Jia Xiang Jin, Fabia Fuchslocher, Martha Carreno-Gonzalez, Felina Zahnow, A Katharina Ceranski, Rainer Will, Dominic Helm, Felix Bestvater, Ana Banito, Roland Imle, Shunya Ohmura, Florencia Cidre-Aranaz, Thomas G P Grünewald
{"title":"Loss of SMARCB1 evokes targetable epigenetic vulnerabilities in epithelioid sarcoma.","authors":"Jia Xiang Jin, Fabia Fuchslocher, Martha Carreno-Gonzalez, Felina Zahnow, A Katharina Ceranski, Rainer Will, Dominic Helm, Felix Bestvater, Ana Banito, Roland Imle, Shunya Ohmura, Florencia Cidre-Aranaz, Thomas G P Grünewald","doi":"10.1002/cac2.12665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12665","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9495,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143000621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of KN026 and docetaxel for HER2-positive breast cancer: a phase II clinical trial.","authors":"Jianli Ma, Jingxuan Wang, Ting Xu, Quchang Ouyang, Xiaojia Wang, Jingfen Wang, Lu Gan, Zhong Ouyang, Daren Lin, Tao Sun, Changping Shan, Herui Yao, Baochun Zhang, Zhengguang Li, Zhixiang Zhuang, Ying Lu, Hongwei Yang, Jian Huang, Xingwang Yang, Hongmei Sun, Qingyuan Zhang","doi":"10.1002/cac2.12662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The standard first-line treatment for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive recurrent/metastatic breast cancer currently includes pertuzumab plus trastuzumab and docetaxel. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of KN026, an anti-HER2 bispecific antibody, plus docetaxel in first-line treatment of HER2-positive recurrent/metastatic breast cancer.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This open-label, single-arm, phase II study enrolled patients with HER2-positive recurrent/metastatic breast cancer in 19 centers across China from December 30, 2019 to May 27, 2021. Patients were administered KN026 (30 mg/kg) plus docetaxel (75 mg/m<sup>2</sup>) in 21-day cycles. Primary endpoints included the objective response rate (ORR) and duration of response (DOR). In addition, overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), clinical benefit rate (CBR) and safety profile were examined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 57 patients were included. In the efficacy analysis set of 55 patients, the ORR was 76.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 63.0%-86.8%), and the CBR was 85.5% (95% CI, 73.3%-93.5%). The median DOR was not reached (95% CI, 20.7 months-not reached). In the safety set of 57 patients, the median PFS was 27.7 months (95% CI, 18.0 months-not reached). The median OS was not reached, with OS rates at 12, 24 and 30 months of 93.0%, 84.1% and 78.5%, respectively. Grade ≥3 treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs) were detected in 36 (63.2%) patients. No deaths were attributed to KN026 or docetaxel.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>KN026 plus docetaxel showed promising efficacy and a manageable safety profile in first-line treatment of HER2-positive recurrent/metastatic breast cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":9495,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143000555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruben Malmberg, Bram C Agema, Maaike M Hofman, Stefani Oosterveld, Sander Bins, Daphne W Dumoulin, Arjen Joosse, Joachim G J V Aerts, Reno Debets, Birgit C P Koch, Astrid A M van der Veldt, Roelof W F van Leeuwen, Ron H J Mathijssen
{"title":"Bioequivalence of alternative pembrolizumab dosing regimens: current practice and future perspectives.","authors":"Ruben Malmberg, Bram C Agema, Maaike M Hofman, Stefani Oosterveld, Sander Bins, Daphne W Dumoulin, Arjen Joosse, Joachim G J V Aerts, Reno Debets, Birgit C P Koch, Astrid A M van der Veldt, Roelof W F van Leeuwen, Ron H J Mathijssen","doi":"10.1002/cac2.12661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12661","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9495,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143000550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonia Stubenvoll, Maria Schmidt, Johanna Moeller, Max Alexander Lingner Chango, Carolyn Schultz, Olga Antoniadou, Henry Loeffler-Wirth, Stephan Bernhart, Florian Große, Beatrice Thier, Annette Paschen, Ulf Anderegg, Jan C Simon, Mirjana Ziemer, Clara T Schoeder, Hans Binder, Manfred Kunz
