Expert Interviews

Discourse centered around dosing strategies for selinexor-based therapies.

Dr Caitlin Costello discusses how she adapts treatment to patients with transplant-ineligible NDMM based on fitness level, and why some patients receive doublet therapy.

Experts explain their approaches to maintenance therapy for patients with transplant-ineligible NDMM and when therapy should be reduced.

Dr Matthew James Pianko details how he determines treatment duration and discontinuation for transplant-eligible multiple myeloma.

Kevin Kalinsky, MD, MS, spoke about future studies following results from the phase 2 MAINTAIN trial of ribociclib with or without endocrine therapy and after progression on a CDK4/6 inhibitor for patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

Joseph Mikhael, MD, spoke about the mechanism of action of bispecific antibody teclistamab relative to other agents in the space such monoclonal antibodies and CAR T-cell therapies in multiple myeloma.

At 2022 IGCS, Lilian Gien, MD, spoke about a phase 2 trial which analyzed pembrolizumab plus epacadostat in patients with recurrent clear cell carcinoma of the ovary.

The MAINTAIN trial was designed to assess endocrine therapy with or without ribociclib after progression on a CDK4/6 inhibitor in patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.

A breast cancer expert shares the current first-line standard of care for patients with HER2-positive breast cancer and presents scenarios where the standard treatment approach may not be appropriate.

Joyce O’Shaughnessy, MD shares an overview of the HER2-positive breast cancer landscape, focusing on prognosis and risk of recurrence for patients with early-stage and metastatic breast cancer.

Closing out their review of tazemetostat in R/R FL, participants consider its practical use in practice alongside other novel treatment modalities.

Dr Larry Anderson summarizes the study design and updated data of the MAIA trial, and Dr Rebecca Silbermann compares it against the SWOG 0777 trial.

Andrew Cowan, MD, presents the results of the ENDURANCE study comparing two triplet regimens in transplant-ineligible MM.

A brief review of both neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment options available to patients with localized bladder cancer.

Opening their discussion on urothelial carcinoma management, panelists highlight risk factors, symptoms, and staging practices in this setting.

Tiffany Sia, MD, spoke about major takeaways from her study and how to implement procedural interventions for patients with gynecologic malignancies who have oligoprogression.

Two subject matter experts discuss keystone trials supporting the use of Selinexor in patients with R/R MM, each with unique dosing structures and different selinexor-based combinations.

Opening their discussion on relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, Joshua Richter, MD and Peter Forsberg, MD review options for treatment sequencing, initiating treatment, and the mechanism of action for selinexor.

Data from the phase 3 ATHENA-MONO study indicated that maintenance rucaparib yielded progression-free survival benefit vs placebo across all subgroups in a population of patients newly diagnosed ovarian cancer, according to David O’Malley, MD.

At 2022 IGCS, Tiffany Sia, MD, spoke about using procedural interventions to treat patients with gynecologic malignancies who have oligoprogression on treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors.