Feeling overwhelmed by the wave of data released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) this weekend? FirstWord has rounded up the most notable late-breaking abstracts featuring potentially practice-changing results in lung, pancreatic and prostate cancers.HARMONi-6Summit and Akeso's PD-1/VEGF bispecific scored a much-needed win in the Chinese Phase III HARMONi-6 study. Ivonescimab plus chemotherapy reduced the risk of death by 34% in patients with advanced squamous non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as compared to a regimen combining BeOne Medicines' PD-1 inhibitor Tevimbra (tislelizumab) with chemotherapy. After a median follow-up of 21.4 months, patients taking ivonescimab achieved a median overall survival (OS) of 27.9 months versus 23.7 months for Tevimbra, a statistically significant result (HR 0.66; p=0.0017).Investors and physicians will be looking next to the global Phase III HARMONi-3 study, due to read out a final progression-free survival (PFS) analysis next half. RASolute 302Revolution Medicines' presentation, featuring data from the Phase III RASolute 302 study, further exemplified how its RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor daraxonrasib is leading the "RAS revolution" in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Last month, the biotech reported that its candidate led to a median OS of 13.2 months in patients with metastatic PDAC, around double the median 6.7-month OS seen in patients who had received investigator's choice of intravenous chemotherapy.At ASCO, study investigators said the 60% OS benefit held true across the overall patient population as well as those specifically carrying a RAS G12 variant. On RASolute 302's other primary endpoint of PFS, daraxonrasib-treated patients in the RAS G12-mutant subgroup survived a median 7.3 months without disease progression or death and 7.2 months in the overall population, compared with 3.5 months and 3.6 months, respectively, for the comparator. That translated to statistically significant risk reductions of 55% and 51%, respectively. Overall response rates (ORR) reached 33.2% with daraxonrasib in patients with a RAS G12 variant and 31.6% for the total group, roughly triple the rates seen in the chemotherapy arm, where ORRs were 11.8% and 11.2%, respectively.LIBRETTO-432Eli Lilly's Retevmo (selpercatinib) came up trumps in the Phase III LIBRETTO-432 study, significantly improving event-free survival (EFS) in patients with early-stage, RET fusion-positive NSCLC and reducing the risk of recurrence or death by about 83% over placebo. The oral RET kinase inhibitor achieved an EFS rate of 91.5% at month 24, compared to 61.1% for placebo; median EFS was not reached for the Retevmo arm, while it was 31.8 months for placebo.ASCO lung cancer expert David Spigel called the EFS data "quite compelling, and for me, this is a new standard of care."PROTEUSJohnson & Johnson reported that combining its androgen receptor inhibitor Erleada (apalutamide) with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for a pre- and post-surgery regimen significantly improved outcomes for patients with newly diagnosed high-risk localised or locally advanced prostate cancer.Results from the Phase III PROTEUS study, after a median follow-up 61.7 months, showed that patients who received neoadjuvant Erleada were about 10 times more likely to have a major reduction of tumour cells by the time they got prostate surgery. J&J said that 8.9% of people in the Erleada group and 1% in the placebo group achieved pathologic complete response or minimal residual disease.Commenting on the study for ASCO, genitourinary cancer expert William Oh — who called PROTEUS "a paradigm shifting study" — said "the addition of [Erleada] to androgen deprivation therapy clearly improves outcomes in surgical patients at high risk for relapse."TALAPRO-3Pfizer shared detailed data from the Phase III TALAPRO-3 study, evaluating PARP inhibitor Talzenna (talazoparib) plus androgen receptor pathway inhibitor Xtandi (enzalutamide) in patients with homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene-mutated metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC). The Talzenna-Xtandi combo reduced the risk of radiographic progression or death by 52% versus Xtandi plus placebo. After three years, patients receiving the Talzenna regimen achieved an estimated radiographic PFS rate of 77%, compared with 56% for Xtandi alone.The result for the combination regimen "reinforces its potential to fundamentally change clinical practice," said Jeff Legos, Pfizer's chief oncology officer.frontMINDAfter declaring earlier this year that the Phase III frontMIND trial — evaluating its Fc-modified CD19-targeting antibody Monjuvi (tafasitamab) in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) — had met its primary endpoint of PFS, Incyte provided specific results at ASCO.Monjuvi plus lenalidomide added to R-CHOP — a chemo regimen consisting of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone — achieved a two-year PFS rate of 71.1%, compared to 62.9% for R-CHOP alone. At three years, PFS was 67.3% in the experimental arm versus 60.7% for the control group.Interim data for OS, a key secondary endpoint, showed a "positive trend" with a hazard ratio of 0.85 (p=0.2703), but did not yet reach statistical significance. At two years, the OS rate was 84.1% for the Monjuvi combo arm and 80.5% for R-CHOP alone; after three years, the rates were 81.1% and 77.8%, respectively.SARC041Researchers said that Lilly's CDK4/6 inhibitor Verzenio (abemaciclib) is the first treatment to ever post a positive outcome in a Phase III study of dedifferentiated liposarcoma.In the investigator-initiated SARC041 trial, Verzenio achieved a PFS of 9.7 months, which represented a statistically significant improvement over 1.5 months seen for placebo, with a hazard ratio of 0.38.ASCO expert Rodrigo Munhoz suggested that Verzenio "may become the new standard of care for patients with recurrent events [or] liposarcoma not amenable to surgical resection."NAPISTAR1-01While not a late-breaker, Tubulis' presentation on the Phase I/II NAPISTAR1-01 trial assessing TUB-040, its NaPi2b-targeted antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), in patients with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC) may provide a peek behind the M&A curtain. Gilead Sciences paid $3.15 billion upfront this year to take out Tubulis, with TUB-040 serving as the centrepiece of the deal. Study investigators reported data from 46 patients who had received TUB-040 at dose levels of 1.67-3.3 mg/kg. As of the April 5 data cut-off, the ADC monotherapy demonstrated an unconfirmed ORR of 67% and a confirmed ORR of 61%, including two confirmed complete responses.Across the overall 67-patient study population, which received TUB-040 at dose levels of 0.5-5.3 mg/kg, the ADC demonstrated a "clinically meaningful" median PFS of 11 months, with 79% and 57% of responders experiencing a response lasting longer than six months and 12 months, respectively.