Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU) | Conference

Enfortumab Vedotin Showcases Impressive Safety, Efficacy in Cisplatin-Ineligible Urothelial Cancer

February 13th 2021

February 12, 2021 - Enfortumab vedotin elicited the highest response rates observed for any regimen examined in cisplatin-ineligible patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who received prior PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors.

Cabozantinib Displays Significant Intracranial Activity in Metastatic RCC

February 13th 2021

February 12, 2021 - Cabozantinib demonstrated significant intracranial and extracranial responses in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who have brain metastases.

Dr. Bergerot on Improved HRQoL With a Higher Starting Dose of Lenvatinib Plus Everolimus in RCC

February 13th 2021

Cristiane Bergerot PhD, MS, BS, discusses how a higher starting dose of lenvatinib, to be combined with everolimus, can improve health-related quality of life in patients with renal cell carcinoma, as demonstrated in a phase 2 open-label trial.

Frontline Nivolumab/Cabozantinib Maintains Survival Benefit Over Sunitinib in Advanced RCC

February 13th 2021

February 12, 2021 - The combination of nivolumab and cabozantinib continued to showcase a superior survival benefit over single-agent sunitinib when used as first-line treatment in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Dr. Efstathiou on the rPFS Benefit Achieved With Apalutamide Regimen in mCRPC

February 12th 2021

Eleni Efstathiou, MD, discusses the key findings of the placebo-controlled, double-blind phase 3 ACIS study of apalutamide and abiraterone acetate plus prednisone versus prednisone alone in patients with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Tivozanib Reduces Symptomatic Burden and Toxicity in RCC

February 12th 2021

February 12, 2021 - Tivozanib led to a significantly greater quality-adjusted time without symptoms of disease and toxicity as third- or fourth-line therapy versus sorafenib in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Crossover Minimally Impacts OS Benefit Achieved With Darolutamide in ARAMIS Trial

February 12th 2021

February 12, 2021 - Crossover from placebo to darolutamide appeared to have minimal impact on the overall survival benefit experienced by patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who were enrolled to the pivotal phase 3 ARAMIS trial.

Atezolizumab Demonstrates Clinical Activity in PD-L1–High Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

February 12th 2021

February 12, 2021 - Atezolizumab monotherapy showed favorable outcomes compared with chemotherapy alone as frontline treatment for patients with cisplatin-ineligible IC2/3 advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

PSMA-Targeted Agent Shows Potential Utility in Identifying Relapsed Prostate Cancer

February 12th 2021

February 12, 2021 - The novel prostate specific membrane antigen–targeted radiopharmaceutical for PET imaging technique, 18F-DCFPyL, demonstrated potential in identifying occult prostate cancer and more accurately characterizing disease burden.

Prolonged Treatment With Darolutamide Is Well Tolerated in Nonmetastic CRPC

February 12th 2021

February 12, 2021 - The androgen receptor inhibitor darolutamide continues to show favorable tolerability in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, even when given for a prolonged period of time.

Nivolumab/Cabozantinib Combo Improves Quality of Life in Advanced RCC

February 12th 2021

February 12, 2021 - Patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma reported improved health-related quality of life when treated with nivolumab plus cabozantinib compared with sunitinib

ASCO GU 2021 News: Dr. William Oh and Dr. Julie Graff

February 12th 2021

Eganelisib Could Enhance Responses With Nivolumab in Urothelial Carcinoma

February 11th 2021

February 11, 2021 - Eganelisib, a novel PI3K-y inhibitor, demonstrated higher responses rates with nivolumab in patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma.

Dr. Zhang on the PDIGREE Trial Examining Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Plus Cabozantinib in Metastatic RCC

February 11th 2021

Tian Zhang, MD, discusses the goal of the ongoing PDIGREE trial examining nivolumab and ipilimumab plus cabozantinib in patients with metastatic untreated renal cell cancer.

Apalutamide Plus Abiraterone Reduces Risk of Progression in mCRPC

February 11th 2021

February 11, 2021 - Adding apalutamide to abiraterone acetate and prednisone reduced the risk of radiographic progression or death by 30% in patients with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy.

Avelumab as Frontline Maintenance Maintains OS Benefit in Japanese Subgroup of Advanced Urothelial Cancer

February 11th 2021

February 11, 2021 - Avelumab as frontline maintenance therapy plus best supportive care showed a favorable benefit-risk balance in Japanese patients with advanced urothelial cancer that did not progress on first-line chemotherapy.

VERU-111 Elicits Early Efficacy Signals in Pretreated mCRPC

February 11th 2021

February 11, 2021 - The novel tubulin inhibitor VERU-111 demonstrated early antitumor activity and a well-tolerated safety profile in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who failed a prior androgen receptor–targeting agent.

Frontline Immunotherapy Correlates With Improved OS Over TKIs in Advanced Non–Clear Cell RCC

February 11th 2021

February 11, 2021 - First-line treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor–based regimens could be linked with an improvement in overall survival versus select targeted therapies in patients with metastatic non–clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Sapanisertib Imparts Poor Activity and Toxicity Profile in Refractory mRCC

February 11th 2021

February 11, 2021 - Sapanisertib failed to show significant activity and a favorable toxicity profile in patients with refractory metastatic renal cell carcinoma regardless of mTOR or PTEN status.

Higher Lenvatinib Dose May Improve QoL in RCC

February 11th 2021

February 11, 2021 - A higher starting dose of lenvatinib — 18 mg per day — improved health-related quality of life and led to longer time to deterioration compared with a lower starting dose of lenvatinib — 14 mg per day — in patients with renal cell carcinoma.