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BL-B01D1 may produce promising antitumor activity in a heavily pretreated population of patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer, according to an expert at University Cancer Center in Guangzhou, China.

Targeting apoptosis in BRAF V600-mutated melanoma may be considered for future exploration in the post immunotherapy setting, according to an expert at Moffitt Cancer Center.

Sotorasib maintains a progression-free survival benefit compared with docetaxel in the treatment of patients with KRAS G12C-mutated non–small cell lung cancer in the phase 3 CodeBreaK 200 trial.

The responses to epcoritamab plus rituximab/lenalidomide for patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma appear comparable between those with and without disease progression within 24 months of first-line chemotherapy in the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-2 trial.

Treatment with lisocabtagene maraleucel correlates with a reduction in CD19-positive cells in responders and patients with stable disease among those with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma in the phase 1/2 TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial.

The results of the phase 3 LUNAR trial evaluating tumor treating fields plus standard-of-care therapies among patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer are “encouraging,” according to an expert from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Adding pembrolizumab to chemotherapy shows little increase in adverse effects among patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-789 trial.

Sunvozertinib shows a similar safety profile to other EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors in the treatment of EGFR wild-type non–small cell lung cancer in the WO-KONH6 study.

Sara M. Tolaney, MD, MPH, discusses how, compared with antibody-drug conjugates, chemotherapy produces low response rates and disease control in the treatment of those with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Datopotamab deruxtecan plus pembrolizumab produces no new safety signals in the treatment of patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer in the phase 1b TROPION-Lung02 trial.

The FDA accepts a supplemental biologics license application for dostarlimab plus chemotherapy in the treatment of mismatch repair deficient/microsatellite instability-high advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer based on data from a prespecified interim analysis of the phase 3 RUBY/ENGOT-EN6/GOG3031/NSGO trial.

Avutometinib plus defactinib produces no new safety signals among those with low-grade serous ovarian cancer in the phase 2 RAMP 201 trial.

Hope Rugo, MD, speaks to the importance of identifying patients with aromatase inhibitor–resistant, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer who are undergoing treatment with capivasertib/fulvestrant who may be at a high risk of developing diabetes or hyperglycemia.

The antitumor activity of niraparib maintenance therapy in patients with advanced ovarian cancer remains unclear among those with measurable residual disease at baseline in the phase 3 PRIME study.

Maintenance with niraparib also produces benefits in chemotherapy-free interval and time to first and second therapy among those with BRCA wild-type recurrent ovarian cancer in the phase 3 NOVA study.

Findings from the phase 3 SWOG S1011 trial highlight no significant differences between extended lymphadenectomy vs standard lymphadenectomy in terms of disease-free survival in patients with muscle-invasive breast cancer.

The safety of fianlimab plus cemiplimab appears consistent with the safety profile previously observed with each individual agent among patients with previously treated metastatic melanoma in a phase 1 study.

Sintilimab plus chemoradiotherapy produces a higher 3-year distant metastasis-free survival rate vs chemoradiotherapy alone among patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma in the phase 3 CONTINUUM trial.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel produces a higher median overall survival vs high-dose therapy plus autologous stem cell transplant among patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma in the phase 3 ZUMA-7 trial.

Treatment with eftilagimod alpha in combination with pembrolizumab appears safe and well tolerated among patients with metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in the phase 2 TACTI-002 study.

Pembrolizumab plus axitinib also improves the overall response rate vs sunitinib alone among patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-426 trial.

Data from the phase 3 CONTACT-03 trial highlight the necessity of randomized, prospective assessment of re-challenge with checkpoint inhibitors in renal cell carcinoma, according to an expert from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Investigators report no deaths related to treatment with ABBV-011 among patients with small cell lung cancer in a first-in-human phase 1 trial.

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel may become a new standard of care for patients with lenalidomide-refractory myeloma after first relapse, according to an expert from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.

The anti-tumor activity of lasofoxifene plus abemaciclib does not appear to be compromised by co-occurring alterations that confer resistance among patients with estrogen receptor–positive HER2-negative breast cancer.

Fruquintinib plus best supportive care elicits a progression-free survival benefit across all prior treatment subgroups among patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer in the phase 3 FRESCO-2 trial.

Most adverse effects in a phase 2 trial related to doxorubicin appear to be expected in the treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcoma.

Pembrolizumab in combination with enfortumab vedotin-ejfv demonstrates a manageable safety profile in the treatment of metastatic urothelial carcinoma in the EV-103 trial.

Additionally, treatment with sacituzumab govitecan-hziy may result in a prolonged overall response rate and clinical benefit rate vs treatment of physician’s choice in pretreated, endocrine-resistant, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

With no standard treatment available, darolutamide shows potential activity among patients with androgen receptor–positive salivary gland cancer in the phase 2 DISCOVARY trial.