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Ivosidenib monotherapy is well-tolerated and produced durable remissions in high-risk patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Interim results of an ongoing phase 1 study showed that the addition of the selective FLT3 inhibitor quizartinib to azacitidine or low-dose cytarabine produced high overall response rates in patients with FLT3-ITD–mutated myeloid leukemias.

The preliminary results of a multicenter phase 1b dose-escalation study evaluated the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of 2 novel venetoclax-based combination therapies, in combination with the MEK inhibitor cobimetinib or the MDM2 inhibitor idasanutlin, in relapsed/refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Chicago, IL—Maintenance therapy can improve overall survival (OS) in older and younger patients with mantle-cell lymphoma (MCL), based on current experience with rituximab (Rituxan) therapy, but the optimal dose and dosing schedule remain under investigation.

Chicago, IL—The global International Duration Evaluation of Adjuvant Chemotherapy (IDEA) study suggests that some patients with surgically resected stage III colon cancer can safely and effectively receive only 3 months of chemotherapy instead of the standard 6 months. The data were particularly convincing for patients with low-risk, surgically resected stage III colon cancer. These data set a new standard for the treatment of patients with stage III colon cancer, according to expert opinion presented at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting.

Chicago, IL—The addition of the investigational CDK4/CDK6 inhibitor abemaciclib to fulvestrant (Faslodex) extended progression-free survival (PFS) by 7 months in women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, reported George W. Sledge, Jr, MD, Professor, Medical Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, who presented the results of a large study at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting.

Chicago, IL—Osimertinib (Tagrisso) extends progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard chemotherapy in patients with EGFR T790M mutation–positive non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have central nervous system (CNS) metastases, reported Marina C. Garassino, MD, Thoracic Oncology Unit, Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy, at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting.

Chicago, IL—The PARP inhibitor olaparib (Lynparza) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) compared with standard chemotherapy in women with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer with a germline BRCA mutation. Disease progression was delayed by approximately 3 months with olaparib in the multinational, randomized, open-label, phase 3 OlympiAD clinical trial, reported Mark E. Robson, MD, Clinic Director, Clinical Genetics Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting.

Chicago, IL—Alectinib (Alecensa), a next-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor, was called a new standard of care for patients with ALK mutation–positive non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), based on results of the phase 3 ALEX clinical trial, which were presented at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting.