Clinical Roundup

Combined delivery of engineered virus with immunotherapy improves outcomes in glioblastoma, phase I/II study shows

Intratumoral delivery of an engineered oncolytic virus, DNX-2401, targeting glioblastoma cells combined with subsequent immunotherapy was safe and improved survival outcomes in a subset of patients with recurrent GBM, according to results from a multi-institutional phase I/II clinical trial co-led by researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Toronto.
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Basket trial results suggest advanced FGFR-altered solid tumors may benefit from FGFR inhibitor pemigatinib

The FIGHT-207 trial, led by Jordi Rodon, associate professor of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics at MD Anderson Cancer Center, demonstrated promising early signs of clinical benefit and revealed potential mechanisms of primary and secondary resistance following treatment with the selective FGFR inhibitor pemigatinib in patients with advanced FGFR-altered solid tumors.