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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.

Lasofoxifene/Abemaciclib Shows Clinically Meaningful Efficacy in ER+/HER2- ESR1-Mutant Breast Cancer

June 5th 2023, 9:43pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Longer follow-up data from the phase 2 ELAINE-2 study demonstrated that treatment with lasofoxifene and abemaciclib resulted in clinically meaningful antitumor activity as well as continued tolerability with no new safety signals for patients with estrogen receptor-positive HER2-negative ESR1-mutated breast cancer who previously received CDK4/6 inhibitors.

Doxorubicin/Zalifrelimab/Balstilimab Generates Activity in Soft Tissue Sarcoma

June 5th 2023, 9:33pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Treatment with doxorubicin plus zalifrelimab and balstilimab produced a favorable 6-month progression-free survival rate in patients with difficult-to-treat soft tissue sarcoma subtypes unlikely to respond to doxorubicin or immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy.

TAS-102 Plus Bevacizumab Fails to Extend OS in Unresectable mCRC

June 5th 2023, 8:58pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

The combination of trifluridine/tipiracil and bevacizumab did not demonstrate a significant overall survival benefit vs capecitabine plus bevacizumab in patients with unresectable, metastatic colorectal cancer ineligible for intensive chemotherapy.

Darolutamide Demonstrates Activity, Safety in AR-Positive Salivary Gland Cancer

June 5th 2023, 8:43pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Darolutamide was well tolerated and generated clinically meaningful activity across secondary end points in the treatment of patients with androgen receptor–positive salivary gland cancer.

Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Maintains Survival Benefit in Advanced RCC

June 5th 2023, 8:23pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) showed a sustained overall survival and progression-free survival benefit vs sunitinib alone at a median follow-up of 4 years in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

HER3-DXd Elicits Responses and Safety in Heavily Pretreated ER+ Breast Cancer and TNBC

June 5th 2023, 8:17pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Patritumab deruxtecan displayed manageable safety and produced responses in heavily pretreated patients with estrogen receptor–positive or triple-negative metastatic breast cancer with varying levels of HER3 expression, according to data from a phase 2 study presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Enfortumab Vedotin Plus Pembrolizumab Produces Durable Responses, Safety in Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma

June 5th 2023, 8:13pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

The combination of enfortumab vedotin-ejfv and pembrolizumab generated rapid and durable responses and demonstrated a manageable safety profile in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma who were ineligible for cisplatin.

Cabozantinib Plus Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Improves PFS, DCR in Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma

June 5th 2023, 7:20pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

The addition of nivolumab and ipilimumab to cabozantinib led to an improvement in disease control rate and progression-free survival vs cabozantinib alone in patients with metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.

PRT811 Elicits Responses and Shows Safety in Advanced Glioma and Uveal Melanoma

June 5th 2023, 6:26pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

The protein arginine methyltransferase 5 brain-penetrant inhibitor PRT811 demonstrated preliminary antitumor activity and acceptable safety for patients with recurrent high-grade glioma and advanced or metastatic uveal melanoma, according to data from the dose-expansion portion of a phase 1 trial presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Dr Asai on Final Results From a Phase 1/2 Trial of Tirabrutinib in R/R PCNSL

June 5th 2023, 5:15pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Katsunori Asai, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan, discusses the use of tirabrutinib in patients with relapsed/refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma according to a phase 1/2 study (JapicCTI-173646).

Dr Doger de Spéville on Key Efficacy Findings From Part C of TACTI-002 in HNSCC

June 5th 2023, 5:08pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Bernard Doger de Spéville, MD, PhD, discusses key findings from part C of the phase 2 TACTI-002 trial of eftilagimod alpha plus pembrolizumab as second-line treatment for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Frontline Nivolumab/Ipilimumab Plus Chemotherapy Maintains Efficacy Advantage in Metastatic NSCLC

June 5th 2023, 2:20pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Nivolumab plus ipilimumab and chemotherapy continued to show durable benefit at 4 years compared with chemotherapy alone as first-line therapy in patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer, particularly in the PD-L1–negative and squamous populations.

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Elicits Responses in Difficult-To-Treat HER2+ Solid Tumors

June 5th 2023, 12:41pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki demonstrated clinically meaningful activity across a wide range of HER2 expressing solid tumors, including hard-to-treat tumors, according to findings from the phase 2 DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial.

Zotatifin Triplet Shows Promising Activity, Low Toxicity in Heavily Pretreated ER+ Breast Cancer

June 5th 2023, 2:16am

ASCO Annual Meeting

The triplet combination of zotatifin, abemaciclib, and fulvestrant demonstrated a confirmed overall response rate of 21% in heavily pretreated patients with estrogen receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.

Gaining Ground in Gynecologic and Hematologic Cancers at ASCO 2023: Drs Herrera, Westin, and Jabbour

June 5th 2023, 1:00am

OncLive News Network: On Location at ASCO 2023

OncLive® will be LIVE with OncLive® News Network: On Location at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting. Each day, we will broadcast a series of interviews with top thought leaders, to learn their thoughts and reactions to data presented across hematologic oncology during the conference.

Tovorafenib Presents Opportunity for Tumor Reduction in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma

June 4th 2023, 10:39pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Treatment with tovorafenib elicited encouraging and fast onset responses in heavily pretreated pediatric patients with low-grade glioma regardless of response assessment criteria, according to data from the phase 2 FIREFLY-1 trial that were presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Dr Raghav on Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in HER2+ mCRC

June 4th 2023, 10:05pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Kanwal P. S. Raghav, MBBS, MD, discusses primary findings from the phase 2 DESTINY-CRC02 trial (NCT04744831) of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer with HER2 amplification or overexpression.

Dr Herbst on Adjuvant Osimertinib in EGFR-mutant NSCLC

June 4th 2023, 9:55pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD, discusses findings from the overall survival analysis of the phase 3 ADAURA trial of adjuvant osimertinib in patients with stage IB to IIIA resected non–small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutations.

Benefits of Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Chemo Elucidated in NSCLC Exploratory Analysis

June 4th 2023, 8:44pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy improved clinical outcomes vs chemotherapy alone in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer who received definitive surgery with numerical but not statistical improvements seen even when definitive surgery was not achieved.

Nirogacestat Provides Rapid and Sustained Pain Reduction for Patients With Desmoid Tumors

June 4th 2023, 8:12pm

ASCO Annual Meeting

Treatment with the investigational gamma secretase inhibitor nirogacestat allowed patients with progressing desmoid tumors to experience a significant and clinically meaningful reduction in several aspects of disease-related pain when compared with placebo.