OncoPharm

Discover the latest breakthroughs in colon cancer treatment! The conversation highlights the final OS results of the IDEA trial, comparing 3 vs. 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. Also explored are the promising findings from the Keynote 177 trial, showcasing the effectiveness of Pembrolizumab for metastatic colorectal cancer with high microsatellite instability. Tune in for expert insights that could change the landscape of colon cancer care!

The Landmarks in OncoPharm series returns to discuss the practice-changing CLOT trial of a LMWH vs. a vitamin K antatogist for treating cancer-associated VTE. CLOT: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa025313

Pembro gets an approval for triple negative breast cancer with quite high PD-L1 expression based on Keynote-355 (https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.1000). Some reassuring information on TKI discontinuation in CML from the LAST study (doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.5774) and an interesting method of identifying predictors of TKI adherence in CML (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1078155220970616).

Our Landmarks of OncoPharm series returns with Ifosfamide

The BELLINI trial of venetoxlax in multiple myeloma was put on hold last year due to increased mortality. It's now published (https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30525-8), so we take a look at the data and the myriad of supportive care concerns.

Discussing three recent publications: 1. Updated results of Keynote-426 (https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30436-8) 2. Ph+ ALL tx with dasatinib/prednisone --> blinatumomab (https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2016272) 3. Decitabine + G-CSF to prevent AML relapse following alloHSCT (https://ascopubs.org/doi/pdf/10.1200/JCO.19.03277)

Another month, another 2 expanded FDA-approvals: nivolumab/ipilimumab for malignant pleural mesothelioma and pembrolizumab for relapsed/refractory classical Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Fulvestrant's standard dosing is now 500 mg IM on Days 1, 14, 29 & then monthly thereafter. Its initial FDA-approved doing was half that with no loading dose, 250 mg IM monthly. So, how did we come to underdose an antineoplastic for almost a decade?

Foundations in #OncoPharm returns to discuss everyone's favorite antineoplastic, dexamethasone, which is also an anti-emetic, and an oncology pre-med among other things.

Another week, another 2 studies of checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC to talk about. IMpower 110: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1917346 Checkmate-153: https://ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.1200/JCO.20.00131