Palbociclib Plus Fulvestrant Combo Maintains Long-Term OS Benefit
June 5th 2021Palbociclib plus fulvestrant maintained a clinically meaningful overall survival improvement compared to placebo plus fulvestrant after a median follow-up of 73.3 months in patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.
Survival Benefit at 7 Years Reported With First-Line Ibrutinib for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
June 5th 2021Median progression-free and overall survival in patients with CLL/SLL receiving ibrutinib in the frontline still not reached at 7-year follow-up, according to data from RESONATE-2 trial reported at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting.
Viktor Grünwald, MD, PhD, on CLEAR Trial Subgroup Analyses of Pembrolizumab/Lenvatinib in RCC
June 5th 2021CancerNetwork® sat down with Viktor Grünwald, MD, PhD, at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting to talk about how new data from the CLEAR trial serve to further inform clinicians about lenvatinib and pembrolizumab for first-line renal cell carcinoma.
Synovial Sarcoma Sees Impressive Responses With T-Cell Therapy Afamitresgene Autoleucel
June 5th 2021Results of the phase 2 SPEARHEAD-1 trial were presented at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting, with a high overall response rate reported with afamitresgene autoleucel in advanced synovial sarcoma or myxoid/round cell liposarcoma.
Paul M. Barr, MD, Discussed 7-Year Follow-Up Data for Ibrutinib as Frontline Treatment of CLL
June 4th 2021CancerNetwork® sat down with Paul M. Barr, MD, at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting to talk about data from RESONATE-2 showing sustained progression-free and overall survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia being treated with ibrutinib in the frontline setting.
First-in-Human Trial of CLN-081 in EGFR ex 20+ NSCLC Shows Early Promise
June 4th 2021A phase 1 trial of the investigational agent CLN-081 indicates antitumor activity coupled with a tolerable safety profile as treatment of patients with non–small cell lung cancer and EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations.
Patients With Stage III NSCLC Continue to Derive Benefit From Durvalumab After Chemoradiation
June 4th 2021Data presented at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting from the phase 3 PACIFIC trial show long-term survival benefit for patients with unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer treated with durvalumab following chemoradiotherapy.
Prolonged Duration of Response With Tivozanib for RCC Revealed at Long-Term Follow-Up
June 4th 2021Follow-up data from the phase 3 TIVO-3 trial that were reported at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting serve to further support the use of tivozanib versus standard-of-care sorafenib in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who have failed on prior therapy.
Patients With Advanced CRC May Experience Survival Benefit With Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Combo
June 4th 2021Phase 2 data presented at the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting indicate that more than half of patients with previously treated advanced colorectal cancer who were treated with pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib were alive at 6 months.