LUNG CANCER

The FDA-approved regimen is for neoadjuvant durvalumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant durvalumab in patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

Following promising data from the phase 1 Deltacel-01 trial, the FDA has given Deltacel plus low-dose radiation therapy a fast track designation in stage IV non–small cell lung cancer.

In the Acclaim-1 and Acclaim-3 trials, prolonged progression-free survival and partial remission were observed with quaratusugene ozeplasmid plus osimertinib and atezolizumab for advanced lung cancer treatment.

The AFFINITY study has finished enrolling participants to evaluate the Aliya pulsed electric field system in patients with stage IV non–small cell lung cancer or lung metastases who are not candidates for surgery.

LP-300, a novel small molecule, shows promise as a potential breakthrough treatment for advanced non–small cell lung cancer in never smokers.

Suresh S. Ramalingam, MD, discussed the practice-changing findings and implications of the phase 3 LAURA study investigating osimertinib for the treatment of patients with EGFR-mutated non–small cell lung cancer.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, John V. Heymach, MD, PhD, talked with event participants about adverse events they have observed in their patients after using immune checkpoint inhibitors in the second article of a 2-part series.

While sacituzumab govitecan did not statistically improve overall survival vs docetaxel, there was a numerical improvement observed in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Nicolas Girard, MD, PhD, discussed findings from the PALOMA-2 study investigating subcutaneous vs intravenous amivantamab plus lazertinib for previously untreated, EGFR-mutant non–small cell lung cancer.

SenoVax, a novel senolytic immunotherapy for NSCLC, has been submitted as an investigational new drug application to the FDA, initiating a clinical trial to test its efficacy.

The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee convened to assess the need for rigorous trial designs evaluating perioperative regimens in resectable non–small cell lung cancer.

A phase 2 trial shows that THIO, a new investigational drug, combined with cemiplimab, may be an effective and well-tolerated treatment for patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer who have exhausted other options.

The first pretreated patient with HER2-altered non–small cell lung cancer was dosed with NVL-330, a novel HER2-selective inhibitor, in the HEROEX-1 trial.

Ajaz M. Khan, MD, MBA, CPE, provides his insights into the novel biomarkers and up-front immunotherapies that are changing the landscape of treatment for patients with lung cancer.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, John V. Heymach, MD, PhD, discusses the use of immunotherapy combinations based on patients PD-L1 expression in the first article of a 2-part series.

In an interview, Aakash Desai, MD, MPH, discussed significant lung cancer treatment advancements that were highlighted at ASCO 2024.

Aristotelis Tsirigos, PhD, discusses a self-taught artificial intelligence tool being developed to accurately diagnose cases of adenocarcinoma.

Jessica Paulus, ScD, discussed a study investigating real-world trends in lung cancer staging among community oncology practices.

Salma Jabbour, MD, discusses the implications of a 4-year follow-up of the KEYNOTE-799 study of pembrolizumab and chemoradiotherapy in stage III non–small cell lung cancer.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Yasir Y. Elamin, MD, discussed with participants how they select treatment for a patient with ALK+ non–small cell lung cancer and brain metastases in the first article of a 2-part series.

Narjust Florez, MD, shared insights into emerging issues seen for young patients with lung cancer facing fertility and pregnancy and the urgent need for tailored guidelines and research.

Encouraging trends were seen with osimertinib and platinum-pemetrexed chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutated advanced non–small cell lung cancer in the phase 3 FLAURA2 study.

Atezolizumab can be given subcutaneously and it is a preferred method of delivery by patients with non–small cell lung cancer, according to results from the phase 2 IMscin002 trial.

Amivantamab plus chemotherapy significantly prolonged progression-free survival in patients with EGFR-mutant advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

A self-taught AI tool that accurately diagnoses adenocarcinoma and predicts cancer recurrence has been developed and has shown to outperform traditional methods.