Expert Offers Considerations For Frontline Combination Therapies in Multiple Myeloma
December 20th 2022Ravi Vij, MD, MBA, offered additional information about the use of various regimens aimed to treat patients with high-risk, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, that were read out at the 2022 ASH Annual Meeting.
SWOG S0777 Trial Proves VRd To Be Viable Option for Untreated Myeloma That Is Unintended for ASCT
December 20th 2022Ravi Vij, MD, MBA, discussed updated analyses of the phase 3 SWOG S0777 trial, supporting the use of bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone in untreated patients with multiple myeloma who do not plan on receiving immediate autologous stem cell transplant.
Many Great Treatments Available for MCL But Questions About Sequencing Remain, Expert Says
December 18th 2022In a conversation during the 2022 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, an expert from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, spoke to how treatments have improved for patients with mantle cell lymphoma.
FDA Requests Melphalan Flufenamide be Withdrawn From US Market
December 18th 2022The FDA has now requested that the manufacturer of melphalan flufenamide withdraw the multiple myeloma drug from the United States market months after the drug developer rescinded a letter voluntarily withdrawing the therapeutic.
China’s National Medical Products Administration Approves Naxitamab-gqgk for High-Risk Neuroblastoma
December 17th 2022Patients in China diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma can now receive treatment with naxitamab-gqgk, which was recently given the greenlight by the National Medical Products Administration.
European Commission Approves 177Lu Vipivotide Tetraxetan Plus ADT for Prostate Cancer Subset
December 17th 2022177Lu vipivotide tetraxetan becomes first targeted radioligand treatment approved by the European Commission for prostate-specific membrane antigen–positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
December 16th 2022Patients with high-risk Bacillus Calmette Guérin–unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer can now receive treatment with nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg—the first gene therapy—following its approval by the FDA.
Cabozantinib/Atezolizumab Fails to Reach Survival End Point But Is Safe in Metastatic NSCLC
December 16th 2022Findings from the phase 3 CONTACT-01 trial indicated that cabozantinib and atezolizumab did not reach the primary end point of overall survival in patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.
Momelotinib May Become ‘No. 1 Choice’ for Second-Line Therapy in Myelofibrosis, Expert Says
December 15th 2022Momelotinib continues to show benefit in reducing splenic symptoms and anemia in myelofibrosis in the second-line setting, making it a likely first treatment choice, according to an expert from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
FDA Approves New Dosing Regimens, Indications for Capecitabine Across Multiple Cancer Types
December 15th 2022The FDA’s approval of new indications and dosing regimens of capecitabine across several cancer types, including breast cancer and colon cancer, marks the first drug to receive an update under the agency’s Project Renewal program.
Real-World Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Axi-Cel Treatment in Lymphoma Subtypes Align With Trial Data
December 14th 2022Real-world data associate axicabtagene ciloleucel with temporarily worse quality of life in patients with diffuse large B cell lymphoma, transformed follicular lymphoma, or follicular lymphoma, which improves within 1-year post-infusion.