Gastrointestinal Cancer

Epistemic closure, broad-scale distribution, and insurance companies are the 3 largest obstacles to implementing new peritoneal surface malignancy care guidelines into practice.

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.

“This is something where this is written by the trainees, for the trainees, and, of course, for all the other clinicians who take care of patients,” said Kiran Turaga, MD, MPH.

“Everyone—patients, doctors—we all want the same thing. We want [patients] to live longer,” said Kiran Turaga, MD, MPH, on patients with peritoneal surface malignancies.

The new peritoneal surface malignancy care guidelines had clinicians gather from every disease state to show increased representation.

These new guidelines aim to alleviate some of the problems caused by patients with peritoneal metastases being diagnosed with the disease in late stages.

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.

SIR-Sphere Y-90 resin microspheres are the only approved radioembolization treatments in the US for both HCC and mCRC.

The CHALLENGE trial in CRC studied structured exercise and demonstrated a DFS benefit comparable to or exceeding oxaliplatin chemotherapy.

Confirmatory data may support zanidatamab as an advancement in the treatment of HER2-positive advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma.

Investigators will present detailed results from the phase 3 FORTITUDE-101 trial at a future medical meeting.

Data from the HERIZON-BTC-01 trial evaluating zanidatamab in previously treated, unresectable HER2-positive biliary tract cancer support the decision.

Those being treated for peritoneal carcinomatosis may not have to experience the complication rates or prolonged recovery associated with surgical options.

For patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis, integrating PIPAC into a treatment regimen does not interrupt their systemic therapy.