Gastrointestinal Cancer

Findings from the phase 2b ASCEND trial will be presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress on July 2, 2025.

Elraglusib plus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel demonstrated a median OS of 12.5 months vs 8.5 months with chemotherapy alone in patients with PDAC.

Stereotactic online adaptive magnetic resonance–guided radiation therapy was well tolerated and maintained stable QOL in patients with PDAC for up to 1 year.

Investigators will submit detailed results from the phase 3 STELLAR-303 trial for presentation at a future medical conference.

Data from the phase 3 CABINET trial support the CHMP’s positive opinion of cabozantinib in well-differentiated extrapancreatic or pancreatic NETs.

Subgroup analyses from the phase 3 CheckMate649 and KEYNOTE-859 clinical trials showed little OS difference between investigational and chemotherapy arms.

According to Benjamin Golas, MD, PIPAC is emerging as minimally invasive laparoscopic approach for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis.

According to Ronan J. Kelly, MD, MBA, deciding whether to give nivolumab- or durvalumab-based regimens in gastric cancers may rely on a patient’s frailty.

Five-year follow-up revealed that patients treated with nivolumab vs placebo in the phase 3 CheckMate 577 trial experienced a “doubling” of survival.

Patients treated with nivolumab in the phase 3 CheckMate 577 trial were less likely to experience progression-related treatment discontinuation vs placebo.

Results from the phase 3 POD1UM-303/InterAACT 2 trial demonstrated improved PFS and OS in patients with locally recurrent or metastatic SCAC.

The FDA decision follows phase 2 CANFOUR trial data showing a 2-year survival rate of 35% in IL1RAP-high metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

In patients 39 years or younger, a statistically significant association between colorectal cancer diagnosis and endometriosis was not observed.

Counseling received prior to colorectal surgery using 3-dimensional–printed anatomic models reduced mean anxiety scores vs conventional counseling.

Phase 2 data may support nivolumab plus low-dose ipilimumab as a promising option in patients with microsatellite instability–high gastric cancer.

Satri-cel led to a median PFS of 3.25 months vs 1.77 months with physician’s choice in patients with pretreated gastric or gastroesophageal cancer.

Brandon R. Mancini, MD, MBA, FACRO, discussed results from a phase 1/2a trial that evaluated [212Pb]VMT-α-NET in patients with advanced NETs.

Fruquintinib plus chemotherapy and a PD-1 inhibitor elicited an ORR of 80.0% with all partial responses in patients with treatment-naïve gastric/GEJ cancer.

Results from the ShorTrip trial found that SCRT plus chemotherapy regimens showed promising efficacy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer.

Disitamab vedotin, toripalimab, and trastuzumab demonstrated superior response rates and efficacy in HER2-overexpressing metastatic gastric cancers.

EBC-129 was well tolerated, with a safety profile consistent with other MMAE-based ADCs in patients with PDAC and other solid tumors.

A survival benefit was noted when elraglusib was added to chemotherapy for patients with metastatic PDAC.

Five-year follow-up confirms adjuvant nivolumab's sustained disease-free and distant metastasis-free survival benefits in resected esophageal/GEJ cancer post-CRT.

A post hoc analysis of NAPOLI-3 reveals clinical characteristics and treatment strategies associated with long-term survival in patients with metastatic PDAC treated with NALIRIFOX.

No fatalities were observed with fruquintinib plus camrelizumab, paclitaxel liposome, and nedaplatin when treating esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.