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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.

Sequencing Regorafenib After Fruquintinib Improves OS in mCRC

April 29th 2025

Initial fruquintinib followed by regorafenib extended OS vs the reverse sequence of the agents in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.

ICT01 Plus Azacitidine and Venetoclax Shows Early Evidence of Antitumor Activity in AML

April 29th 2025

A low dose of ICT01 added to combination therapy with azacitidine and venetoclax proved active and safe as frontline therapy in patients with AML.

Padeliporfin VTP Therapy Yields Complete Responses With Manageable Safety in Low-Grade, Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer

April 29th 2025

Padeliporfin vascular targeted photodynamic therapy was safe and generated responses in low-grade, upper tract urothelial cancer.

Prospective, Real-World Study Highlights Feasibility of Outpatient Robotic Partial Nephrectomy in Renal Tumors

April 29th 2025

A high proportion of patients with renal tumors were discharged on the same day after receiving robotic partial nephrectomy.

Addition of Relatlimab/Nivolumab to Azacitidine/Venetoclax Shows Safety, Early Efficacy in Adverse-Risk Frontline AML

April 29th 2025

Although the combination of azacitidine alone plus relatlimab/nivolumab was deemed safe, it had limited efficacy in patients with relapsed/refractory AML.

Maintenance Fruquintinib Plus Capecitabine Is Active, Tolerable in RAS/BRAF Wild-Type mCRC

April 29th 2025

Fruquintinib plus capecitabine demonstrated preliminary efficacy and safety as maintenance therapy in RAS/BRAF wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

Subgroup Data From ARANOTE Highlight rPFS Benefit of Darolutamide Plus ADT in Black Patients With mHSPC

April 29th 2025

Darolutamide plus ADT improved rPFS in Black patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer treated in ARANOTE.

AU-007 Demonstrates Safety and Efficacy in Heavily Pretreated Solid Tumors

April 29th 2025

Updated findings from a phase 2 study investigating the IL-2–binding monoclonal antibody AU-007 show a manageable safety profile with antitumor evidence.

University of California Lung Cancer Consortium and AstraZeneca Expand Healthy Lungs California Initiative to Improve Early Lung Cancer Detection and Screening Statewide

April 29th 2025

The University of California Lung Cancer Consortium and AstraZeneca announced a five-year partnership to expand the Healthy Lungs California initiative.

Acalabrutinib/Venetoclax With or Without Obinutuzumab Earns Positive CHMP Opinion for Untreated CLL

April 29th 2025

The EMA’s CHMP has recommended the approval for acalabrutinib/venetoclax with or without obinutuzumab in untreated CLL.

FDA Approves Multi-Dose Vial of Thiotepa for Breast and Ovarian Cancer

April 29th 2025

The FDA approved a ready-to-dilute formulation of thiotepa in a multi-dose vial for the treatment with breast and ovarian cancer.

Neoadjuvant Dostarlimab Eradicates Disease in 82% of Mismatch Repair–Deficient Solid Tumors

April 29th 2025

Eighty percent of patients with early-stage dMMR solid tumors given neoadjuvant dostarlimab underwent nonoperative management of their disease.

Early ctDNA Clearance Is Associated With Response to Daraxonrasib in RAS-Mutant NSCLC

April 28th 2025

Early complete clearance of ctDNA was linked with clinical responses to daraxonrasib in RAS-mutant advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

Retrospective Analysis Explores Cabozantinib/Nivolumab vs Lenvatinib/Pembrolizumab in Frontline Advanced RCC

April 28th 2025

A retrospective analysis showed higher response rate for cabozantinib/nivolumab vs. lenvatinib/pembrolizumab in advanced RCC.

Tiragolumab Plus Atezolizumab Fails to Meet Survival End Points in Previously-Untreated, PD-L1–High NSCLC

April 28th 2025

First-line tiragolumab plus atezolizumab did not improve PFS and OS vs atezolizumab alone in PD-L1–high, unresectable or metastatic NSCLC.

Bria-IMT Plus Checkpoint Inhibition Is Safe and Yields Clinical Benefit in Pretreated Metastatic Breast Cancer

April 28th 2025

Bria-IMT plus checkpoint inhibition showed a manageable safety profile and activity in metastatic breast cancer.

Leuprolide Acetate With Enzalutamide or Placebo Is Associated With Full Testosterone Recovery in Prostate Cancer

April 28th 2025

The majority of patients with prostate cancer treated with an enzalutamide or leuprolide acetate regimen recovered their testosterone levels.

Tegavivint Demonstrates Preliminary Antitumor Activity, Safety in Advanced HCC

April 28th 2025

Treatment with 6.5 mg/kg of tegavivint was associated with primarily grade 1/2 TRAEs in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.

TMPRSS2-ERG Shows Distinct Molecular Landscape in TALAPRO-2 Population With mCRPC

April 28th 2025

Patients with mCRPC enrolled in the phase 3 TALAPRO-2 trial harboring TMPRSS2-ERG fusions in ctDNA had a distinct tumor molecular profile vs those without.

Ivonescimab Wins NMPA Approval in China for First-Line, PD-L1+ Advanced NSCLC

April 28th 2025

China’s NMPA approved ivonescimab for the first-line treatment of PD-L1–positive advanced non–small cell lung cancer.