvement in overall survival vs placebo plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab in patients with persistent, recurrent, or metastatic cervical cancer, according to the final OS analysis of the KEYNOTE-826 trial.

Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Provides Effective Alternative in Resectable Pancreatic Cancer

May 25th 2023

Minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy was found to be a safe and effective alternative to that of open distal pancreatectomy in patients with resectable pancreatic cancer, confirmed by a noninferior radical resection rate, lymph node yield, and comparable survival data.

Neoadjuvant Abemaciclib and Fulvestrant Facilitates High Complete Gross Resection Rate in Low-Grade Serous Cancer

June 15th 2022

The combination of abemaciclib and fulvestrant led to encouraging responses when used as neoadjuvant therapy which translated to high complete gross resection rates in patients with advanced, low-grade serous ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal carcinoma.

Radiotherapy Use in ATLAS Is Reflective of Current Guidance in High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer

June 14th 2022

Apalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy and radiotherapy was evaluated in patients with high- and very high–risk localized or locally advanced prostate cancer, with RT schedules that are reflective of recommended practice guidelines.

Sotorasib Produces Encouraging Antitumor Activity in Heavily Pretreated KRAS G12C–Mutated Pancreatic Cancer

June 14th 2022

Sotorasib demonstrated clinically meaningful activity and acceptable tolerability in heavily pretreated patients with KRAS G12C–mutated advanced pancreatic cancer, according to date from the single-arm, phase 1/2 CodeBreak 100 trial.

First-Line Toripalimab Plus Chemotherapy Elicits Survival Benefit in NSCLC Irrespective of PD-L1 Status

June 9th 2022

Adding toripalimab to chemotherapy in the frontline setting demonstrated improved progression-free survival vs placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer without EGFR or ALK mutations, regardless of PD-L1 status.

Zanubrutinib Continues to Provide Clinically Meaningful Advantages Over Ibrutinib in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

June 9th 2022

Zanubrutinib continued to demonstrate a higher complete response or very good partial response rate and less off-target activity compared with ibrutinib in patients with MYD88-mutated Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

Updated RATIONALE-309 Data Support Use of Tislelizumab/Chemo in Frontline Recurrent/Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Cancer

June 9th 2022

Tislelizumab plus chemotherapy continued to improve progression-free survival over chemotherapy alone when used in the frontline treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma, according to updated data from the RATIONALE-309 trial.

PSA Response Following Darolutamide Triplet Linked to OS Benefit in mHSPC

June 8th 2022

Treatment with darolutamide, androgen deprivation therapy, and docetaxel that elicited a PSA response was linked to improved overall survival in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Tucatinib Plus First-Line Maintenance Under Exploration in Metastatic HER2+ Breast Cancer

June 8th 2022

Tucatinib plus first-line standard-of-care maintenance therapy with trastuzumab and pertuzumab is being investigated for its ability to improve progression-free survival and maintain health-related quality of life in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Dostarlimab Demonstrates Promising Response Rates in Advanced, Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

June 8th 2022

Single-agent dostarlimab generated durable antitumor activity in patients with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer with mismatch repair deficient/microsatellite instability–high or mismatch repair proficient/mismatch stable disease.