Dana-Farber, Mount Sinai study: Cancer clinical trials bounced back after significant COVID-19 disruption

65% of eligible lung cancer patients do not receive the most appropriate targeted therapies

Diaceutics has released research revealing a critical shift in precision medicine. Despite major advances in biomarker testing, nearly two-thirds of eligible patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the U.S. are still not receiving the most appropriate treatment.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

Clinical Roundup

Eating primes immune cells for future responses, UPMC study finds

Eating creates a temporary metabolic state that influences the function of T cells, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh.

May 01, 2026

Vol.52 No.17

Clinical Roundup

CAR T-cell therapy for high-risk smoldering MM shows deep and lasting responses in phase II study

In the phase II CAR-PRISM (PRecision Intervention Smoldering Myeloma) clinical trial, the first to investigate CAR T-cell therapy in patients with high-risk smoldering multiple myeloma, all 20 patients were negative for minimal residual disease within two months of treatment and remained MRD-negative after a median of 15.3 months of follow-up.

April 24, 2026

Vol.52 No.16

Clinical

Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OS
PanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”

The long-awaited results from the RASolute 302 trial—a phase III clinical trial evaluating daraxonrasib, a RAS inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with previously treated, metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma—have been read out.

FDA issues reminder to sponsors: Disclose clinical trial results

FDA issued a stern reminder to medical product companies and researchers of the requirements to submit certain clinical trial results information to ClinicalTrials.gov.

Salwan Al Mutar named director of clinical research at START Dallas-Fort Worth

The START Center for Cancer Research, a community-based network of clinical trial sites specializing in early-phase oncology trials, announced the appointment of Salwan Al Mutar as director of Clinical Research at START Dallas-Fort Worth.

April 17, 2026

Vol.52 No.15

Dana-Farber, Mount Sinai study: Cancer clinical trials bounced back after significant COVID-19 disruption

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PanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”

FDA issues reminder to sponsors: Disclose clinical trial results

Salwan Al Mutar named director of clinical research at START Dallas-Fort Worth

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Dana-Farber, Mount Sinai study: Cancer clinical trials bounced back after significant COVID-19 disruption

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65% of eligible lung cancer patients do not receive the most appropriate targeted therapies

Eating primes immune cells for future responses, UPMC study finds

CAR T-cell therapy for high-risk smoldering MM shows deep and lasting responses in phase II study

Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OSPanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”

FDA issues reminder to sponsors: Disclose clinical trial results

Salwan Al Mutar named director of clinical research at START Dallas-Fort Worth

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Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OS
PanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”