Gastrointestinal Cancer

Data from KEYNOTE-585 showed that adding pembrolizumab to chemotherapy did not negatively impact health-related quality of life vs placebo/chemotherapy.

Developers launched a clinical laboratory-developed test version of Haystack MRD in late 2024 and are further expanding access for oncologists.

Although radiotherapy was safe and well tolerated in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, more research is needed to confirm these results.

A meta-analysis did not find any correlation between pathologic complete response and overall survival or disease-free survival in patients with rectal cancer.

After the predictive probability of achieving superiority with mFOLFIRINOX or S-IROX was less than 1%, the trial was terminated due to futility.

Significantly improved survival was observed with oxaliplatin among patients aged 60 to 70 years with stage III CRC but not among those older than 70 years.

TTFields plus chemotherapy significantly prolonged overall survival compared with chemotherapy alone in patients with pancreatic cancer.

Induction chemotherapy may allow investigators to biologically select patients with a favorable prognosis who benefit most from chemoradiotherapy.

The retrospective study is the largest to evaluate the relationship between dose-averaged LET profiles and local control after CIRT for pancreatic cancer.

Phase 1 data may support continued research of amphiphile lymph node–targeted immunotherapy in solid tumors.

Data suggest that sotorasib plus panitumumab may represent a valuable new treatment option in this KRAS G12C–mutated colorectal cancer population.

Data from the PANOVA-3 trial may support the concomitant use of TTFields plus standard of care in solid tumors across different therapeutic settings.

The independent data monitoring committee confirmed the favorable safety profile of ELI-002 7P for the treatment of PDAC in the phase 1/2 AMPLIFY-7P trial.

Phase 2 CRDF-004 results revealed that adding onvansertib to chemotherapy/bevacizumab was well tolerated, with no unexpected toxicities observed.

Results from the phase 3 MATTERHORN trial support the FDA’s designations for durvalumab in gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancers.

Results from the phase 3 CABINET trial demonstrated a clear progression-free survival benefit with cabozantinib vs placebo in patients with well-differentiated pNET/epNET.

Short-course radiotherapy combined with sintilimab plus oxaliplatin-capecitabine yielded a pCR rate of 59.2% vs 32.7% with the control arm in locally advanced rectal cancer.

Patients with nonmetastatic esophageal cancer who received FLOT chemotherapy achieved a 3-year OS rate of 61.1% in an analysis of the phase 3 ESOPEC trial.

Transarterial chemoembolization plus sorafenib did not significantly improve overall survival in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma vs sorafenib alone.

Phase 1b data show antitumor activity with the givastomig combination across a wide range of CLDN18.2 expression.

Data from the phase 3 BEACON CRC trial support the approval of encorafenib plus cetuximab for this colorectal cancer population in China.

Data from the TALENTACE trial support TACE plus atezolizumab/bevacizumab as an effective option in those with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma.

Quemliclustat plus gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel chemotherapy outperformed median OS benchmarks in patients with metastatic PDAC.

Data from the phase 3b ProvIDHe trial show "reassuringly good" PFS and OS outcomes with ivosidenib in a real-world cohort.

The FDA has waived the need for a botensilimab monotherapy arm in the phase 3 BATTMAN trial evaluating the combination in MSS metastatic colorectal cancer.

Subgroup data from RATIONALE-306 support the frontline use of tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.

Results from the phase 1a/b trial evaluating ADRX-0405 in various solid tumors, including gastric cancer, are expected to come in late 2025.

Subgroup data from BREAKWATER support cetuximab/encorafenib plus mFOLFOX6 as a new standard of care in BRAF V600E-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer.

The liposomal formulation of gemcitabine may enhance antitumor activity by increasing plasma half-life and improving targeted delivery to tumors.

HAIC with oxaliplatin and raltitrexed produced a higher response rate vs other systemic therapy agents in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.