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In today’s episode, supported by BeiGene, Alexey Danilov, MD, PhD, hosted a discussion with Nicole Lamanna, MD, about the use of zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Dr Danilov is the Marianne and Gerhard Pinkus Professor of Early Clinical Therapeutics, the medical director of the Early Phase Therapeutics Program for the Systems Clinical Trials Office, co-director of the Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center, and a professor in the Division of Lymphoma at the Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation at City of Hope in Duarte, California. Dr Lamanna is an associate clinical professor of medicine in the Hematologic Malignancies Section of the Hematology/Oncology Division at the Columbia University Herberg Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center in New York, New York. In our exclusive interview, Drs Danilov and Lamanna discussed key efficacy data from the final comparative analysis of the phase 3 ALPINE trial (NCT03734016) in patients with relapsed/refractory CLL, zanubrutinib-associated toxicities to consider when using this agent, and what the future looks like for BTK inhibitor–based therapy in CLL.

OncLive On Air is a podcast from OncLive®, which provides oncology professionals with the resources and information they need to provide the best patient care. In both digital and print formats, OncLive covers every angle of oncology practice, from new technology to treatment advances to important regulatory decisions. In today’s episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Susana M. Campos, MD, MPH, about the role of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (T-DXd; Enhertu) in patients with HER2-positive gynecologic cancers. Dr Campos is the clinical director and the director of Educational Initiatives in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as well as an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. In our exclusive interview, Dr Campos discussed the clinical implications of findings from the gynecologic cancer cohorts of the phase 2 DESTINY-PanTumor02 trial (NCT04482309).

In today’s episode, supported by PDS Biotech, we had the pleasure of speaking with Kevin Harrington, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCR, FRSB, about the role of PDS0101 (Versamune HPV) in patients with human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16)–positive head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Dr Harrington is head of the Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging at The Institute of Cancer Research in London, United Kingdom, as well as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Radiologists.In our exclusive interview, Dr Harrington discussed current unmet needs for patients with recurrent/metastatic HNSCC, the rationale for the continued investigation of PDS0101 plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) in patients with HPV16-positive HNSCC, and how the ongoing phase 3 VERSATILE-003 trial may change the treatment paradigm for patients with this disease. 

On October 18, 2024, the FDA approved zolbetuximab plus fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy for the frontline treatment of adult patients with locally advanced unresectable or metastatic, HER2-negative, CLDN18.2-positive gastric or GEJ adenocarcinoma. This regulatory decision was backed by findings from the phase 3 SPOTLIGHT (NCT03504397) and GLOW (NCT03653507) trials. In SPOTLIGHT, In SPOTLIGHT, patients who received zolbetuximab plus mFOLFOX6 (5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin) achieved a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 10.6 months (95% CI, 8.9-12.5) vs 8.7 months (95% CI, 8.2-10.3) in those who received placebo plus chemotherapy (HR, 0.750; 95% CI, 0.601-0.936; 1-sided P = .0053). In GLOW, zolbetuximab plus CAPOX (capecitabine and oxaliplatin) generated a median PFS of 8.2 months (95% CI, 7.5-8.8) vs 6.8 months (95% CI, 6.1-8.1) with placebo plus CAPOX (HR, 0.771; 95% CI, 0.615-0.965; 1-sided P = .0118). In our exclusive interview, Dr Ajani discussed key considerations for the clinical use of zolbetuximab, including its anticipated adverse effect profile and the introduction of CLDN18.2 as a biomarker for assessment prior to treatment initiation.

In today’s episode, supported by Corcept Therapeutics, we had the pleasure of speaking with Premal Thaker, MD, MS, about the use of the selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator relacorilant (CORT125134) in patients with ovarian cancer. Dr Thaker is the David G. and Lynn Mutch Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as the director of Gynecologic Oncology Clinical Research and the interim chief of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the School of Medicine at the Washington University in St. Louis and the Siteman Cancer Center in Missouri. In our exclusive interview, Dr Thaker discussed the rationale for combining relacorilant with nab-paclitaxel (Abraxane) in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, striking phase 2 data (NCT03776812) with this combination in this population, and what the future has in store regarding the phase 3 ROSELLA trial (NCT05257408).

In our exclusive interview, Dr Kalinsky discussed his top takeaways from the 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting and 2024 ESMO Congress, as well as where he sees the field of breast cancer headed in the future.

In Oncology Unplugged, a podcast series from MedNews Week, host Chandler Park, MD, a medical oncologist at the Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, talks through key updates in genitourinary cancer research from the 2024 ESMO Congress.In this episode, Dr Park highlights potentially practice-changing data in prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer; spotlights the potential clinical implications of findings with the intravesical therapy TAR-200 in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC); and zooms in on data from the phase 3 NIAGARA trial (NCT03732677) of durvalumab (Imfinzi) plus gemcitabine and cisplatin in patients with MIBC.

In today’s episode, supported by Coherus Biosciences, we had the pleasure of speaking with Tarek Mekhail, MD, MSC, FRCSI, FRCSEd, about the use of toripalimab-tpzi (Loqtorz) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Dr Mekhail is the medical director of the Thoracic Cancer Program and the Associate Executive Director at the AdventHealth Cancer Institute in Orlando, Florida. In our exclusive interview, Dr Mekhail discussed the rationale for combining chemotherapy with the PD-1 inhibitor toripalimab in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, clinical successes with toripalimab in the first- and second-line nasopharyngeal carcinoma settings, and what the future looks like regarding immunotherapy in this disease.

In today’s episode, supported by Taiho Pharmaceutical, we had the pleasure of speaking with Joleen Hubbard, MD, about practice-changing updates to the colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment paradigm. Dr Hubbard is a medical oncologist at Allina Health Cancer Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota.In our exclusive interview, Dr Hubbard discussed key efficacy and safety findings from the phase 3 SUNLIGHT trial (NCT04737187) of trifluridine-tipiracil (Lonsurf) plus bevacizumab (Avastin) in patients with refractory metastatic CRC; quality of life outcomes from this trial; and the most practice-changing updates to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for CRC.

In this episode of the Oncology Unplugged series, Chandler Park, MD, a genitourinary medical oncologist at Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, hosted a conversation with Vivek Subbiah, MD, a medical oncologist and chief of Early-Phase Drug Development at Sarah Cannon Research Institute in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr Subbiah, an internationally recognized expert, discussed advancements in precision oncology, emphasizing the effects of next-generation sequencing and tissue-agnostic therapies on personalized cancer treatment. Dr Subbiah highlighted the transformation in genome sequencing that has taken place since the Human Genome Project, noting the reduction in sequencing costs from $3.3 billion to potentially $1 per genome. He explained how this evolution supports the expansion of precision oncology by making genomic testing accessible across diverse health care settings.