Four-year follow-up results from the phase III GLOW study showed that investigational, fixed-duration treatment with Imbruvica (ibrutinib) in combination with venetoclax reduced the risk of progression or death by 79% among older and/or unfit patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia compared to patients treated with chemoimmunotherapy.
Data from the phase III MAIA of Darzalex (daratumumab) in combination with lenalidomide and dexamethasone in newly diagnosed, transplant-ineligible patients with multiple myeloma—regardless of patients’ age and across clinically important subgroups, as well as health-related quality of life among frail TIE patients—were presented in oral and poster presentations at the American Society of Hematology 2022 Annual Meeting.
Positive initial data from a pivotal phase II expansion cohort evaluating investigational linvoseltamab (BCMAXCD3, formerly REGN5458) at the 200 mg dose recommended for further development in patients with heavily pre-treated, relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, were presented at the 64th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Positive new and updated data from a phase I and pivotal phase II trial (ELM-1 and ELM-2), evaluating investigational odronextamab in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, were presented in an oral session at the 64th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition and will form the basis of planned submissions to regulatory authorities in 2023, including to FDA.
FDA approved updated labeling for Xeloda (capecitabine) tablets under Project Renewal, an Oncology Center of Excellence initiative aimed at updating labeling information for certain older oncology drugs to ensure information is clinically meaningful and scientifically up to date.
FDA approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab) for adult and pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with unresectable or metastatic alveolar soft part sarcoma.
FDA has granted an accelerated approval to Krazati (adagrasib), a RAS GTPase family inhibitor, for adult patients with KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, as determined by an FDA-approved test, who have received at least one prior systemic therapy.
At the 2022 annual meeting of the Association of American Cancer Institutes—hosted by The University of Kansas, the newest NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—Dr. Doug Lowy, then acting NCI director, discussed how enhancing the way centers communicate research is vital to the eradication of cancer.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation announced the four inaugural Class of 2022 TACTICAL (Therapy ACceleration To Intercept CAncer Lethality) Award recipients.
Barbara Burtness, professor of medicine (medical oncology), has been named chief translational research officer for Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital, and associate cancer center director for translational research for Yale Cancer Center.
