Medical Oncologist specialising in urological cancers at Monash Cancer Centre. Clinical trial investigator and prostate cancer translational researcher.
KN-564 shows significant improvement in overall survival in RCC with 12m of adjuvant pembro with HR 0.62. Meanwhile the Nivo arm of CM-914 is negative. Unsure if this is due to differences in drug activity or just duration of treatment. #GU24
CONTACT-02 Study showed improvement in rPFS in CRPC patients with soft tissue disease from 4.2m to 6.3m with Cabo/Atezo vs ARSI switch. Lots of questions about the ethics of randomising a patient with liver mets to ARSI switch. I would not be comfortable doing this. #GU24
BrCAAway study reports 39m rPFS with Abi+Olap in mCRPC with HRD, 8.4m for Abi and 14m for Olap. Possible synergy but less than 1/3 of monotherapy pts crossed over. 50% of pts screened for HRD were +ve which is far higher than we see in clinic. #GU24
Gem/cis & nivolumab achieves significant PFS & OS in 1st line UC . Maintenance avelumab = 25% ⬆️ in OS, but not all pts get there. Better disease control during the chemo phase and competitive OS HR will be attractive to patients. news.bms.com/news/corporate-…
Mitch Lawrence explaining how high dose testosterone can be used to treat prostate cancer and how his team are investigating this in PDX models #ANZUP23
Laura Porter discussing tumour microenvironment manipulation with carboplatin to improve uptake of Lewis Y targeted CAR T cells into prostate tumours. Keeping the dream of effective immunotherapy in prostate cancer alive. #ANZUP23
#ANZUP23 ASM is happening tomorrow! This is your final opportunity to register for the premier GU cancer meeting in the region. Secure your spot now at anzup.org.au/registration-2/. We look forward to seeing you at Melbourne Convention Centre.
New to the #ANZUP23 ASM, The Perfect Pitch workshop is chaired by @_ShankarSiva and @ciaraconduit. It is designed to discuss how to pitch an idea and how to bring new concepts forward for idea development, which could potentially move on to a fully fledged clinical trial.
Now online @CCR_AACR - Phase IB study ipatasertib plus rucaparib in mCR #prostatecancer post-NHA. No evidence of synergistic or additive antitumor activity. No clear signal of benefit in biomarker +ve populations either
My take: Still no role for targeting PI3K pathway in mCRPC
Dr David Pook @docpook on hot topics from 2022: more is not always better, when more drugs does not mean better outcomes | Best of GU Evening Symposium | @ANZUPtrials@USANZUrology@ANZUNS_Urology