European Society for Medical Oncology Congress (ESMO)

Central nervous system progression was reduced with osimertinib plus chemotherapy for patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer plus CNS metastases.

Shannon N. Westin, MD, MPH, FACOG, presented results showing a progression-free survival response with combination durvalumab plus olaparib in newly diagnosed advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer.

Neoadjuvant nivolumab combination followed by surgery and adjuvant nivolumab show an improvement in event-free survival for patients with previously untreated resectable stage II to IIIB non-small cell lung cancer.

Results presented at 2023 ESMO showed a prolonged survival benefit in patients receiving adjuvant cemiplimab for stage II-IV cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Belzutifan plus cabozantinib showed continued anti-tumor activity in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Results from an updated analysis of the DESTINY-Breast04 trial indicate an efficacy improvement when trastuzumab deruxtecan monotherapy is used for patients with HER2-low metastatic breast cancer.

Central nervous system progression-free survival appears to be longer with trastuzumab deruxtecan than with comparator treatment in those with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer and brain metastases.

Atezolizumab plus platinum chemotherapy showed significant improvement in progression-free survival for patients with frontline advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma.

Sacituzumab govitecan showed anti-tumor activity in patients with pretreated metastatic or locally recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Patients with recurrent ovarian cancer did not see an improvement in efficacy when given atezolizumab plus chemotherapy and niraparib.

The phase 3 KEYNOTE-756 trial yielded an increased pathological complete response for those with high-risk, early-stage, estrogen receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer receiving pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab plus endocrine therapy.

Pembrolizumab combination yielded an improved progression-free survival benefit vs placebo in patients with newly diagnosed, previously untreated, high-risk locally advanced cervical cancer.

Results from the phase 2 PERLA trial showed an improved objective response and overall survival in treatment with dostarlimab plus chemotherapy in patients with treatment-naïve, nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Pembrolizumab appears to improve overall survival vs placebo when added to trastuzumab and chemotherapy among patients with metastatic HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer.

Findings from the ENZA-p study provide evidence for enhanced anti-cancer effects with 177Lu-PSMA-617 plus enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Event-free survival benefits with pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 trial appear to be consistent in triple-negative breast cancer across subgroups based on nodal status, tumor size, and PD-L1 status.

Data from the phase 2 KRYSTAL-7 study support a phase 3 trial assessing concurrent adagrasib plus pembrolizumab compared with pembrolizumab alone in treatment-naïve KRAS G12C-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

Adding durvalumab to standard-of-care chemotherapy appears to improve downstaging in patients with resectable gastric cancer and gastroesophageal junction cancer in the phase 3 MATTERHORN study.

Results from the phase 3 FLAMES trial show an improved progression-free survival benefit with senaparib monotherapy vs placebo across all pre-specified patient subgroups with newly diagnosed, advanced ovarian cancer.

Five-year data from the monarchE trial support adding adjuvant abemaciclib to endocrine therapy for patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Based on findings from the phase 3 CABASTY trial, a fixed 16 mg/m2 dose of cabazitaxel every 2 weeks vs 25 mg/m2 every 3 weeks reduced neutropenic complications in elderly patients with mCRPC.

Patients with locally advanced/metastatic non–clear cell renal cell carcinoma experienced promising preliminary antitumor activity following treatment with pembrolizumab and lenvatinib in the first line.

Results from the phase 3 KEYLYNK-010 study showed that treatment with pembrolizumab and olaparib did not result in a statistically significant improvement in survival despite yielding higher responses compared with novel hormonal agents in patients with previously treated prostate cancer.

The 24-month follow-up of the phase 1/2 CheckMate 358 trial found nivolumab with or without ipilimumab yielded clinically meaningful, long-lasting responses in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical 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.

PARP inhibitors like rucaparib should be considered to treat all kinds of patients, including those who have deleterious mutations and HRD, according to Amit Oza, MD, MBBS, FRCPC.

PARP inhibitors such as rucaparib appear to garner the most benefit in the early maintenance setting in patients with ovarian cancer who have less advanced disease and less heterogeneity, according to Amit Oza, MD, MBBS, FRCPC.

Abiraterone and olaparib continued to demonstrate a positive trend in overall survival (OS) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to Fred Saad, MD, FRCS, though he stated that longer follow-up is needed to confirm the benefit.

Based on findings from a real-world retrospective analysis, Stacey A. Cohen, MD, discussed the prognostic value of post-surgical minimal residual disease detection in patients with stage I to III colorectal cancer.

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.