Analysis Confirms Vectibix Survival Benefit vs. Chemo +/- Bevacizumab

Pandemic caused temporary disruptions in CRC screening and minimal impact on diagnosis, two studies show

Two recent studies by researchers from Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine explore the effect of the pandemic on colorectal cancer screening tests and diagnostic colonoscopies in central Indiana.

March 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.12

Clinical Roundup

Self-driving microscope solves previous challenges in microscopy

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers developed a “self-driving” microscope that solves two challenges that have long plagued microscopy: 1) imaging living cells or organisms at dramatically different scales, and 2) following a specific structure or area of interest over long periods of time.

March 14, 2025

Vol.51 No.10

Drugs & Targets

FDA accepts sBLA for Opdivo + Yervoy in CRC

FDA accepted Bristol Myers Squibb’s supplemental biologics license application for Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) as a potential first-line treatment option for adult and pediatric patients (12 years and older) with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high or mismatch repair deficient colorectal cancer.

February 28, 2025

Vol.51 No.08

Clinical Roundup

Dual-targeted therapies + chemo shows high response rates in BRAF-mutated metastatic CRC, phase III trial shows

Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer harboring BRAF V600E mutations benefitted from first-line treatment with the targeted therapies Braftovi(encorafenib) and Erbitux(cetuximab) plus a mFOLFOX6 chemotherapy regimen, according to results from the phase III BREAKWATER trial led by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

January 31, 2025

Vol.51 No.04

Clinical Roundup

Opdivo + Yervoy show improvement in PFS for MSI-high, MMR- CRC in phase III trial

Bristol Myers Squibb announced results of an analysis from the three-arm phase III CheckMate-8HW trial evaluating Opdivo (nivolumab) plus Yervoy (ipilimumab) versus Opdivo monotherapy across all lines of therapy, including first-line, for the treatment of microsatellite instability-high/mismatch repair-deficient metastatic colorectal cancer. At a median follow-up of 47 months, Opdivo plus Yervoy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in the dual-primary endpoint of progression-free survival as assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review versus Opdivo monotherapy (HR 0.62; 95% CI 0.48–0.81; P = 0.0003).

January 31, 2025

Vol.51 No.04

Clinical Roundup

In HER2+ CRC, anti-HER2 therapy may be less toxic alternative to EGFR inhibitors, phase II study finds

A phase II trial found that for patients with HER2+ metastatic colorectal cancer, dual HER2-inhibitor therapy can be a similarly efficacious but less toxic alternative to EGFR inhibitor therapy. Exploratory analysis suggests greater HER2 amplification in a tumor may be associated with greater clinical benefit of dual HER2 inhibitor vs EGFR inhibitor therapy.

January 31, 2025

Vol.51 No.04

Analysis Confirms Vectibix Survival Benefit vs. Chemo +/- Bevacizumab

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