Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-08DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2488635
Sydney Stern, Patrick F McKenzie, Nicholas Bernthal, Shannon O'Neill, Emanuela Palmerini, R Lor Randall, William Tap, Thomas Scharschmidt, Sara Rothschild
{"title":"Localized and diffuse tenosynovial giant cell tumor: real-world results from a patient observational registry.","authors":"Sydney Stern, Patrick F McKenzie, Nicholas Bernthal, Shannon O'Neill, Emanuela Palmerini, R Lor Randall, William Tap, Thomas Scharschmidt, Sara Rothschild","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2488635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14796694.2025.2488635","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor (TGCT) is a rare, locally aggressive neoplasm that adversely impact patients' physical function and quality of life (QoL). This cross-sectional analysis leverages real-world data from the TGCT Support Patient Registry to elucidate the patient experience with TGCT and the disease burden across healthcare systems.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>A total of 497 patients from 32 countries, 71.4% (<i>n</i> = 355) with diffuse-TGCT (D-TGCT), 18.9% (<i>n</i> = 94) with localized TGCT (L-TGCT), and 9.7% (<i>n</i> = 28) with unspecified TGCT were included in this cross-sectional analysis of the TGCT Support Registry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A majority of patients (61.2%, <i>n</i> = 304) were diagnosed by orthopedic/sports medicine surgeons, half (<i>n</i> = 248) were misdiagnosed prior to their TGCT diagnosis, and 32% (<i>n</i> = 278) of patients were diagnosed > 24 months following symptom onset. 79.1% (<i>n</i> = 393) of all patients had ≥ 1 resection and 63% of those patients reported ≥ 1 recurrence. Of those patients that had recurrence following resection, 59% had ≥ 2 recurrences. 23% of patients (<i>n</i> = 115) changed occupations or prematurely retired due to TGCT and the proportion of patients increased with > 2 surgeries.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Greater awareness of TGCT among HCPs is needed to facilitate diagnosis and referral to multidisciplinary teams is warranted to reduce recurrence rates, number of surgical interventions, and improve QoL.</p>","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143803048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-06DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2480050
Jason Hafron, Agnes Hong, Michael J Ryan, Hela Romdhani, Frédéric Kinkead, Scott C Flanders, Rana R McKay
{"title":"Study of persistence and adherence to ADT in prostate cancer: relugolix, degarelix, and GnRH agonists in the US.","authors":"Jason Hafron, Agnes Hong, Michael J Ryan, Hela Romdhani, Frédéric Kinkead, Scott C Flanders, Rana R McKay","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2480050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14796694.2025.2480050","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is standard for advanced prostate cancer. Relugolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor antagonist, is the only oral ADT, with limited real-world data on therapy persistence and adherence. This retrospective study evaluates persistence and adherence of relugolix, degarelix, and GnRH agonists (leuprolide, goserelin, triptorelin, histrelin) using data from the IBM MarketScan Research Database (Jan 2017 - Dec 2022).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The IBM MarketScan Research Database (1 January 2017 - 31 December 2022) was used for enrollment history and claims. ADT adherence was measured by the proportion of days covered (PDC) at 3, 6, and 12 months, calculated as days on ADT divided by period duration. Kaplan-Meier analysis assessed treatment persistence by measuring time to treatment discontinuation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Relugolix had higher adherence (PDC ≥ 80%) at 12 months (60.8%) compared to degarelix (13.0%) and GnRH agonists (46.3%). Median time to discontinuation was also longer for relugolix (13.5 months) than degarelix (3.1 months) and GnRH agonists (8.8 months). Persistence and adherence rates were higher in metastatic prostate cancer.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Findings support relugolix use as an oral treatment due to its favorable persistence and long-term adherence profiles.</p>","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143794797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-02-07DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2463881
Tarek Assi, Axel Le Cesne
{"title":"Doxorubicin and trabectedin in leiomyosarcoma: pioneering a new era of smart combinations in soft tissue sarcomas.","authors":"Tarek Assi, Axel Le Cesne","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2463881","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2463881","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"879-882"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11938954/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143364591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-03-06DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2468578
Guillermo Garcia-Manero, James McCloskey, Elizabeth A Griffiths, Karen W L Yee, Amer M Zeidan, Aref Al-Kali, H Joachim Deeg, Mitchell Sabloff, Mary-Margaret Keating, Nancy Zhu, Nashat Y Gabrail, Salman Fazal, Joseph Maly, Olatoyosi Odenike, Amy E DeZern, Casey L O'Connell, Gail J Roboz, Lambert Busque, Rena Buckstein, Harshad Amin, Brian Leber, Aditi Shastri, Aram Oganesian, Harold N Keer, Mohammad Azab, Michael R Savona
