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Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and those who have been pretreated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and are naive, saw a benefit with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab.

Eddy Saad, MD, explained how responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors can be elicited in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

The marketing authorization application for this first-in-class agent is based on data from the phase 3 SPOTLIGHT and GLOW trials; a recommendation is expected in 2024.

Investigators of the LOTIS-9 trial are assessing loncastuximab tesirine plus rituximab for the treatment of unfit or frail patients with untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The phase 2 ORCHID trial met the respecified end point of Simon stage 1 design for patients with BAP1-mutated renal cell carcinoma.

The combination also demonstrates no new safety signals in patients with uresectable or metastatic disease and meets the phase 3 CheckMate-901 study’s primary survival end points.

Findings from the phase 3 DESTINY-Breast04 trial supported the approval of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki for HER2-low breast cancer in China.

Better biology is needed to accurately determine risk stratification features in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Robert J. Motzer, MD, reviews the need for increased studies on the use of immunotherapy in later-line settings for advanced renal cell carcinoma.

In patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, neoadjuvant immunotherapy–based combinations yielded reductions in tumor size and pathologic necrosis at the time of cytoreductive nephrectomy.

Clear cell renal cell carcinoma is driven by a metabolic switch that decreases VHL and increases ATP, according to an expert from Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Findings from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-564 trial support adjuvant pembrolizumab following nephrectomy as a standard-of-care treatment for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

The improvements occur regardless of PD-L1 status among patients receiving lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab for advanced renal cell carcinoma in the phase 3 CLEAR study.

Using a laser ablation system, imaging mass cytometry is designed to measure over 40 metal isotopes in a tumor sample to identify how immune cells in clear cell renal cell carcinoma are organized.

Factors including measurable residual disease and CAR T-cell expansion appear to predict duration of response following JCAR014 in those with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a phase 1/2 trial.

Results from the phase 1/2 NP30179 trial led the European Commission to grant conditional marketing authorization to patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Findings from the phase 1b KRYSTAL-1 trial support the continued development of adagrasib in the treatment of patients with KRAS G12C–mutated non–small cell lung cancer and central nervous system metastases.

Docetaxel does not appear to yield meaningful absolute improvements in survival among patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer with low-volume, metachronous disease.

The supplemental new drug application for zanubrutinib and obinutuzumab in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma is supported by data from the phase 2 ROSEWOOD trial.

Findings from a retrospective review suggest that stereotactic radiosurgery alone may be an effective option vs whole brain radiation therapy among those with small cell lung cancer with brain metastases.

Epcoritamab is a treatment option for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma that was approved by the FDA based on findings from the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-1 trial.

Data from the phase 2 ROCKstar trial support the approval of belumosudil as a treatment for patients with chronic graft-versus-host-disease in Scotland.

Combining enfortumab vedotin with pembrolizumab yields a manageable safety profile in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer in the phase 1b/2 EV-103 study.

Findings from the phase 3 FRESCO-2 trial support fruquintinib plus best supportive care as a global treatment option for patients with refractory metastatic colorectal cancer.

Patients with select hematologic cancers, including lymphoma and multiple myeloma, appear to benefit from a ready-to-dilute formation of intravenous cyclophosphamide, the new drug application for which was approved by the FDA.

Patients with mantle cell lymphoma who undergo a shorter diagnosis to treatment interval also have worse clinical and disease characteristics on average than those with a longer interval.

Data from the phase 2 MANIFEST study suggest that pelabresib plus ruxolitinib may improve the standard of care for patients with myelofibrosis who are naïve to treatment with JAK inhibitors.

The benefit of nivolumab/ipilimumab plus single-agent nivolumab for unresectable advanced melanoma with poor prognostic characteristics was comparable in all-comers and patients with brain metastases.

Treatment with tepotinib and gefitinib appears to be beneficial compared with chemotherapy in a MET-amplified subgroup of patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan appears to elicit ‘impressive’ responses among patients with HER2-positive gynecologic cancers regardless of immunohistochemistry in the phase 2 DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial.