Conference Coverage

Checkpoint inhibitors for lung cancer figure prominently at WCLC 2016


 

FROM WCLC 2016

OA03.01 - First-Line Nivolumab Monotherapy and Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab in Patients With Advanced NSCLC: Long-Term Outcomes from CheckMate 012.

OA03.02 - Atezolizumab as 1L Therapy for Advanced NSCLC in PD-L1–Selected Patients: Updated ORR, PFS, and OS Data From the BIRCH Study.

OA03.03 - JAVELIN Solid Tumor: Safety and Clinical Activity of Avelumab (Anti–PD-L1) as First-Line Treatment in Patients With Advanced NSCLC.

OA03.05 - Analysis of Early Survival in Patients With Advanced Nonsquamous NSCLC Treated With Nivolumab vs. Docetaxel in CheckMate 057.

OA03.07 - KEYNOTE-010: Durable Clinical Benefit in Patients With Previously Treated, PD-L1–Expressing NSCLC Who Completed Pembrolizumab.

OA05.01 - Pembrolizumab in Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer: Updated Survival Results from KEYNOTE-028.

OA13.03 - Long-Term Overall Survival for Patients With Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma on Pembrolizumab Enrolled in KEYNOTE-028.

PL03.03 - Randomised Phase III Study of Osimertinib vs. Platinum-Pemetrexed for EGFR T790M-Positive Advanced NSCLC (AURA3).

PL03.05 - BRAIN: A Phase III Trial Comparing WBI and Chemotherapy With Icotinib in NSCLC With Brain Metastases Harboring EGFR Mutations (CTONG 1201).

PL03.07 - First-line Ceritinib Versus Chemotherapy in Patients With ALK-Rearranged (ALK+) NSCLC: A Randomized, Phase III Study (ASCEND-4).

PL03.09 - Phase III Study of Ganetespib, a Heat Shock Protein 90 Inhibitor, With Docetaxel versus Docetaxel in Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer (GALAXY-2).

PL04a.01 - Health-Related Quality of Life for Pembrolizumab vs. Chemotherapy in Advanced NSCLC With PD-L1 TPS Greater Than or Equal to 50%: Data From KEYNOTE-024.

PL04a.02 - OAK, a Randomized Phase III Study of Atezolizumab vs. Docetaxel in Patients With Advanced NSCLC: Results From Subgroup Analyses.

PL04a.03 - Durvalumab in 3rd-Line Locally Advanced or Metastatic, EGFR/ALK Wild-Type NSCLC: Results from the Phase II ATLANTIC Study.

MA09.02 - Pembrolizumab + Carboplatin and Pemetrexed as 1st-Line Therapy for Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: KEYNOTE-021.

MA09.11 - Efficacy and Safety of Necitumumab and Pembrolizumab Combination Therapy in Stage IV Nonsquamous Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer.

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