Lisa Coussens, Elliott Levy, Patricia LoRusso named to inaugural Shasqi scientific advisory board; Jean-Frédéric Viret, Mukul Agarwal named to leadership roles

Efti + radiotherapy + Keytruda regimen meets primary endpoint in phase II study in soft tissue sarcoma

Investigator-initiated EFTISARC-NEO phase II trial evaluating eftilagimod alfa (efti) with radiotherapy plus Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in the neoadjuvant setting for resectable soft tissue sarcoma has met its primary endpoint.

May 30, 2025

Vol.51 No.21

Regulatory News

ODAC marathon: Committee charges through a pileup of clinical questions in a two-day, four-application session

In two back-to-back, all-day meetings, the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee considered four thorny applications that the agency appeared to have been saving up as a result of the pause in activity that followed President Trump’s return to office.

FDA grants accelerated approval to avutometinib + defactinib for KRAS-mutated recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer

FDA has approved Avmapki Fakzynja Co-Pack (avutometinib capsules; defactinib tablets) for the treatment of adult patients with KRAS-mutated recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer who received prior systemic therapy. Avmapki Fakzynja Co-Pack is the first and only FDA-approved medicine for this disease.

May 23, 2025

Vol.51 No.20

Clinical Roundup

New compound targets circadian clock machinery in cells to fight glioblastoma

A series of preclinical studies show that a new compound, SHP1705, targets circadian clock proteins hijacked by glioblastoma stem cells, impairing the cancer cells’ ability to survive and grow.

May 16, 2025

Vol.51 No.19

Clinical Roundup

Durvalumab regimen demonstrates improvement in DFS for high-risk NMBIC in phase III trial

Positive high-level results from the POTOMAC phase III trial showed one year of treatment with Imfinzi (durvalumab) plus standard-of-care BCG induction and maintenance therapy demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in disease-free survival for patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer compared to BCG induction and maintenance therapy alone.

May 09, 2025

Vol.51 No.18

Clinical

Kelly Spill opted for dostarlimab trial, avoiding rectal cancer treatment that would leave her infertile
Six years later, she is well—and pregnant with her third child

When Kelly Spill was eight months pregnant, she experienced some constipation and noticed blood in her stool. Her OBGYN wasn’t worried.

May 02, 2025

Vol.51 No.17

By Jacquelyn Cobb

Lisa Coussens, Elliott Levy, Patricia LoRusso named to inaugural Shasqi scientific advisory board; Jean-Frédéric Viret, Mukul Agarwal named to leadership roles

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Lisa Coussens, Elliott Levy, Patricia LoRusso named to inaugural Shasqi scientific advisory board; Jean-Frédéric Viret, Mukul Agarwal named to leadership roles

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

Efti + radiotherapy + Keytruda regimen meets primary endpoint in phase II study in soft tissue sarcoma

ODAC marathon: Committee charges through a pileup of clinical questions in a two-day, four-application session

FDA grants accelerated approval to avutometinib + defactinib for KRAS-mutated recurrent low-grade serous ovarian cancer

New compound targets circadian clock machinery in cells to fight glioblastoma

Durvalumab regimen demonstrates improvement in DFS for high-risk NMBIC in phase III trial

Kelly Spill opted for dostarlimab trial, avoiding rectal cancer treatment that would leave her infertileSix years later, she is well—and pregnant with her third child

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Kelly Spill opted for dostarlimab trial, avoiding rectal cancer treatment that would leave her infertile
Six years later, she is well—and pregnant with her third child