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Update from ASCO GI

How will data from ASCO GI impact the clinical management of upper and lower GI cancers?

In these podcasts, GI oncology experts share their selected highlights from ASCO GI and give their thoughts on the implications for clinical practice

How will data from ASCO GI impact the clinical management of upper and lower GI cancers?

In these podcasts, GI oncology experts share their selected highlights from ASCO GI and give their thoughts on the implications for clinical practice

Asst. Prof. Efrat Dotan, Dr Nataliya Uboha, Prof. Shubham Pant, Prof. Andrea Sartore-Bianchi

Podcast 1: Upper GI

Dr Efrat Dotan and Dr Nataliya Uboha focus on their selected key abstracts in upper GI cancer, sharing their thoughts on how the data could influence the treatment and management of gastric/gastro-esophageal (G/GE) cancer.

Clinical takeaways:

SPOTLIGHT trial results demonstrate the benefit of treatment with zolbetuximab + mFOLFOX in patients expressing Claudin 18.2
In RATIONALE 305, tislelizumab, like nivolumab, shows promising results for PD-L1+ve patients
CheckMate 649 follow up data at 3 years further supports the use of nivolumab + chemotherapy in first-line setting in patients with advanced G/GE cancer
INTEGRATE IIa study had statistically significant results for regorafenib vs placebo in refractory advanced GE cancer. Results of INTEGRATE IIb are eagerly awaited
The data from NEO-AEGIS make clinical decision-making between peri-operative chemotherapy and CROSS easier
The results from INFINITY show the potential of tremelimumab + durvalumab as standard of care for patients with resectable MSI-H G/GE cancer

Podcast 2: Lower GI

Prof. Shubham Pant and Prof. Andrea Sartore-Bianchi discuss lower GI cancer and the key abstracts that they identified as potentially impacting the way we manage treatment for colorectal cancer (CRC).

Clinical takeaways:

In SUNLIGHT, trifluridine/tipiracil plus bevacizumab improved overall survival and progression-free survival in refractory CRC patients and should be considered a standard of care in the refractory treatment setting
In the kinetics of postoperative cfDNA/ctDNA2 study, post operative ctDNA-positivity was significantly associated with shorter recurrence-free survival. Clinical data are insufficient at this stage to consider molecular residual disease testing as standard of care for patients with resectable CRC
Durable objective responses were observed in heavily pre-treated MSS CRC patients treated with balstilimab plus botensilimab. Further investigation is warranted
In NRG-GI002, neither veliparib or pembrolizumab significantly improved short-term outcomes in unselected patients when added to total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT). This trial provides TNT outcome data for benchmarking in future LARC trials

Listen to the podcasts and download the slides on the selected abstracts.

Asst. Prof. Efrat Dotan

Medical Oncologist

Fox Chase Cancer Center

United States (US)

Dr Nataliya Uboha

Medical Oncologist

University of Wisconsin

United States (US)

Prof. Shubham Pant

Medical Oncologist

MD Anderson Cancer Center

United States (US)

Prof. Andrea Sartore-Bianchi

Medical Oncologist

Niguarda Cancer Center

Italy

Biography Disclosures

Asst. Prof. Efrat Dotan

Medical Oncologist

Fox Chase Cancer Center

United States (US)

Ass. Prof. Efrat Dotan is an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, in Philadelphia. She graduated from the Technion Institute of Technology Medical School in Israel and moved to the US to pursue her specialized training. She completed her residency at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, and her hematology/oncology fellowship at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Ass. Prof. Dotan specializes in the management of patients with gastrointestinal malignancies, specifically pancreatic cancer. Her research interest is in development of new treatment options for patients with gastrointestinal cancers. She is the PI for multiple clinical trials in this arena. Ass. Prof. Dotan is a member of the Gastrointestinal Malignancies Committee of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) and serves as the PI for multiple studies. She also serves as a member of the Pancreatic Cancer Guideline Panel for the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN). Dr Dotan’s other interest is in the management of older patients with cancer, and tools to improve the care of this patient population. She has led multiple research projects evaluating the care of older patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. She is a senior member of the Cancer and Aging Research Group, and the chair of the Older Adult Oncology Guidelines for NCCN.

