OncoPharm

This week's Pod looks at the 2nd CD20-CD3 bispecific T-Cell engager approved this year (or at all), glofitamab, and the TALAPRO-2 study of combining talazoparib to enzalutaimide. TALAPRO-2: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01055-3

We highlight notable data from this month's ASCO annual meeting. 1. SONIA: sequence (1st or 2nd-line) CKD 4/6i in MBC 2. ADAURA OS results and low rate of osimertinib use in control arm 3. Keynote 671: perioperative pembrolizumab in NSCLC 4. PROSPECT: Can radiation therapy be omitted in locally advanced rectal cancer? 5. Nivo-AVD vs. Bv-AVD in stage III Hodgkin's (ages 12+) 6. ZUMA-7: 2nd line Axl-Cel OS benefit in aggressive NHL (early relapse/refractory disease) 7. CARTITUDE-4: Cilta-Cel earlier in MM treatment

ASCO '23 Appetizers by John Bossaer

Olaparib + Abiraterone is FDA approved for mutated-BRCA prostate cancers. Olaparib has a bit of convoluted story to unpack in this patient population. Have we finally found a way to minimize the peripheral neuropathy from paclitaxel.....with cilostazol? PROpel: https://evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2200043 Cilostazol RCT: https://doi.org/10.1002/phar.2830 Cilostazol effect on Schwann cells: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108514

We discuss the newly approved CD20-CD3 T-cell engager for subcutaneous (SC) administration to treat DLBLC after 2 or more lines of therapy.

A recent paper serves as a good prompt to discuss trimodality treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer and the data supporting its use. Zlotta et al: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(23)00170-5

Today's Pod discusses... 1) A large trial comparing 4 different CLL treatments GAIA-CLL13: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2213093 2)Adding Cabozantinib + Nivo/Ipo vs. Nivo/Ipi in intermediate/poor risk mRCC COSMIC-313: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2212851 3) A potential future biomarker for predicting response to PD-(L)1 targeted therapies Functional PD-1/PD-L1 Engagement: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=36821809

Talking 3rd-line treatment of metastatic colon cancer. Tipiracil-trifluridine + bevacizuamb vs. tipiracil-trifluridine alone. And a bit on the theory of "bevacizumab beyond progression." SUNLIGHT: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2214963

Quizartinib vs. Placebo(?) + Chemo in newly diagnosed AML. We add a bit of context about quizartinib's history leading up to this study preview possible role in therapy if approved in the future. Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00464-6

We take a peak at an intriguing study (n = 29) that gave some metastatic RCC patients receiving nivolumab + ipilimumab a supplement of a bacterium (n = 19) and a control group. We discuss what to look for in the future studies that are likely to follow with similar methods.