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In the phase III trial for zuranolone, 67.4% of patients who received an initial 2-week course at the 30-mg dose level initially achieved a 50% or greater reduction from baseline on the HAMD-17. Over the following year, half of those patients required additional 2-week courses of therapy. Of the group who received the 50-mg dose, only 25% needed subsequent courses.

In patients with stage IIIB-D or IV melanoma, adjuvant nivolumab with ipilimumab did not increase recurrence-free survival compared to nivolumab monotherapy. Both treatment regimens’ safety and health-related quality of life were similar with earlier research.

A response to “practice-changing data” in the first- and second-line setting The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has amended its advice against routinely administering PARP inhibitor monotherapy to patients with recurrent platinum-sensitive epithelial ovarian cancer in the second or later-line situation.

This update is based on the results from the June 2022 ATHENA-MONO2 phase III multinational, double-blind, randomized controlled trial (RCT), which showed a significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with stage III-IV epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) who are in complete or partial response to first-line platinum-based chemotherapy.

On September 20, 2022, Alzheon Inc. announced promising results from its phase 2 trial of oral ALZ-801 (valiltramiprosate) in patients with early AD. The drug decreased p-tau181 levels, reduced brain atrophy, and improved cognitive skills in the trial.

An ASCO Reading Room selection Fascinating work defining new therapeutic targets and cutting-edge treatment approaches in gynecological cancer is about to come. In this abstract, the authors go over new therapies for gynecologic cancers, such as endometrial, cervical, ovarian, and uncommon gynecologic tumors, and highlight studies that have improved clinicians’ knowledge of the distinct biology and molecular foundations of different tumors, which is being used to develop potent new therapeutic modalities.