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The adenoviral vector–based gene therapy contains the gene for interferon alfa-2b. It is administered by catheter into the bladder once every three months. The virus penetrates the bladder endothelial cells and releases the gene, which is incorporated by the cells. As a result, the cells begin secreting high levels of the cancer-fighting interferon.

In this trial, disease-free survival was longer with adjuvant nivolumab than with placebo in the intention-to-treat population and among patients with a PD-L1 expression level of 1% or more in patients with high-risk muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma who had had radical surgery.

The researchers believe these are the first data to compare FGFR-directed therapy with chemotherapy in patients with FGFR-altered UC, demonstrating comparable efficacy and manageable safety. Experimentation revealed that FGFR3 DNA alterations in conjunction with FGFR1/3 mRNA overexpression may be better predictors of rogaratinib response.

A multi-variate analysis published in Cancer Medicine, which includes a population of more than 150,000 individuals, suggests that prior cannabis use was associated with a reduced risk of renal cell carcinoma and bladder cancer in women and prostate cancer in men. A potentially conflicting finding was increased risk of some cancers in current cannabis users.

Dr. Christopher J. Hoimes, Associate Professor of Medicine-GU Oncology at Duke University, presents data on the KEYNOTE-045 Phase 3 Trial, which demonstrated that patients treated with KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) had a 27% reduction in risk of death compared to patients treated with chemotherapy.

Although the study did not meet its primary end point, the results of secondary analyses suggested a progression-free survival benefit with durvalumab plus olaparib in patients whose tumors harbor mutations in homologous recombination repair genes.