Gastrointestinal Cancer

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.

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.

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.

Results from the ATOMIC trial found a 50% reduction in the risk of death for patients with dMMR colon cancer receiving atezolizumab/chemotherapy.

Data from the MATTERHORN trial may be “practice-changing” in the management of resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

As a single agent or in combination, MK-1084 showed promising efficacy and safety results for patients with KRAS G12C–mutated CRC.

Emergent alteration patterns were similarly diverse across treatment arms in the phase 3 CodeBreaK 300 study.

The median PFS was 54.1 months with nivolumab/ipilimumab vs 5.9 months with chemotherapy in patients with MSI-H/dMMR CRC.

Anlotinib/chemotherapy showed comparable efficacy vs bevacizumab/chemotherapy in patients with RAS/BRAF wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer.

Escalated adjuvant chemotherapy did not improve recurrence-free survival in patients with stage III colon cancer when using a ctDNA-informed approach.

T-DXd improved OS, PFS, ORR, and DOR vs ramucirumab plus paclitaxel in the second-line treatment of HER2-positive gastric cancer or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

Updated findings from BREAKWATER support encorafenib plus cetuximab and chemotherapy as a new standard of care in BRAF V600E-mutated metastatic CRC.

Survival benefits were observed across most post-hoc subgroups treated with anlotinib plus penpulimab, particularly among those with high-risk disease features.

Phase 3 data may support FOLFIRINOX as a standard of care in fit patients with locally advanced pancreatic cancer.

A 6-year analysis of the phase 3 STELLAR trial did not find any significant differences between total neoadjuvant treatment and concurrent chemoradiation in rectal cancer.