Asst. Prof. Efrat Dotan has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Research grants/clinical trials paid to the institution: Eli Lilly, Gilead, Lutris, Zymworks, Relay, Ipsen, AstraZeneca, MedImmune, Incyte
Honorarium: Pfizer, Incyte, Helsinn, Taiho, G1 Therapeutics

Biography Disclosures

Dr Nataliya Uboha

Medical Oncologist

University of Wisconsin

United States (US)

Dr Nataliya Uboha is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology and a member of Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC). Her clinical and research activities focus on upper GI cancers. She has extensive clinical trial experience, with a particular emphasis on phase 1 and biomarker based clinical studies. She is a Faculty Leader for the Cancer Therapy Discovery & Development (Phase I) Program at UWCCC. She is a co-leader and founder of the Basket Disease Oriented Team at UWCCC, which has a specific focus on biomarker based trials across disease types. Dr Uboha has a number of regional and national leadership roles. She serves on the board of Wisconsin Association of Hematology and Oncology. She is a co-chair for the GI Cancer Research Group in Big 10 Cancer Research Consortium. She chairs the Upper GI working group at ECOG-ACRIN and serves on the National Cancer Institute Upper GI Taskforce as an ECOG representative.

Dr Nataliya Uboha has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Consulting: QED, Taiho Inc., Incyte, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Boston Gene, Helsinn
Research Funding: Taiho Inc, Ipsen, EMD Serono
Long position holdings: Natera, Exact Sciences

Biography Disclosures

Prof. Shubham Pant

Medical Oncologist

MD Anderson Cancer Center

United States (US)

Prof. Shubham Pant is a Hematologist-Oncologist and an Associate Professor of Medicine at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He previously served as the Director of Clinical Trials for the Section of Hematology-Oncology and Associate Director of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) Phase 1 program, for the Stephenson Cancer Center in Oklahoma City. Furthermore Prof. Pant was the Oncology Lead of the Clinical Research Disease Site Group for Gastrointestinal Cancers and Clinical Research Disease Site Group Chair for Hepatocellular Cancers at the same institute. Prof. Pant completed his fellowship from the Ohio State University, where he was elected Chief Fellow. He previously served as an elected member at large to the Board of Directors for Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB), was the Site Principal Investigator for CALGB and was a Member of the Board of Trustees for ACTION. Prof. Pant served on the Board of Oklahoma Society of Clinical Oncology. He is a participant in the ASCO Leadership Development Program, Class of 2015-16. His awards include the Golden Pillar Award for Outstanding Patient Service in 2012 and 2014, America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly and Oklahoma 40 Under 40 in the Oklahoma Magazine. In 2015, he anchored a health show on CNN-IBN India titled: ‘Let’s Talk Health’.

Prof. Shubham Pant has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Zymeworks, Ipsen, Novartis, Janssen, Mirati Therapeutics, Pfizer, Lilly, Xencor, BMS, Astellas Pharma, Purple Biotech, 4D Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Arcus Biosciences, Elicio Therapeutics, BioNTech

Biography Disclosures

Prof. Andrea Sartore-Bianchi

Medical Oncologist

Niguarda Cancer Center

Italy

Dr Andrea Sartore-Bianchi is head of Clinical Molecular Oncology at the Department of Hematology & Oncology, Niguarda Cancer Center, Milano, Italy. He completed his medical degree at the University of Pavia in 1999, and undertook specialist training at IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo. After completing his doctoral studies, he conducted preclinical research at the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Cancer Therapeutics in the Department of Medicine at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA. Dr Sartore-Bianchi’s main clinical and research interests include the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers, particularly colorectal carcinomas, focusing on biomarkers of sensitivity/resistance to molecular-targeted therapies and on the epidermal growth factor receptor signal transduction pathway. He is principal and co-investigator in Phase I-II-III clinical trials for gastrointestinal malignancies, and first author of research articles in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research and PLoS One. Currently, he is adjunct Professor for the School of Specialization in Oncology and Pharmacology at the University of Milano. He has been listed among the top 30 authors of primary research papers on cancer.

Prof. Andrea Sartore-Bianchi has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Amgen, Bayer, Sanofi and Servier Pharmaceuticals.

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