Phase III trial indicates ultra-low-dose nivolumab may improve survival over chemotherapy in advanced solid tumors
A Tiny Dose of This Cancer Drug Is Outperforming Chemo
This Phase III randomized trial evaluated ultra-low-dose nivolumab against standard chemotherapy in patients with advanced solid tumors prog…
Giving a much smaller dose of a powerful cancer drug can extend life with fewer side effects, making treatment more tolerable and accessible…
Nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus nivolumab in advanced neuroendocrine carcinoma phase II trial
New Combo Shows Modest Promise for Hard-to-Treat Neuroendocrine Cancers
This randomized phase II trial enrolled 185 patients with advanced neuroendocrine carcinoma refractory to platinum-based chemotherapy. The n…
For patients with rare, aggressive neuroendocrine cancers that resist initial treatment, this study offers a new, though modest, combination…
Five medications including daptomycin and durvalumab show positive association with drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia in database analysis.
15,000 Cases Found: Which Drugs Harm Your Lungs?
A retrospective pharmacovigilance investigation analyzed 15,374 cases in FAERS and Vigibase databases to identify drug-induced eosinophilic …
A massive data review reveals which medicines might silently damage your lungs.
Real-world analysis finds 34% grade 3-4 adverse events in mRCC patients on immune-based combos
Kidney Cancer Treatment: Real-World Side Effects Are Less Severe Than Expected
A retrospective cohort analysis of 2,401 patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving first-line immune-based combination therapy…
Real-world kidney cancer patients experience fewer severe side effects from immunotherapy than clinical trials suggest, offering relief to t…
Narrative review explores CSF1R inhibitor potential in pediatric medulloblastoma precision immunotherapy
The Hidden Reason Children's Brain Tumors Respond So Differently to Treatment
This narrative review examines the role of CSF1R inhibitors as precision immunotherapy for pediatric medulloblastoma subtypes. The authors a…
Each subtype of children's brain tumors has a unique immune fingerprint, meaning matching treatment to that specific environment could drama…
Low ipilimumab trough concentration linked to worse progression-free survival in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Low Drug Levels Mean Worse Outcomes
This randomized phase 2 trial evaluated nivolumab and ipilimumab trough plasma concentrations in 110 patients with metastatic clear cell ren…
Low levels of a common kidney cancer drug are linked to worse survival outcomes when used with another powerful medicine.
Neoadjuvant nivolumab alone or with ipilimumab in cisplatin-ineligible muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Hope for Bladder Cancer When Chemo Isn't an Option
This Phase II trial evaluated neoadjuvant nivolumab alone or with ipilimumab in 30 cisplatin-ineligible patients with muscle-invasive bladde…
Patients with advanced bladder cancer who can't take standard chemo may now qualify for surgery after a new immunotherapy treatment.
Regorafenib plus nivolumab in second-line hepatocellular carcinoma showed safety and survival signals in a Phase IIa trial.
Some Liver Cancer Patients Are Surviving Far Longer on a New Drug Combination
This Phase IIa trial evaluated regorafenib plus nivolumab as an add-on therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who had progressed …
A combination of regorafenib and nivolumab showed unexpectedly long survival in people with advanced liver cancer who had already exhausted …
Phase I trial of regorafenib plus ipilimumab and nivolumab shows 27.6% response in MSS colorectal cancer
Who Really Responds to a Stubborn Colon Cancer Combo?
A phase I trial in 29 patients with microsatellite-stable metastatic colorectal cancer tested the combination of regorafenib, ipilimumab, an…
A three-drug combo helped some patients with stubborn colon cancer, and immune markers now predict who will benefit most.
Low OT-NLR predicts superior survival in recurrent/metastatic HNSCC treated with cetuximab plus nivolumab
A Simple Blood Ratio May Predict Cancer Drug Success
This Phase II clinical trial evaluated patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) receiving combine…
A low white blood cell ratio found in blood tests predicts better survival and treatment response for advanced head and neck cancer patients…
Phase Ib/II trial of nintedanib plus nivolumab in pretreated NSCLC adenocarcinoma shows 25% 6-month PFS rate
New Drug Combo Helps Some Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer
A single-arm, open-label phase Ib/II trial in 52 patients with pretreated stage IIIB/IV NSCLC adenocarcinoma found a 6-month progression-fre…
A new drug pair safely extends life for some advanced lung cancer patients who previously tried immunotherapy or have high PD-L1 markers.
AN+AD combination therapy yields high response rates in nonbulky classical Hodgkin lymphoma patients.
A New Treatment Path for Hodgkin Lymphoma Shows Stunning Success
This Phase 2 study evaluated AN+AD (brentuximab vedotin, nivolumab, doxorubicin, and dacarbazine) in 154 patients with nonbulky classical Ho…
A promising new treatment approach for early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma is delivering remarkable results with less intensive chemotherapy.