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The OncLive® News page includes the latest in clinical oncology news, including breaking regulatory decisions, clinical trial findings, pivotal and practice-changing data published in academic peer-reviewed journals, and more across solid and hematologic malignancies. Regulatory news includes new drug approvals by the FDA and European Union, priority review and breakthrough therapy designations, and orphan drug and fast track statuses.

Toripalimab Plus Axitinib Approved in China for Frontline Renal Cell Carcinoma

April 9th 2024

The NMPA of China has approved toripalimab plus axitinib for use in the first-line treatment of patients with medium- to high-risk unresectable or metastatic RCC.

FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to PT217 for Extensive Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

April 9th 2024

The FDA has granted fast track designation to PT217 for patients with extensive stage small cell lung cancer with disease progression.

Mirvetuximab Soravtansine Plus Pembrolizumab Makes a Splash in pMMR/MSS FRalpha+ Endometrial Cancer

April 9th 2024

Mirvetuximab soravtansine plus pembrolizumab displays efficacy in recurrent or persistent, FRalpha-positive, pMMR/MSS serous endometrial cancer.

Yale Cancer Center Experts Present New Research on Obesity, Tobacco, Evolution, and Early Onset Cancers at Leading Oncology Conference

April 9th 2024

Yale Cancer Center will share data for breakthrough and emerging cancer treatments at the AACR Annual Meeting.

Dual Checkpoint Inhibition Leads to Higher Response Rates vs Anti–PD-1 Therapy in High-Risk Resectable Melanoma

April 9th 2024

Ipilimumab plus nivolumab increased response rates vs anti–PD-1 monotherapy, but also increased grade 3 or 4 immune-related adverse effects, in melanoma.

Olaparib With Chemotherapy Does Not Elicit Improved Outcomes vs Chemotherapy Alone in BRCA Wild-Type TNBC

April 8th 2024

Olaparib on a gap schedule with chemotherapy does not improve responses vs chemotherapy alone in the neoadjuvant setting for patients with BRCA wild-type TNBC.

FDA Accepts NDA for SH-201 in Leukemia and Other Cancers

April 8th 2024

The FDA has accepted for review the new drug application for SH-201 for the treatment of patients with certain forms of leukemia and other cancers.

Copanlisib Plus Nivolumab Demonstrates Activity in Microsatellite Stable Colorectal Cancer

April 8th 2024

Copanlisib plus nivolumab was active and met the primary end point of a phase 1/2 study in a cohort of patients with MSS CRC.

Exosome-Based Assay Shows Diagnostic Sensitivity, Specificity in Pancreatic Cancer

April 8th 2024

A microRNA assay combined with CA19-9 displayed diagnostic accuracy in the early detection of pancreatic cancer.

Saruparib Generates Early Efficacy and Safety Signals in HRR-Mutant Advanced Breast Cancer

April 8th 2024

Saruparib's favorable activity and safety may allow patients with advanced solid tumors to stay on treatment longer vs other approved PARP inhibitors.

Adagrasib/Cetuximab Combo Has Activity in KRAS G12C+ Locally Advanced or mCRC

April 8th 2024

Adagrasib plus cetuximab elicited a 34% objective response rate in patients with previously treated KRAS G12C-mutant advanced colorectal cancer.

Atezolizumab Fails to Improve Survival Outcomes After Definitive Local Therapy in High-Risk HNSCC

April 8th 2024

Administration of atezolizumab after definitive local therapy did not improve EFS or OS in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

FDA Grants Breakthrough Therapy Designation to First-Line Sunvozertinib for EGFR Exon 20+ NSCLC

April 8th 2024

The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to sunvozertinib for patients with locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC with an EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation.

Linvoseltamab Elicits Deep Responses in Late-Stage R/R Multiple Myeloma

April 8th 2024

Linvoseltamab elicited responses with acceptable safety in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, including difficult-to-treat subsets

CTX130 Provides Disease Control and Manageable Safety in Advanced ccRCC

April 8th 2024

The anti-CD70 CAR T-cell therapy CTX130 showed activity and manageable toxicities in advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment Program

April 8th 2024

Dana-Farber details how their Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and Empowerment program was developed to help physicians and other providers treat cancer in patients who have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

In 5-Year Span of FDA Accelerated Approvals in Cancer, 43% Show Confirmatory Clinical Benefit

April 7th 2024

Fifty-seven percent of drugs granted accelerated approval for a cancer indication failed to show clinical benefit in confirmatory studies.

Personalized Cancer Vaccine Leads to Delays in Pancreatic Cancer Recurrence

April 7th 2024

Adjuvant treatment with the personalized neoantigen vaccine, autogene cevumeran, delayed pancreatic cancer recurrence in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Cadonilimab Plus Oxaliplatin and Capecitabine Offers Survival Benefit in Gastric/GEJ Cancer

April 7th 2024

Cadonilimab plus oxaliplatin and capecitabine leads to survival benefit in gastric/GEJ adenocarcinoma, regardless of PD-L1 expression.

Experimental MDS Drug Appears Beneficial for Some

April 7th 2024

In a new phase 3 clinical trial, imetelstat demonstrated clear advantages for patients who have failed or are ineligible for other therapies.