July 31st 2025
The treatment combination elicited partial responses in 80% of patients with squamous NSCLC and 46% in nonsquamous NSCLC.
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Bemcentinib for STK11-Mutated Advanced/Metastatic NSCLC
November 9th 2021The FDA granted Fast Track Designation to bemcentinib combined with a PD-L1 agent to treat patients with STK11 altered advanced/metastatic non–small cell lung cancer without actionable mutations.
Neoadjuvant Nivolumab/Chemo Combo Yields Significant EFS Improvement in Resectable NSCLC
November 8th 2021Findings from the CheckMate 816 trial indicated that the combination of nivolumab and chemotherapy as neoadjuvant therapy resulted in a significant event-free survival benefit for patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.
Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD, Discusses the Outcomes With Immunotherapy in Wild-Type vs EGFR Exon 20 NSCLC
October 24th 2021CancerNetwork® sat down with Lyudmilia Bazhenova, MD, at the 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer to discuss differences in outcomes with immunotherapy agents in patients with wild-type and EGFR exon 20 insertion–positive non–small cell lung cancer.
Sintilimab Meets Primary End Point in ORIENT-31 Trial for EGFR+ Non-Squamous NSCLC
October 18th 2021Sintilimab with or without a bevacizumab biosimilar injection, combined with chemotherapy yielded promising findings in a population of patients with EGFR-mutant nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer who have previously been treated with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
SABR Non-Inferior to VATS L-MLND in Operable Stage I Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
October 14th 2021Treatment with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy yielded non-inferior long-term survival compared with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgical lobectomy with mediastinal lymph node dissection in operable stage IA non–small cell lung cancer.
Ensartinib Yields Superior Efficacy Over Crizotinib for ALK-Positive Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
September 23rd 2021Results from the phase 3 eXalt3 study indicated that ensartinib led to a longer progression-free survival and intracranial response rate compared with crizotinib for patients with ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer.
Durvalumab Demonstrates Real-World PFS Benefit In Unresectable Stage III NSCLC
September 22nd 2021Findings from the PACIFIC-R trial indicated that the real-world progression-free survival benefit of durvalumab was higher vs the median progression-free survival reported in the durvalumab arm of the phase 3 PACIFIC trial in unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer.
Blood-Based Tumor Mutational Burden Does Not Predict Benefit of Atezolizumab for NSCLC
September 21st 2021According to results from the Blood First Assay Screening Trial, blood-based tumor mutational burden did not predict a benefit of atezolizumab over chemotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Treatment With Adjuvant Atezolizumab Yields Improved Outcomes in Stage II-IIIA PD-L1–Positive NSCLC
September 20th 2021Patients with stage II to IIIA non–small cell lung cancer experienced an improvement in disease-free survival and time to locoregional and distant relapse after being treated with adjuvant atezolizumab.
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Shows Safe Antitumor Activity in Advanced NSCLC With Genomic Alterations
September 19th 2021The antibody drug conjugate, datopotamab deruxtecan, was safe in heavily pretreated patients who don’t have many treatment options after treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors and platinum-based chemotherapy.