Gastrointestinal Cancer

Dostarlimab achieved a 100% clinical complete response rate in patients with dMMR/MSI-H advanced rectal cancer, a phase 2 study found.

The European Commission has approved tislelizumab plus chemotherapy as treatment for patients with esophageal and gastric or GEJ cancer.

Results from the HERIZON-BTC-01 trial led to the approval of zanidatamab for patients with metastatic HER2-positive biliary tract cancer.

Given that well-differentiated grade 3 NETs are relatively new, standard-of-care treatment options are undefined.

As patients are nearing the end of life, different management strategies, such as opioids, may be needed to help mitigate pain or fatigue.

Kelley A. Rone, DNP, RN, AGNP-c, highlights the importance of having end-of-life discussions early in a patient’s cancer treatment course.

Kelley A. Rone, DNP, RN, AGNP-c, highlights how to best approach end-of-life discussions with patients receiving treatment for cancer.

The FDA has pushed back PDUFA dates for sotorasib and obeticholic acid for metastatic CRC and primary biliary cholangitis indications.

Omitting bolus 5-fluouracil in chemotherapy-based treatment for patients with gastrointestinal cancers may reduce adverse effects and healthcare costs.

Ten votes were cast against PD-L1 as an efficacy biomarker for therapies intended to treat patients with gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma.

The primary end point of progression-free survival was met with retifanlimab to carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with metastatic SCAC.

The use of 5-fluorouracil decreased toxicity and possible savings in first-line advanced gastrointestinal cancers.

Krystal Preston, PharmD, BCPS, discussed the use and administration of tislelizumab for patients with resectable or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Developers anticipate launching a first-in-human phase 1 study assessing ziftomenib/imatinib for those with advanced GISTs in early 2025.

Laura W. Goff, MD, MSCI, MMHC, discusses the onslaught of treatment sequencing available in gastrointestinal cancer.

Phase 1 data may warrant further investigation of lunresertib in high-risk gastrointestinal tumors with CCNE1 amplifications or FBXW7 mutations.

Olverembatinib has shown promising clinical efficacy in SDH-deficient gastrointestinal stromal tumors, says Haibo Qiu, MD.

No patients with dMMR rectal cancer enrolled on a phase 2 study required subsequent chemotherapy or radiation following treatment with dostarlimab.

The median progression-free survival and overall survival was extended with rivoceranib among those with unresectable HCC in the CARES-310 trial.

The safety profile of zanidatamab in the HERIZON-BTC-01 trial appears to remain consistent after longer follow-up.

The FDA has set a new Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of November 9, 2024, for zolbetuximab in this gastric cancer population.

The FDA has set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act date of November 29, 2024, for zanidatamab in this biliary tract cancer population.

Higher response rates with T-DXd occurred in patients with gastric cancer and plasma HER2 amplification in circulating tumor DNA in the DESTINY-Gatric01 trial.

Developers voluntarily request withdrawal of accelerated approval status for infigratinib as a treatment for FGFR2-positive cholangiocarcinoma.

Investigators found that imatinib maintenance therapy for 6 years reduced the risk of recurrence in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

Data from the phase 3 CRC-PREVENT trial support the sensitivity of ColoSense in the detection of colorectal cancer.

CheckMate-8HW assessed the efficacy of first-line nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with MSI-H/dMMR metastatic colorectal cancer.

The primary end point of overall survival was met in the KEYNOTE-811 trial assessing pembrolizumab in HER2-positive gastrointestinal cancer.

Immunotherapy may be an “elegant” method of managing colorectal cancer, says Gregory Charak, MD.

Safety findings highlight no severe adverse effects or dose-limiting toxicities with the rintatolimod combination in late-stage pancreatic cancer.