LUNG CANCER

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Joshua K. Sabari, MD, discussed research supporting the use of amivantamab for patients with non–small cell lung cancer and an EGFR exon 20 insertion, including data comparing with real-world cohorts of similar patients treated with other agents.

Findings presented at the ASCO April Plenary Series showed that there was a significant event-free survival improvement among patients treated with toripalimab in the phase 3 Neotorch study.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Corey J. Langer, MD, discussed the EMPOWER Lung-3 and POSEIDON trials of immunotherapy options in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

News results from. the phase 3 AEGEAN trial further support the use of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting for patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, J. Nicholas Bodor, MD, PhD, MPH, discussed the CheckMate 9LA regimen of nivolumab and ipilimumab plus chemotherapy for patients with advanced squamous non–small cell lung cancer.

Topline data from part A of the THIO-101 trial showed that patients treated with THIO plus cemiplimab had mild toxicities, including grade 1 fatigue and muscle pain, and 1 case of grade 3 nausea among patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

Expert perspectives on factors that aid in the selection of optimal therapy for patients with relapsed/refractory ALK+ non–small cell lung cancer.

Moving on to discuss the second patient case of ALK+ NSCLC, expert panelists elucidate the sequencing ALK TKIs following progression on first-line therapy.

The investigational new drug, SynKIR-110, has received a fast track designation from the FDA for patients with mesothelioma and is continuing to be evaluated in a phase 1 trial.

Patients with PD-L1-positive non-small cell lung cancer that has metastasized to the brain did better with cemiplimab plus chemotherapy than with investigator's choice of chemotherapy.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™, Edward S. Kim, MD, MBA, discussed with participants utilizing chemoradiation and immunotherapy for patients with non–small cell lung cancer.

A post-hoc analysis of the EMPOWER-Lung 1 and 3 studies demonstrates long-term survival and responses for patients with locally advanced non–small cell lung cancer treated with cemiplimab.

According to follow-up data from EMPOWER-Lung 3, cemiplimab plus platinum-doublet chemotherapy maintained clinically improvements in advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

In a prospective effectiveness trial, care delivered to patients with lung cancer using a multidisciplinary model was compared with care delivered at a traditional serial care model.

David S. Hong, MD, discusses updated findings from an analysis of 3 trials which ultimately led to the approval of larotrectinib for patients with solid tumors who harbor an NTRK fusion.

The addition of eftilagimod alpha to pembrolizumab in patients with PD-1 resistant non–small cell lung cancer led to tumor shrinkage.

Recent successes have been observed for patients with locally advanced, unresectable non–small cell lung cancer regarding new treatment options.

Cary Gross, MD, discusses the findings from a retrospective study which revealed there to be an association between Medicaid insurance, rates of biomarker testing, and patient outcomes among patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

At the 2023 European Lung Cancer Congress, results from the recent findings of the CONTACT-01 trial showed no benefit for patients with metastatic non–small cell lung cancer on the combination of atezolizumab and cabozantinib compared with the standard of care.

Following their review of clinical trial data behind frontline ALK TKIs in NSCLC, key opinion leaders share practical insight on selection and use of these agents.

Focusing on the CROWN clinical trial in ALK+ NSCLC, expert panelists consider the role of frontline lorlatinib therapy in this setting.

Alexander Drilon, MD, discusses what to know when testing for NTRK gene fusions in patients with lung cancer.

Shared perspectives on the frontline use of brigatinib therapy in ALK+ NSCLC and results from the ALTA-1L clinical trial.

Centering discussion on clinical trial data in ALK+ NSCLC, panelists highlight the frontline use of alectinib in the ALEX study.

A panel of experts considers which factors best inform selection of first-line ALK TKI therapy in patients with non–small cell lung cancer.