Wednesday, March 26, 2025 LYC1: Randomized study of induction with bendamustine-rituximab ± bortezomib and maintenance with rituximab ± lenalidomide for MCLSmith MR, Jegede OA, Martin P, Till BG, Parekh SS, Yang DT, Hsi ED, Witzig T, Dave S, Scott D, Hanson C, Kostakoglu Shields L, Abdel-Samad N, Casulo C, Bartlett NL, Caimi PF, Al Baghdadi T, Blum KA, Romer MD, Inwards DJ, Lerner RE, Wagner LI, Little RF, Friedberg JW, Leonard JP, Kahl BS. Randomized study of induction with bendamustine-rituximab ± bortezomib and maintenance with rituximab ± lenalidomide for MCL. Blood 144: 1083-1092. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2024023962 This randomized phase II trial studies rituximab, bortezomib, bendamustine, and lenalidomide in treating previously untreated older patients with mantle cell lymphoma. REC4: Perioperative nivolumab versus observation in patients with renal cell carcinoma undergoing nephrectomyAllaf ME, Kim S-E, Master V, McDermott DF, Harshman LC, Cole SM, Drake CG, Signoretti S, Akgul M, Baniak N, Li-Ning E, Palmer MB, Emamekhoo H, Adra N, Kaimakliotis H, Ged Y, Pierorazio PM, Abel EJ, Bilen MA, Ogan K, Moon HH, Ramaswamy KA, Singer EA, Mayer TM, Lohrey J, Margulis V, Gills J, Delacroix SE, Waples MJ, James AC, Wang P, Choueiri T, Michaelson MD, Kapoor A, Heng DY, Shuch B, Leibovich BC, Lara PN, Manola J, Maskens D, Battle D, Uzzo R, Bratslavsky G, Haas NB, Carducci MA. Perioperative nivolumab versus observation in patients with renal cell carcinoma undergoing nephrectomy (PROSPER ECOG-ACRIN EA8143): an open-label, randomised, phase 3 study. The Lancet Oncology 25: 1038-1052. 2024. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470204524002110 The investigated the use of nivolumab before nephrectomy followed by adjuvant nivolumab in patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma to determine recurrence-free survival compared with surgery only. CE8: Marizomib for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastomaRoth P, Gorlia T, Reijneveld JC, de Vos F, Idbaih A, Frenel J-S, Le Rhun E, Sepulveda JM, Perry J, Masucci GL, Freres P, Hirte H, Seidel C, Walenkamp A, Lukacova S, Meijnders P, Blais A, Ducray F, Verschaeve V, Nicholas G, Balana C, Bota DA, Preusser M, Nuyens S, Dhermain F, van den Bent M, O’Callaghan CJ, Vanlancker M, Mason W, Weller M, Group ftEBT, Group tCCT. Marizomib for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma: A randomized phase 3 trial. Neuro-Oncology 26: 1670-1682. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1093/neuonc/noae053 Adding marizomib to standard temozolomide-based radiochemotherapy resulted in more toxicity, but did not improve OS or PFS in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.