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HOPA News Late Breaking News

Late-Breaking HOPA News: EV-302 and CheckMate 901 Trials and Other Genitourinary Studies

In October of 2023, several practice-changing presentations about genitourinary cancers were made during the annual European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress.

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Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Eflornithine for High-Risk Neuroblastoma

Taylor Gullickson, PharmD, PGY1 Pharmacy Resident and Alexis Kuhn, PharmD, BCOP, Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist, from Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota write about Eflornithine for High-Risk Neuroblastoma.

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Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Fruquintinib

Hunter Sowell, PharmD, PGY-2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident and Sarah Cimino, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Gastrointestinal Oncology, both from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, write about fruquintinib.

HOPA News Late Breaking News

Late-Breaking HOPA News: COMMANDS Study for Myelodysplastic Syndrome

The COMMANDS study was a phase 3, open-label, multicenter, randomized controlled trial. Patients were eligible for enrollment if they were 18 years or older, diagnosed with very low risk, low risk or intermediate risk MDS, ESA-naïve, and requiring red blo

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Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Capivasertib

Rachel B Allen, PharmD, PGY1 Pharmacy Resident and Sarah Cimino, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Gastrointestinal Oncology, both from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, write about Capivasertib.

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Journal Club

Osimertinib with or without Chemotherapy in EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC

First-line treatment with osimertinib–chemotherapy led to significantly longer progression-free survival than osimertinib monotherapy among patients with EGFR-mutated advanced NSCLC.

Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist’s Application to Practice: Niraparib and Abiraterone Acetate (Akeega™)

Mallori Anderson, PharmD, PGY2 and Christine Barrett, PharmD, BCOP, from the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center write about Akeega™

Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Glofitamab

Morgan Bizzell, PharmD and PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident at UNC Medical Center writes about Glofitamab.

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Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Quizartinib

Eugene Lee, BS, PharmD, Medical Affairs Postdoctoral Fellow, UNC/GSK and Amber Cipriani, PharmD, BCOP, Precision Medicine Pharmacy Coordinator at UNC Health Medical Center write about Quizartinib.

Tools and Resources Drug Updates

Pharmacist's Application to Practice: Elranatamab-bcmm

Emily Lo, PharmD Candidate and Chung-Shien Lee, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP at St John’s University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences write about Elranatamab-bcmm).

Advocacy

HOPA Supports Pharmacists, Hopes for Workplace Conditions that Optimize Patient Care

The pharmacy profession is experiencing unprecedented rates of burnout and good-faith and timely talks are key to swift and satisfactory workforce negotiations.

Journal Club

Amivantamab plus chemotherapy with and without lazertinib in EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC after disease progression on osimertinib: primary results from the phase III MARIPOSA-2 study

Amivantamab–chemotherapy improved PFS and intracranial PFS versus chemotherapy.