Lung Cancer

Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) can be used for multiple cancer types, including melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, and head and neck squamous cell cancer.

The investigators said that the trial data showed potentially clinically meaningful improvements in both progression-free survival and overall survival in pre-specified subgroups of patients based on the baseline inflammatory biomarker, hs-CRP, as well as other biomarker-defined subgroups.

Officials with the FDA have approved Roche’s VENTANA PD-L1 (SP263) Assay as a diagnostic test to evaluate patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are eligible to receive atezolizumab (Tecentriq, Genentech).

According to Genentech, atezolizumab is the first and only cancer immunotherapy approved for adjuvant treatment of NSCLC.

Cemiplimab is a recombinant human immunoglobulin G4 monoclonal antibody that binds to PD-1 and blocks its interaction with PD-L1 and PD-L2.

Between October 2011 and February 2013, UKLS researchers randomized 4055 high-risk participants to either a single invitation to screening with LDCT or to no screening.

Durvalumab in combination with oleclumab reduced the risk of non-small cell lung cancer disease progression or death by 56%, whereas patients receiving durvalumab and monalizumab had a 35% reduction.

Treatment with neoadjuvant cisplatin and pemetrexed plus atezolizumab for pleural mesothelioma found to be safe in trial.

There are 4 essential epidermal growth factor receptor-mutant non-small cell lung cancer subgroups, according to new research results.

The FDA approved Exkivity to treat non-small cell lung cancer along with Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Oncomine DX Target Test, which is intended to be a companion diagnostic for the treatment.

Dr. Jason Liu and his colleagues hoped to assess the use of maintenance durvalumab based on patient and physician characteristics among individuals with stage 3 NSCLC in the United States.

Survey participants saw potential for immunotherapy use in earlier stages of several diseases, including melanoma, lung cancer, and bladder or urothelial cancer.

The regimen with chemotherapy continues to show longer rates at 9 months compared with 4.9 months for chemotherapy and the placebo.

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy has similar overall and progression-free survival rates.

Individuals who had depression or stress in a hospital in Mexico were also 4.5 and 3.18 times more likely, respectively, to experience delays in treatment.

New artificial intelligence tool can identify tumors at a 97% rate, a year before other methods can diagnose it.

Results from POSEIDON, a randomized open label, phase 3 trial, showed that patients administered 5 cycles of tremelimumab plus durvalumab and chemotherapy over 16 weeks experienced a 23% reduction in the risk of death compared with various chemotherapy options.

Investigators used a new animal model to determine how the stem-like T cell can survive and what it looks like over the course of several months of tumor growth.

The kinase inhibitor is a promising treatment option for patients with MET exon 14 skipping mutation non–small cell lung cancer.

Researchers found that the levels of serum albumin and the number of metastatic sites that patients with lung cancer have were significantly associated with overall survival.

The agents that have been evaluated and approved, and those that are coming in the pipeline, make for an exciting time to consider directed therapies.

New treatments show promise for patients with KRAS G12C–mutated disease.

The safety of atezolizumab in the Impower010 trial was consistent with its known safety profile and no new safety signals were identified.

A number of prescription medications are indicated for the treatment of this aggressive disease.

The investigators found that the combination of cemiplimab-rwlc and chemotherapy resulted in a substantial improvement in OS compared to chemotherapy alone for patients with metastatic or locally advanced disease and tumors with either squamous or non-squamous histology and across all programmed death-ligand 1 expression levels.

Plinabulin is a selective immunomodulating microtubule-binding agent (SIMBA), which is an antigen presenting cell (APC) inducer.

According to a press release from Roche, the FDA is reviewing the company’s Biologics License Application under the Real-Time Oncology Review pilot program, which aims to explore a more efficient review process to ensure safe and effective treatments are available to patients as early as possible.

As treatments for lung cancer move forward and patient care services continue to expand, the role of the pharmacist in oncology is critical.

Investigators have found that a small percentage of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor-resistant cancer cells are present in certain patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), potentially explaining tumor regrowth in these patients.

The data show that the maximum tolerated dose of rigosertib in combination with nivolumab was not reached in the 3 cohorts of the trial’s dose-escalation phase in patients with advanced KRAS-positive metastatic lung adenocarcinoma.