{"title":"Single-cell transcriptomics and epigenomics point to CD58-CD2 interaction in controlling primary melanoma growth and immunity.","authors":"Antonia Stubenvoll, Maria Schmidt, Johanna Moeller, Max Alexander Lingner Chango, Carolyn Schultz, Olga Antoniadou, Henry Loeffler-Wirth, Stephan Bernhart, Florian Große, Beatrice Thier, Annette Paschen, Ulf Anderegg, Jan C Simon, Mirjana Ziemer, Clara T Schoeder, Hans Binder, Manfred Kunz","doi":"10.1002/cac2.12651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12651","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9495,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142982600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Training the synergy between Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and immune checkpoint-blocking antibodies in bladder cancer.","authors":"Renate Pichler, Martin Thurnher","doi":"10.1002/cac2.12647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12647","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9495,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142963781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fatemeh Safizadeh, Marko Mandic, Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner
{"title":"To what extent is the association between obesity and colorectal cancer risk mediated by systemic inflammation?","authors":"Fatemeh Safizadeh, Marko Mandic, Michael Hoffmeister, Hermann Brenner","doi":"10.1002/cac2.12659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12659","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9495,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142945074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy and safety of first-line sintilimab plus anlotinib versus chemotherapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a phase II, open-label, randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Tianqing Chu, Hua Zhong, Zhuang Yu, Jing Wang, Yanqiu Zhao, Xiaoqian Mu, Xinmin Yu, Xun Shi, Qingming Shi, Maojing Guan, Cuimin Ding, Nan Geng, Jialin Qian, Baohui Han","doi":"10.1002/cac2.12654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12654","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The prognosis for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with standard platinum-based chemotherapy was suboptimal, with safety concerns. Following encouraging results from a preliminary phase I study, this phase II trial investigated the efficacy and safety of first-line sintilimab and anlotinib in metastatic NSCLC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this open-label, randomized controlled trial (NCT04124731), metastatic NSCLC without epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR), anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), or proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase ROS (ROS1) mutations, and previous treatments for metastatic disease were enrolled. Participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either sintilimab (200 mg every 3 weeks) plus anlotinib (12 mg D1-14 every 3 weeks) or a standard platinum-based chemotherapy regimen. Patients in the chemotherapy group were permitted to switch to sintilimab after disease progression. The primary endpoint was the objective response rate (ORR).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From November 2019 to March 2023, 99 patients were randomized into the sintilimab plus anlotinib group (n = 49) and the chemotherapy group (n = 50). The ORR was significantly higher in the sintilimab plus anlotinib group (44.9%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 30.7%-59.8%) compared to the chemotherapy group (18.0%; 95% CI = 8.6%-31.4%, P = 0.003). Progression-free survival (PFS) was also notably longer (median: 14.4 vs. 5.6 months; hazard ratio [HR] = 0.39; 95% CI = 0.23-0.67; P < 0.001). The 24-month overall survival rate was 58.4% (95% CI = 40.4%-72.6%) and 43.2% (95% CI = 26.0%-59.2%), respectively. The rate of grade 3 or higher treatment-related adverse events was lower in the sintilimab plus anlotinib group (28.0%) than in the chemotherapy group (49.0%), especially for the hematological toxicities.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>First-line sintilimab plus anlotinib showed improved ORR and PFS, alongside a superior safety profile, compared to the standard platinum-based chemotherapy for metastatic NSCLC patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":9495,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142945070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonas Pyko, Markus Glaß, Julia Rosemann, Matthias Kappler, Jana Macho, Sarah Qasem, Stefan Hüttelmaier, Alexander W Eckert, Monika Haemmerle, Tony Gutschner
{"title":"Expression profiling of primary and metastatic oral squamous cell carcinoma identifies progression-associated transcriptome changes and therapeutic vulnerabilities.","authors":"Jonas Pyko, Markus Glaß, Julia Rosemann, Matthias Kappler, Jana Macho, Sarah Qasem, Stefan Hüttelmaier, Alexander W Eckert, Monika Haemmerle, Tony Gutschner","doi":"10.1002/cac2.12660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cac2.12660","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9495,"journal":{"name":"Cancer Communications","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":20.1,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142945072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}