FDA News

The FDA has launched a priority review of lifileucel based on data from the phase 2 C-144-01 trial.

Natasha Kormanik MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, OCN, discusses accelerated vs regular approvals in hematologic oncology and how it applies to approved PI3K inhibitors.

The FDA has launched a priority review of repotrectinib based on data from the phase 1/2 TRIDENT-trial.

The FDA has launched a priority review of fruquintinib as treatment for adult patients with previously treated metastatic colorectal cancer.

The FDA has granted blinatumomab full approval for patients with minimal residual disease–positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

The PARP inhibitor talazoparib has been approved in combination with enzalutamide for the treatment of adult patients with homologous recombination repair gene–mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Glofitamab has received accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified, or large B-cell lymphoma arising from follicular lymphoma.

The FDA has approved olaparib for patients with BRCA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), as determined by an FDA-approved companion diagnostic test.

The PET diagnostic imaging agent, flotufolastat F 18 injection has been approved by the FDA for the identification of prostate-specific membrane antigen–positive lesions in men with prostate cancer

The FDA has granted priority review status to a breast cancer optical imaging agent, Lumisight.

The FDA has approved avapritinib for the treatment of patients with indolent systemic mastocytosis.

The FDA has issued a complete response letter for vic-trastuzumab duocarmazine.

The FDA has granted epcoritamab accelerated approval for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The prescribing label comes with boxed warnings for cytokine release syndrome and neurologic problems.

Cemiplimab has received full approval for patients with metastatic basal cell carcinoma. The most common adverse events include fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, rash, diarrhea, and anemia.

The FDA has pushed back the PDUFA date for quizartinib for select patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Trifluridine plus tipiracil, with or without bevacizumab, has been granted priority review status for the treatment of refractory, metastatic colorectal cancer.

Polatuzumab vedotin has been approved in combination with rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and prednisone for previously untreated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Omidubicel has been approved to quicken the recovery of neutrophils and reduce the risk of infection following stem cell transplant.

The FDA has accepted a biologics license application for a proposed trastuzumab biosimilar. The therapy is being considered as adjuvant therapy for certain HER2-overexpressing cancers.

A doublet regimen of enfortumab vedotin and pembrolizumab has received accelerated approval for cisplatin-ineligible patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer.

The FDA has granted full approval to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for certain adult and pediatric patients with advanced MSI-H or dMMR solid tumors.

Retifanlimab has received accelerated approved for patients with metastatic or recurrent, locally advanced merkel cell carcinoma.

FDA has approved the BRAF/MEK combination of dabrafenib plus trametinib for pediatric BRAF V600E–mutant low-grade glioma. The label comes with a warning for pyrexia.

The FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 11 to 2 in support of the benefit-risk profile displayed by polatuzumab vedotin-piiq in patients with previously untreated large B-cell lymphoma, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma not otherwise specified.

The approval of the Udenyca autoinjector offers easy-to-use design for delivery of the biosimilar pegfilgrastim-cbqv.

Abemaciclib, in combination with endocrine therapy, had been approved as an adjuvant treatment for patients with high-risk, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, early breast cancer.

The New Drug Application for nirogacestat has been granted priority review for the treatment of adult patients with desmoid tumors.

Elranatamab, an investigational BCMA/CD3-targeted bispecific antibody, has received priority review status for patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

The FDA has granted avasopasem a priority review for severe oral mucositis in patients with head and neck cancer who are receiving radiotherapy.

In an 8 to 5 vote, ODAC voted in support of launching 2 single-arm trials seeking to characterize the risk-benefit profile of dostarlimab for patients with dMMR/MSI-H locally advanced rectal cancer.