Immunotherapy Approaches in Front-Line Advanced/Recurrent Endometrial Cancer

This activity is part of a series

Faculty

Richard T. Penson, MD, MRCP
Physician, Mass General Brigham
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Chair, Dana Farber Harvard Cancer Center
Boston, MA
Richard T. Penson, MD, MRCP

Richard T. Penson, MD, MRCP, is a Medical Oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. A key opinion leader, Dr. Penson was a longstanding member of the Gynecologic Oncology Group Ovarian and Quality of Life Committees and now serves on the Foundation’s Investigator Council. He is the national Principal Investigator (PI) of the olaparib registration trial (SOLO-2) and the international PI of SOLO3, and the OVAL trial. He has taught on Harvard’s Practice of Medicine Course, the Bigelow General Medical Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, and is one of the Chairs of the Institutional Review Board of Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center.

Mansoor Raza Mirza, MD
Chief Oncologist
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
Denmark

Statement of Need

Recent advances in molecular classification of endometrial cancer (EC) have opened the door to better identification of adjuvant treatments that are more effective. Understanding how PD-L1 and PD-1 inhibitors contribute to improved efficacy in addition to standard of care in the settings of mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) or mismatch repair-proficient (pMMR) disease is important to knowing which patients will benefit most from immunotherapy strategies for upfront treatment plans. As trials are ongoing and data are released, clinicians need experts to translate the data, explaining how it may impact care currently or in the future. Unfortunately, clinicians are not confident in their ability to optimally integrate ICIs into routine adjuvant therapy for endometrial cancer. Having a solid foundation of evidence and knowledge gives clinicians the confidence to adopt novel therapies in practice.
During this informational podcast, leading international endometrial cancer experts, Drs. Richard Penson and Mansoor Raza Mirza, will discuss patient selection for upfront immunotherapy-based strategies, emerging front-line therapeutic approaches, and challenges adapting to the evolving standards of front-line care.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to better:

  • Develop treatment plans that incorporate ICI strategies for newly diagnosed advanced or recurrent EC

Financial Support

Supported by a joint educational grant from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc.

Target Audience

Primary Audiences: Medical oncologists, gynecologic oncologists, physician assistants (PAs),  nurses, nurse practitioners (NPs), and pharmacists working in oncology settings
Secondary Audiences: Gynecologists and primary care physicians (PCPs)

Credit Information

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Disclosure Declaration

Dr. Penson reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: Aadi Bioscience; AstraZeneca; GSK; ImmunoGen, Inc.; Merck & Co., Inc.; Mersana Therapeutics; Novacure; Roche; Sutro Biopharma, Inc.; and Vascular Biogenics
Consultant: Serves on DSMBs for AstraZeneca; EQRx; and Roche
Research Support: Intuitional research funding (as PI) for Array BioPharma Inc.; AstraZeneca; Eisai Inc.; Genentech, Inc.; and Vascular Biogenics
Other financial or material support: Royalties: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; Elsevier; UpToDate, Inc.; Wolters Kluwer Health and Wiley-Blackwell. Payment for educational events: Research to Practice; ExpertConnect; and ReachMD

 

Dr. Mirza reports the following financial relationships:

Advisory Board: Allarity Therapeutics, Inc.; AstraZeneca; BIOCAD; BioNTech SE; Boehringer Ingelheim; Clovis Oncology; Daiichi-Sankyo; Eisai Inc.; Genmab; GSK; ImmunoGen, Inc.; Incyte; Karyopharm Therapeutics; Merck & Co., Inc./MSD; Mersana Therapeutics; Novartis; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Roche; Seagen Inc.; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited; Tesaro; and Zai Lab
Consultant: Allarity Therapeutics Inc.; GSK; Karyopharm Therapeutics; Tesaro; and Zailab
Grants: Allarity Therapeutics Inc.; Apexigen; AstraZeneca; Boehringer Ingelheim; Clovis Oncology; GSK; Novartis; Tesaro; and Ultimovacs
Stock Shareholder (ownership interest): Options: Karyopharm Therapeutics and Sera Prognostics
Employment:  Member of Board of Directors: Karyopharm Therapeutics and Sera Prognostics

The following individuals have no financial relationships to disclose: 

Jeffrey Helfand, DO (Peer Reviewer)
Albert Eubanks, Jr., RN (Peer Reviewer)
Thomas Mitchell (Planning Committee)
David Modrak, PhD (Planning Committee)
Susan H. Yarbrough, CHCP (Planning Committee)
Sandra Caballero, PharmD (Planning Committee)
Sharon Tordoff (Planning Committee)

Obtaining Credit

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Immunotherapy Approaches in Front-Line Advanced/Recurrent Endometrial Cancer
Event Date: 12/28/2023