Russ Conroy

The Oncomine Dx Target Test was granted approval by the FDA as a companion diagnostic for RET fusion–positive thyroid cancer and RET fusion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.

Results from a post-hoc subgroup analysis of the phase 3 TROPiCS-02 study indicated that sacituzumab govitecan improved efficacy outcomes vs physician’s choice of treatment in HER2-low and HER2 immunohistochemistry 0, hormone receptor–positive metastatic breast cancer.

The European Commission based its approval of nivolumab/relatlimab for patients with a PD-L1 expression of less than 1% on the results of the phase 2/3 RELATIVITY-047 trial.

Findings from the phase 3 COSMIC-021 trial, comparing the effect of cabozantinib alone or in combination with atezolizumab vs docetaxel for advanced non–small cell lung cancer previously treated with immunotherapy, though promising, highlighted further need for randomized data to confirm the regimen’s benefit in the second-line setting, according to Joel W. Neal, MD, PhD.

The positive results from the phase 3 CheckMate76K trial suggest that recurrence-free survival may be improved following treatment with adjuvant nivolumab vs placebo in fully resected stage IIB/C melanoma.

Findings from a phase 2 clinical study indicated that neoadjuvant pegylated liposomal doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide, trastuzumab, and pertuzumab demonstrated promising efficacy and safety in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer.