ESMO 2023 – red flags for PSMAfore
The study of Novartis’s Pluvicto in pre-chemo prostate cancer is a bust on overall survival, with questions raised about trial design.
ESMO 2023 – Padcev hits its home run
The presidential session heralds a combo of Padcev and Keytruda as the new front-line bladder cancer standard of care.
ESMO 2023 – Revolution sets the bar in pan-KRAS inhibition
But efficacy in NSCLC has slipped since the abstract, and a high rate of rash raises eyebrows.
ESMO 2023 – low-dose volrustomig hints at a therapeutic window
But efficacy still needs to go up, as several groups try to combine PD-1 and CTLA-4 using differing approaches.
ESMO 2023 – Amgen’s Steap1 project spurs cautious optimism
But toxicity will be closely watched in future trials.
ESMO 2023 – sabestomig has it all to do in TIM-3
Astra manages to avoid the toxicities that scuppered Lilly’s PD-1 x TIM-3 contender, but still needs to dial up sabestomig’s efficacy.