All Posts By

laurabbook@gmail.com

journal of thoracic oncology
ResearchTreatments

Lazertinib for patients with NSCLC harboring uncommon EGFR mutations: A phase II multi-center trial

*September 2025* Abstract Introduction Uncommon EGFR mutations comprise 10% to 20% of all EGFR mutations in NSCLC and generally report reduced responsiveness to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Lazertinib, a third-generation EGFR-TKI, has found efficacy in common EGFR mutations, but its potential in uncommon mutations remains unexplored. This study investigated the efficacy and safety of lazertinib…
laurabbook@gmail.com
November 19, 2025
IASLC
ResearchTreatments

Results From the AENEAS2 Trial Point to a New Frontline Treatment Option for NSCLC

*May 2025* Scientists behind the phase III randomized, controlled AENEAS2 clinical trial said their results point to a new front-line treatment option for patients with locally advanced or metastatic EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The trial’s principal investigator, Shun Lu, MD, PhD, said that aumolertinib with platinum-pemetrexed chemotherapy demonstrated a…
laurabbook@gmail.com
November 19, 2025
OncLive
ResearchTreatments

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to Telisotuzumab Vedotin In Pretreated Advanced NSCLC With c-MET Overexpression

*May 2025* The FDA has granted accelerated approval to telisotuzumab vedotin-tllv (Emrelis) for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic, nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring high c-MET protein overexpression who have received a prior systemic therapy.1 High c-MET protein overexpression is defined as strong (immunohistochemistry…
laurabbook@gmail.com
November 19, 2025
Summit Therapeutics logo
ResearchTreatments

HARMONI Trial: Ivonescimab Plus Chemotherapy Demonstrates Statistically Significant and Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Progression-Free Survival in Patients with EGFR-Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer after EGFR TKI Therapy in Global Study

*May 2025* MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMT) (“Summit,” “we,” or the “Company”) today announced topline results from the Phase III clinical trial, HARMONi, the first global Phase III study evaluating ivonescimab, successfully met the progression-free survival (PFS) primary endpoint and showed a positive trend in the other primary endpoint,…
laurabbook@gmail.com
November 19, 2025
ResearchTreatments

Raffaele Califano, MD, on EGFR-Mutant Advanced NSCLC: MARIPOSA-2

*June 2025* Raffaele Califano, MD, of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Manchester, discusses outcomes by osimertinib resistance mechanisms in MARIPOSA-2, a study that evaluated the efficacy of the bispecific antibody amivantamab-vmjw plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy in patients with EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC after disease progression on osimertinib. Watch video…
laurabbook@gmail.com
November 19, 2025
targeted oncology
ResearchTreatments

Patritumab Deruxtecan Falls Short in EGFRm NSCLC

*June 2025* The antibody-drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan (HER3-DXd) did not improve overall survival (OS) compared with platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with EGFR mutation–positive locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to results from the phase 3 HERTHENA-Lung02 trial (NCT05338970) presented at the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual…
laurabbook@gmail.com
November 19, 2025
Cancer Today
AdvocacyResearchStories

Redefining Cancer Survivorship

*May 2025* As people with advanced disease live longer, they face physical and mental health side effects. Patient advocates say research and care must focus on their unique needs. WHEN JILL FELDMAN’S FATHER was diagnosed with lung cancer in the early 1980s, he lived just three months after his diagnosis. Fifteen…
laurabbook@gmail.com
November 19, 2025