MiR-193b-3p and miR-132-3p as prognostic biomarkers of survival in pleural mesothelioma patients treated with first-line bevacizumab plus pemetrexed-platinum chemotherapy in the IFCT-0701 MAPS phase 3 trial.

We investigated whether angiogenesis-related microRNAs (miRNAs) predict survival in patients with pleural mesothelioma (PM) treated with bevacizumab plus pemetrexed-platinum chemotherapy in the Mesothelioma Avastin Cisplatin Pemetrexed Study ('MAPS', NCT00651456) phase 3 trial phase III trial (NCT00651456). Twelve miRNAs were measured in FFPE samples from 236 of the 448 MAPS trial patients (50.8 %), normalized to RNU48.

Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in pretreated metastatic B3 thymoma and thymic carcinoma (PECATI): a single-arm, phase 2 trial.

Background: No standard treatment exists for patients with platinum-refractory advanced type B3 thymoma and thymic carcinoma. In the PECATI trial, we sought to assess the antitumour activity and safety of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in this population.

Methods: In this single-arm phase 2 trial, we recruited participants from 11 hospitals in France, Italy, and Spain.

Alectinib Efficacy Post-Brigatinib Against Advanced + Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (BrigALK2-GFPC 02-2019 Study).

Background: Brigatinib and alectinib are next-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors (ALKis) showing efficacy against naïve and post-crizotinib-treated advanced + non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs). Real-world data on alectinib efficacy after brigatinib failure are lacking.

Methods: Alectinib efficacy was retrospectively assessed in patients previously treated with brigatinib during an early-access program (EAP) from 1 August 2016 to 21 January 2019.

Atezolizumab and bevacizumab, with or without radiotherapy, versus docetaxel in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer previously treated with a checkpoint inhibitor and chemotherapy: results from the randomized, phase Ib/II MORPHEUS-Lung study.

Background: Options remain limited for patients requiring later lines of therapy for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC) due to poor prognosis and potential toxicities. Therefore, trials of novel combinations of existing therapeutic candidates are warranted. Here, we report robust interim analysis results from the MORPHEUS-Lung study in immune checkpoint inhibitor (CPI)-exposed patients with non-squamous mNSCLC and without targetable gene mutations.

Is adjuvant chemotherapy beneficial in NSCLC patients over 75? Insights from a retrospective analysis.

Background: Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. In resected stage II-III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), adjuvant chemotherapy (ACT) improves survival, but its benefit in elderly patients remains unclear due to the lack of dedicated studies. We conducted a retrospective study to assess benefit and predictive factors of ACT in NSCLC patients over 75-years-old.

Adjuvant chemotherapy for stage IA-IIA non-squamous, non-small-cell lung cancer identified as molecular high-risk by a 14-gene expression profile (AIM-HIGH): an international, randomised, phase 3 trial.

Background: Survival for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unacceptably low, even in stage IA-IIA. Current guidelines recommend adjuvant treatment for patients considered to be at high risk in stages IB and IIA, but suggest criteria that have not been validated to predict benefit. A previously validated, CLIA-certified 14-gene expression profile has identified patients with high-risk non-squamous NSCLC tumours in stages IA-IIA who benefitted from adjuvant chemotherapy in a non-randomised prospective study.

Genetic biomarker study of sunvozertinib for clinical prognosis and prediction in NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation.

This is a report of biomarker analysis for sunvozertinib, a leading epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeting EGFR exon 20 insertion mutation (exon20ins) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There is a positive correlation between positive EGFR exon20ins in plasma circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and advanced disease. Shorter progression-free survival and lower objective response rate (45.

Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of antibody-drug conjugates, where do we stand?

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a rising therapeutic class in oncology and hematology, with eleven drugs approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as of January 2025. These "magic bullets" have a complex structure, including a monoclonal antibody, a linker, attachment sites, and a payload usually disrupting microtubules, targeting DNA, or inhibiting topoisomerase 1. By targeting specific tumor antigens, they are expected to be exquisitely effective in releasing "supertoxic" payloads inside tumor cells after intracellular trafficking.

[Recommendations for the management of oligometatic NSCLC].

The concept of oligometastatic disease in lung cancer has been the subject of much publication and speculation. Indeed, beyond its definition, which is still a matter of debate, it is a rather broad concept considering synchronous oligometastatic disease but also oligoprogression and oligopersistence concepts. These questions are increasingly common considering the improvement of systemic treatments in recent years.

First-Line Pembrolizumab Efficacy in Octogenarians With NSCLCs Expressing ≥ 50% PD-L1 (ESCKEYP GFPC 05-2018).

Background: Pembrolizumab alone is a first-line therapeutic option for patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with ≥ 50% PD-L1 expression, but few data are available for elderly patients, specifically octogenarians.

