Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Initiative proudly participated in the GO2 Voices Summit held March 9–11, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Dr. Daniel J. Boffa discusses the link between smoking cessation and increase in survival for people who are active smokers and diagnosed with cancer.

The first patient was dosed in the SKYBRIDGE study assessing peluntamig with Tecentriq for advanced small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine carcinomas.

The strongest connections I’ve made are with others who have also been through their own cancer journeys.

Enrollment and initial dosing of PAS-004 at 30 milligrams has begun in three patients with MAPK pathway-driven advanced solid tumors.

The Ventana TROP2 RxDx Device, a computational companion diagnostic, was granted breakthrough device designation by the FDA in non–small cell lung cancer.

Zongertinib elicited meaningful results in previously treated patients with HER2-mutated, advanced non–small cell lung cancer.

Verastem will launch a U.S. phase 1/2a trial of oral KRAS G12D inhibitor VS-7375 after FDA IND clearance, with data to be presented at ASCO 2025.

Among patients with oncogene-driven advanced NSCLC who were treated with TKIs, ctDNA clearance was associated with improved survival end points.

Optune Lua received a CE Mark for metastatic non–small cell lung cancer with immune checkpoint inhibitors or docetaxel.

In patients with advanced squamous non–small cell lung cancer, ivonescimab plus chemo was associated with progression-free survival results.

The first patient with small cell lung cancer has been dosed in a phase 1/2 trial investigating first-line iadademstat plus immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Deferring upfront CNS-directed radiation in EGFR-variant and ALK-positive NSCLC may improve outcomes but raises treatment-related toxicity risks.

The addition of smoking status to the National Cancer Database might inform more effective treatment for smokers with cancer.

KSQ-004EX is being evaluated in solid tumors including melanoma, non-small cell lung, head and neck, colorectal, pancreatic and cervical cancer.

Imdelltra is associated with improvement in overall survival compared to local standard-of-care chemotherapy among patients with small cell lung cancer.

The FDA has approved Jobevne, a biosimilar to Avastin, for IV use in a number of cancer types.

Vitrakvi, first granted accelerated approval in 2018, has received full approval from the FDA.

CT-95 is being developed for cancers including pancreatic, ovarian and mesothelioma and other solid tumors.

PGV001, a personalized cancer vaccine, induced immune responses across various cancer types like breast and urothelial cancer, as well as multiple myeloma.

Camrelizumab combo doubled the five-year survival rate in advanced squamous lung cancer, reducing mortality risk by 43%, in a Phase 3 trial.

Tagrisso is associated with positive outcomes among patients with unresectable stage 3 EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer.

The COCOON trial regimen reduced dermatologic side effects in patients with EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer, phase 2 trial data showed.

First-line Rybrevant plus Lazcluze significantly extended overall survival versus Tagrisso in mutated, advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Favorable initial results from a phase 1/2 trial of solnerstotug in PD-L1–resistant tumors showed a 14% response rate and 62% disease control rate.

Treatment with CAN-2409, an off-the-shelf immunotherapy, elicited responses among patients with pretreated stage 3/4 non–small cell lung cancer.

EVM14 received FDA clearance for clinical trials, marking Everest Medicines’ first in-house developed therapeutic to reach this stage.

Positive preliminary data from the phase 1b/2 trial evaluating Olvi-Vec in small cell lung cancer have been announced.