Of adaptive and factorial designs A biostatistician’s interpretation of last week’s ODAC

Cercek: “The majority of patients in AZUR-1 in a global study were able to avoid all of standard of care”

On Oct. 19, FDA granted an accelerated approval to dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli) for the treatment of patients with previously untreated stage 2 or stage 3 rectal cancer that is mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability–high, as determined by an FDA-authorized test.

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MSK’s Andrea Cercek: Oncology faces learning curve as dostarlimab challenges dMMR rectal cancer standard of care

Earlier this week, FDA granted an accelerated approval to dostarlimab-gxly (Jemperli), for adults with previously untreated stage 2 or stage 3 rectal cancer that is mismatch repair deficient or microsatellite instability-high, marking a celebratory moment for the field.

Tarlatamab + durvalumab extend median OS for patients with ES-SCLC, phase III DeLLphi-305 trial finds

In patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, tarlatamab, a bispecific T-cell engager, plus durvalumab as first-line maintenance therapy extended median overall survival by more than eight months, more than tripled progression-free survival, and reduced the risk of death by 58% compared to durvalumab alone, according to results of the phase III open-label, multicenter, randomized DeLLphi-305 study.

October 30, 2026

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Divarasib monotherapy improves OS in previously-treated KRAS G12C-mutated lung cancer, phase III trial finds

Divarasib, a next-generation KRAS G12C inhibitor, lowered the risk of disease progression or death by 42% and the overall risk of death by 44% in people with previously treated KRAS G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer, according to the results from the phase III Krascendo 1 study. The therapy demonstrated the superior efficacy compared with current standard of care KRAS G12C inhibitors.

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Arcotatug tavatecan improves OS and PFS in patients with advanced gastric cancer, phase III study finds

The phase III G-HOPE-001 study (NCT06238843), evaluating arcotatug tavatecan (TAK-921 or IBI343) in patients with Claudin 18.2-positive, previously treated, advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma, met its dual primary endpoints of overall survival and progression-free survival.

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Perioperative Imfinzi + Padcev improves EFS, OS, in MIBC, phase III trial finds

Perioperative Imfinzi (durvalumab) plus neoadjuvant Padcev (enfortumab vedotin) reduced risk of recurrence by 49% and risk of death by 42% in muscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to the VOLGA phase III trial. The combination demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in the primary endpoint of event-free survival and key secondary endpoint of overall survival in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer versus standard of care.

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Of adaptive and factorial designs

A biostatistician’s interpretation of last week’s ODAC

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