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The OncLive® Conference page includes a listing of all conferences covered by OncLive®, including the ASCO, ESMO, SITC, EHA, ASH, and SABCS annual meetings, as well as the Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium and Miami Breast Cancer Conference, among many others. Conference coverage incorporates articles and interviews in written and video format.

Itolizumab Generates Rapid Responses, Lowers Surface CD6 Levels in aGVHD

April 25th 2022, 8:23pm

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings

Itolizumab decreased levels of cell surface CD6 and increased soluble CD6 in serum in patients with acute graft-vs-host-disease.

Ruxolitinib Could Prevent Serious GVHD Following Allogeneic HCT

April 25th 2022, 7:28pm

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings

The use of ruxolitinib following an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation was associated with the prevention of serious graft-versus-host disease.

Match-Adjusted Comparison Shows Comparable Efficacy Outcomes for Axi-cel and Tisa-cel in Follicular Lymphoma

April 25th 2022, 6:25pm

Results of a match-adjusted analysis of patients with follicular lymphoma treated with axicabtagene ciloleucel in ZUMA-5 trial vs those treated with tisagenlecleucel in ELARA showed a similar efficacy profile between the 2 cellular therapies.

TBI Followed by GVHD Prophylaxis Decreases the Incidence of GVHD in Hematologic Malignancies

April 25th 2022, 6:05pm

Myeloablative transplantation with a total body irradiation regimen followed by a graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis regimen led to a low occurrence of GVHD in adult and pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies.

Topical Ruxolitinib Shown to be Effective and Tolerable in Cutaneous cGVHD

April 25th 2022, 6:00pm

Topical ruxolitinib has shown improved reduction of body surface area of cutaneous chronic graft-vs-host disease vs standard moisturizer vehicle cream, according to interim study results from a poster presented at the 2022 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings.

Four Baseline Characteristics Predict CR/sCR in Multiple Myeloma

April 25th 2022, 5:27pm

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings

Investigators have identified immunoglobulin G heavy chain, soluble B-cell maturation agent, prothrombin time and international normalized ratio, and high vector copy number in drug product as predictors for response in patients with multiple myeloma.

CAR T-cell Therapy Demonstrates Efficacy Without Increased Risk of CRS or ICANS in CNS-Involved LBCL

April 25th 2022, 5:00pm

The CAR T-cell therapies axicabtagene ciloleucel, tisagenlecleucel, and lisocabtagene maraleucel evoked responses without increased risk of cytokine release syndrome or immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome in patients with primary or secondary central nervous system large B-cell lymphoma.

Single Infusion of Cilta-Cel Elicits Early Responses in Myeloma

April 25th 2022, 2:27pm

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel generated deep responses and demonstrated manageable safety in patients with progressive multiple myeloma who were refractory to lenalidomide.

Axi-cel Demonstrates Durable Responses in Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

April 25th 2022, 2:00pm

Axicabtagene ciloleucel continued to elicit high response rates and durable activity in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma, according to updated findings from the phase 2 ZUMA-5 trial.

Frontline Axi-cel Elicits Rapid, Durable Responses in High-Risk Large B-Cell Lymphoma

April 24th 2022, 11:01pm

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings

The CAR T-cell therapy axicabtagene ciloleucel produced encouraging responses when used in the first-line treatment of patients with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma.

Liso-cel Continues to Demonstrate Clinical Responses in Relapsed/Refractory LBCL at 2-Year Follow-Up

April 24th 2022, 9:15pm

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings

The utilization of lisocabtagene maraleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphomas produced durable outcomes at a 2 years follow-up.

Belimumab Emerges as Potential Prophylaxis for Chronic GVHD Following Allogenic Transplant

April 24th 2022, 7:58pm

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings

Belimumab could be a potential treatment used to prevent chronic graft-vs-host-disease in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic transplantation by inhibiting BAFF and limiting the survival of aforeactive B cells.

Axi-cel Demonstrates Long-Term Survival Benefit in Relapsed/Refractory LBCL

April 24th 2022, 3:37pm

Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Meetings

Axicabtagene ciloleucel resulted in a longer overall survival benefit in patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma who did not have event-free survival events at months 12 and 24 vs those who experienced events at these time points.

Investigators Hope to Build on Early Efficacy in KRAS G12C-Mutated CRC

April 14th 2022, 5:50pm

Investigators have explored the potential of KRAS inhibition in patients with colorectal cancer, and early results have established the pathway as a prime target for drug development.

Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy Demonstrates Activity in Advanced Ovarian Cancer

April 13th 2022, 7:30pm

AACR Annual Meeting

The addition of durvalumab and tremelimumab to chemotherapy led to encouraging responses and a suitable safety profile as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer, according to findings from the phase 2 KGOG 3046.

Adebrelimab Plus Chemotherapy Improves Survival Vs Chemotherapy Alone in ES-SCLC

April 13th 2022, 2:59pm

AACR Annual Meeting

The addition of adebrelimab to chemotherapy elicited improved overall survival compared with chemotherapy and placebo in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

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

April 13th 2022, 2:55pm

AACR Annual Meeting

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.

Frontline Canakinumab Triplet Misses Mark in Advanced NSCLC, But Shows Benefit in Select Subsets

April 13th 2022, 1:40pm

The addition of canakinumab to frontline pembrolizumab and chemotherapy did not improve survival in previously untreated patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer. However, signals of activity were seen in patients with a baseline inflammatory biomarker high sensitivity-C-reactive protein.

Sotigalimab Plus Pembrolizumab Elicits Broad Immune Activity in Metastatic Melanoma

April 13th 2022, 1:24pm

AACR Annual Meeting

The combination of the CD40 agonist antibody sotigalimab and pembrolizumab demonstrated a favorable safety profile and led to immunologic changes that correlated with clinical response in patients with unresectable stage III or IV metastatic melanoma.

TTX-030 Plus Budigalimab/mFOLFOX6 Induces Responses in PD-L1–Low Advanced Gastric/GEJ Cancer

April 12th 2022, 11:07pm

The addition of the investigational anti-CD39 antibody TTX-030 to frontline treatment with the PD-L1 inhibitor budigalimab and mFOLFOX6 was determined to be safe and tolerable in patients with locally advanced or metastatic HER2-negative gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.