Methods: This retrospective, multicenter study included all consecutive patients with metastatic NSCLC PD-L1 ≥ 50% treated with first-line pembrolizumab monotherapy between May 2017 and November 2019. Information was collected from medical files with local evaluation of therapeutic response and progression-free survival (PFS).

Efficacy and Safety of Bintrafusp Alfa, a Bifunctional Fusion Protein Targeting Transforming Growth Factor-β and Programmed Death-Ligand 1, Plus Chemotherapy in Patients With Stage IV NSCLC.

Introduction: In a phase 1 study, bintrafusp alfa was found to have an encouraging clinical activity in patients with previously treated advanced NSCLC. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of bintrafusp alfa with chemotherapy in patients with stage IV NSCLC regardless of the programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression status.

Methods: In this open-label, phase 1b/2 study (NCT03840915), eligible patients were assigned to one of four cohorts.

Lack of Prophylactic Cranial Irradiation for Extensive Small-Cell Lung Cancer in Real Life, with the Emergence of Immunotherapy.

Background: Prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) is recommended to decrease the incidence of brain metastases (BM) in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ESSCLC) without BM after response to chemotherapy. However, PCI is associated with significant neurocognitive effects, and new studies are debating its benefits. Moreover, the introduction of immunotherapy in the management of the disease has raised new questions, and there is a lack of data on PCI and immunotherapy.

A pilot quality improvement initiative for lymph node dissection during lung cancer surgery.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a quality improvement initiative on intraoperative lymph node (LN) dissection adequacy.

Methods: A single-centre cohort of 781 naïve patients who underwent resection of non-small cell lung cancer with pathological LN involvement and survived beyond 90 days was reviewed. LN dissection metrics were compared before and after the implementation of a quality improvement initiative.

Capmatinib efficacy for METex14 non-small cell lung cancer patients: Results of the IFCT-2104 CAPMATU study.

Background: Capmatinib is a selective MET inhibitor with demonstrated efficacy in a phase II study of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients harboring METex14 mutations. However, the real-world outcomes of capmatinib are largely unknown. From June 2019, the French Early Access Program (EAP) provided capmatinib to METex14 NSCLC patients who were ineligible for or for whom first-line standard therapies had failed.

Safety and tolerability of immune checkpoint inhibitors in people with HIV infection and cancer: insights from the national prospective real-world OncoVIHAC ANRS CO24 cohort study.

Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been a major advance in cancer management. However, we still lack prospective real-world data regarding their usage in people with HIV infection (PWH).

Methods: The ANRS CO24 OncoVIHAC study (NCT03354936) is an ongoing prospective observational cohort study in France of PWH with cancer treated with ICI.

A prospective analysis of the management practices for patients with Stage-III-N2Non-Small-Cell lung cancer (OBSERVE IIIA-B GFPC 04-2020Study).

Background: Management of stage-III-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on a multimodal strategy (surgery or radiotherapycombined with systemic drugs) remains controversial. Patients are treated with a curative intent, and available data suggestprolonged survival after complete resection. However, no consensual definition of "tumor resectability" exists.

Real-World efficacy and safety of combination nivolumab plus ipilimumab for Untreated, Unresectable, pleural Mesothelioma: The Meso-Immune (GFPC 04-2021) trial.

Background: First-line standard-of-care for unresectable, pleural mesothelioma (PM) changed with the phase 3 CheckMate 743 study results, showing that nivolumab plus ipilimumab (Nivo + Ipi) significantly extended overall survival (OS) versus platinum + pemetrexed chemotherapy for PM (median OS 18.1 versus 14.1 months; hazard ratio: 0.

Safety and Patient-Reported outcomes of atezolizumab plus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab in stage IIIB/IV non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutation, ALK rearrangement or ROS1 fusion progressing after targeted therapies (GFPC 06-2018 study).

Background: In an open-label multicenter non-randomized non-comparative phase II study in patients with stage IIIB/IV non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), oncogenic addiction (EGFR mutation or ALK/ROS1 fusion), with disease progression after tyrosine-kinase inhibitor and no prior chemotherapy (NCT04042558), atezolizumab, carboplatin, pemetrexed with or without bevacizumab showed some promising result. Beyond the clinical evaluation, we assessed safety and patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to provide additional information on the relative impact of adding atezolizumab to chemotherapy with and without bevacizumab in this population.

Materials: Patients received platinum-pemetrexed-atezolizumab-bevacizumab (PPAB cohort) or, if not eligible, platinum-pemetrexed-atezolizumab (PPA cohort).

Antibody-Drug Conjugates as Novel Therapeutic Agents for Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma with or without Alterations in Oncogenic Drivers.

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are an emerging class of therapeutics for lung cancer, and several are currently in development for this malignancy. The structure of these molecules is based on an antibody that targets a protein on the lung cancer cell surface and a cytotoxic payload attached by a linker. Many protein targets, including TROP2, c-MET, CEACAM5, HER2, and HER3 have been identified.