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Results from the phase 2 IMMUCHEC trial indicated that tremelimumab with or without durvalumab did not meet the primary end point of improved objective response rate vs chemotherapy in patients with treatment-naïve biliary tract cancer.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to second-line GNS561 following the completion of a phase 1/2a trial evaluating the novel PPT1 inhibitor in liver cancer and cholangiocarcinoma.

Findings from the phase 1/2 ReFocus study highlighted that RLY-4008 is a potentially transformative agent for the treatment of FGFR inhibitor–naïve, FGFR-mutant cholangiocarcinoma.

Long-term follow-up of the phase 2 DESTINY-Gastric02 study revealed fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki continues to show promise in locally advanced or metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Patients with locally advanced or metastatic biliary tract cancer can now receive treatment with durvalumab plus gemcitabine following the combination’s approval by the FDA.

“...we don’t focus on survivorship enough. It’s important to understand the other factors involved in surviving besides just a treatment.”

Patients with ERBB2-positive esophagogastric adenocarcinoma appeared to experience improved efficacy following treatment with a combination of trastuzumab and nivolumab plus leucovorin, fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin vs historical data.

Stacy Stein, MD, and co-investigators, research omalizumab to treat oxaliplatin hypersensitivity reactions for patients with gastrointestinal cancers.

The FDA has delayed the decision to approve tislelizumab monotherapy for patients with advanced or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma following prior systemic therapy, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

Howard A. Burris, MD, highlighted previous findings of the phase 3 TOPAZ-1 trial assessing durvalumab plus gemcitabine and cisplatin vs placebo plus gemcitabine and cisplatin in advanced biliary tract cancer and patient-reported outcomes data that were presented at 2022 ASCO.