{"title":"A plain language summary of the ASCERTAIN trial: oral decitabine and cedazuridine versus intravenous decitabine for MDS or CMML.","authors":"Guillermo Garcia-Manero, James McCloskey, Elizabeth A Griffiths, Karen W L Yee, Amer M Zeidan, Aref Al-Kali, H Joachim Deeg, Mitchell Sabloff, Mary-Margaret Keating, Nancy Zhu, Nashat Y Gabrail, Salman Fazal, Joseph Maly, Olatoyosi Odenike, Amy E DeZern, Casey L O'Connell, Gail J Roboz, Lambert Busque, Rena Buckstein, Harshad Amin, Brian Leber, Aditi Shastri, Aram Oganesian, Harold N Keer, Mohammad Azab, Michael R Savona","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2468578","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2468578","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"929-941"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11938952/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143572662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-03-03DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2468569
Ángel Borque-Fernando, Teresa Alonso-Gordoa, María José Juan-Fita, Fernando Lopez Campos, Daniel Adolfo Pérez-Fentes, Antoni Vilaseca, Cristina Moretones Agut, Paola Usán, Pablo Maroto Rey
{"title":"Beyond the status quo: when disease volume and metastatic timing are not enough to personalize treatment in mHSPC.","authors":"Ángel Borque-Fernando, Teresa Alonso-Gordoa, María José Juan-Fita, Fernando Lopez Campos, Daniel Adolfo Pérez-Fentes, Antoni Vilaseca, Cristina Moretones Agut, Paola Usán, Pablo Maroto Rey","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2468569","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2468569","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review explores the complexities of treatment intensification in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC), emphasizing the limitations of using disease volume and metastatic timing as sole prognostic factors. Current algorithms focus on clinical factors like ECOG, comorbidities, and patient preferences, yet lack biomarkers for more individualized therapy. By examining prognostic indicators - clinical, analytical, pathological, molecular, and imaging - this article highlights the importance of a personalized approach. Multimodal strategies and predictive biomarkers are proposed to optimize therapy selection between doublet and triplet regimens, ultimately improving patient outcomes. Future trials incorporating emerging biomarkers may provide the basis for precision treatment in mHSPC, shifting management beyond conventional classifications.</p>","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"991-1003"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11938960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143541200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-02-28DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2470604
Maximilian Marhold, Marta Vaz Batista, Isabel Blancas, Cristina Morales, Cristina Saura-Manich, Cristina Saavedra, Manuel Ruíz-Borrego, Patricia Cortez, Felipe Slebe, Marta Campolier, Juliana Carvalho Santos, José Antonio Guerrero-Martínez, Carlos Jiménez-Cortegana, Beate Rottenmanner, Heidrun Forstner, Rupert Bartsch, Matthias Preusser
{"title":"TUXEDO-4: phase II study of trastuzumab-deruxtecan in HER2-low breast cancer with new or progressing brain metastases.","authors":"Maximilian Marhold, Marta Vaz Batista, Isabel Blancas, Cristina Morales, Cristina Saura-Manich, Cristina Saavedra, Manuel Ruíz-Borrego, Patricia Cortez, Felipe Slebe, Marta Campolier, Juliana Carvalho Santos, José Antonio Guerrero-Martínez, Carlos Jiménez-Cortegana, Beate Rottenmanner, Heidrun Forstner, Rupert Bartsch, Matthias Preusser","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2470604","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2470604","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Clinical trial registration: </strong>NCT06048718 (clinicaltrials.gov); 2023 -506,702-39-00 (EudraCT number).</p>","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1065-1073"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143523225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-03-07DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2470108
Neal D Shore, Daniel J George, Daniel E Spratt, Jose De La Cerda
{"title":"The impact of concomitant therapies on the efficacy and safety of relugolix in advanced prostate cancer.","authors":"Neal D Shore, Daniel J George, Daniel E Spratt, Jose De La Cerda","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2470108","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2470108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Relugolix is a once-daily oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2020 for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Relugolix is commonly co-prescribed with complementary oncologic therapies or agents targeting associated comorbidities (e.g. cardiovascular disease). In this podcast, we review studies which evaluate relugolix with concomitant next-generation hormonal therapies (abiraterone, apalutamide, and enzalutamide), chemotherapy (docetaxel), radiotherapy, and common cardiovascular medications (antihypertensives, antithrombotics, and lipid‑lowering agents). Based on these studies, these therapies do not appear to affect relugolix efficacy and no new safety concerns were reported.</p>","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"883-887"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11952125/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143572678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2024-10-14DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2024.2370239
Jia Qin Cai, Yi Ming Wang, Xinmiao Lin, Mumu Xie, Guifeng Zhang, Xiao Xia Wei, Hong Sun
{"title":"Cardiovascular toxicity of anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a network meta-analysis.","authors":"Jia Qin Cai, Yi Ming Wang, Xinmiao Lin, Mumu Xie, Guifeng Zhang, Xiao Xia Wei, Hong Sun","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2024.2370239","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14796694.2024.2370239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Aim:</b> We conducted network meta-analysis to assess cardiovascular toxicity of anaplastic lymphoma kinase-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (<i>ALK</i>-TKIs).<b>Materials & methods:</b> Eleven articles involving 2855 patients and six interventions including crizotinib, alectinib, ceritinib, lorlatinib, brigatinib and chemotherapy were analyzed.<b>Results:</b> No significant difference was observed in overall cardiovascular risk among <i>ALK</i>-TKIs. Subgroup analysis showed that for cardiac toxicity, crizotinib and alectinib were more likely to cause myocardial rhythm abnormalities. Crizotinib and ceritinib had a higher risk of Q-T prolongation than chemotherapy. For vascular toxicity, crizotinib and ceritinib had a higher risk of thrombotic events than brigatinib. Crizotinib and lorlatinib were more likely to cause blood pressure abnormalities.<b>Conclusion:</b> Clinicians should carefully monitoring cardiovascular events when <i>ALK</i>-TKIs used in NSCLCs patients with baseline cardiovascular diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1125-1135"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142463162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Future oncologyPub Date : 2025-04-01Epub Date: 2025-02-11DOI: 10.1080/14796694.2025.2463798
Gregory M Cote, Sant P Chawla, George Demetri, Bernd Kasper, Robin L Jones, Javier Martin Broto, Joseph Wooley, Mia C Weiss, Salvatore Tafuto, Giuseppe Badalamenti, Irene Carrasco, Paloma Peinado, Jean-Yves Blay, Gaston Boggio, Cristian Fernandez, Antonio Nieto, Carmen Kahatt, Vicente Alfaro, Axel Le Cesne
{"title":"SaLudo: a randomized phase IIb/III study of lurbinectedin plus doxorubicin as first-line treatment in leiomyosarcoma.","authors":"Gregory M Cote, Sant P Chawla, George Demetri, Bernd Kasper, Robin L Jones, Javier Martin Broto, Joseph Wooley, Mia C Weiss, Salvatore Tafuto, Giuseppe Badalamenti, Irene Carrasco, Paloma Peinado, Jean-Yves Blay, Gaston Boggio, Cristian Fernandez, Antonio Nieto, Carmen Kahatt, Vicente Alfaro, Axel Le Cesne","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2463798","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2463798","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Previous phase I/II trials indicate promising activity of lurbinectedin plus doxorubicin (DOX) in leiomyosarcoma (LMS). We describe here the rationale and design of SaLuDo, an open label, randomized, multicenter, seamless phase IIb/III study to evaluate the antitumor activity and safety of lurbinectedin plus DOX <i>versus</i> DOX alone in the first-line setting of metastatic LMS. The phase IIb stage will evaluate two schedules of the combination for the phase III stage given every 3 weeks (q3wk): DOX 50 mg/m<sup>2</sup> plus lurbinectedin 2.2 mg/m<sup>2</sup>, and DOX 25 mg/m<sup>2</sup> plus lurbinectedin 3.2 mg/m<sup>2</sup>. The control arm will be DOX 75 mg/m<sup>2</sup> q3wk. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival by independent review; overall survival is the key secondary endpoint. Clinical trial registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov identifier is NCT06088290.</p>","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"943-951"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11938983/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143390753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Systemic treatment patterns and adherence to guidelines in Japanese patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.","authors":"Keiko Nishimyo, Shunya Ikeda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Koichi B Ishikawa","doi":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2470611","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14796694.2025.2470611","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Non-small-cell-lung cancer (NSCLC) medication use and guideline adherence remain unclear. We investigated treatment patterns and adherence among Japanese patients with NSCLC.</p><p><strong>Research design and methods: </strong>We analyzed treatment patterns and guideline adherence by age and histology in ≥ 20-year-olds with stage IV NSCLC treated between 2016-2018 using diagnostic procedure combination data. Logistic regression analysis evaluated the impact of various factors on guideline adherence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 9,722 patients. In < 75-year-olds with nonsquamous NSCLC, first-to third-line treatments comprised 31.8% platinum combination therapy, 26.3% immune checkpoint inhibitors, and 62.5% cytotoxic chemotherapy. In ≥ 75-year-olds, first-line and second-line molecular targeted therapies represented 46.6% and 35.6%, whereas third-line cytotoxic chemotherapy represented 42.3%. In squamous NSCLC, first-line platinum combination therapy was predominant (69.7% and 47.7% for < 75-and ≥75-year-olds). The most common second-line and third-line therapies were immune checkpoint inhibitors (48.6% and 50.8% for < 75-and ≥75-year-olds) and cytotoxic chemotherapy (62.5% and 55.2% for < 75-and ≥75-year-olds), respectively. The highest guideline adherence (90%) was in < 75-year-olds with squamous NSCLC. Age, histology, activities of daily living, and cumulative hospitalizations over the past 18 months influenced treatment adherence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>New NSCLC drug introduction increased regardless of age, suggesting prognosis improvement. More efficient drug application and broader guideline dissemination are required.</p>","PeriodicalId":12672,"journal":{"name":"Future oncology","volume":" ","pages":"1101-1111"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143523224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}