Hematologic Oncology

Michael Dickinson, MBBS, expands on data from a phase 2 dose-expansion study of glofitamab in heavily pretreated, highly refractory large B-cell lymphoma, explains the effect bispecific antibodies could have on treatment, and highlights other research efforts surrounding glofitamab-based therapies.

The first-in-class dual PIM/FLT3 kinase inhibitor, SEL24/MEN1703, showcased encouraging efficacy and a tolerable safety profile in patients with acute myeloid leukemia whose tumors harbor a IDH1/2 mutation.

Belantamab mafodotin monotherapy demonstrated anticancer activity with a tolerable safety profile in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Daratumumab combinations elicited significant progression-free survival, overall survival, overall response rate, and minimal residual disease–negativity benefits vs control in pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma across clinically relevant subgroups.

Expert panelists reflect on the advent of newer therapies in immune thrombocytopenia and look toward future evolutions in care.

Although cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a group of non-Hodgkin T-cell lymphomas, remains a rare disease, incidence has increased steadily since the 1970s.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s Department of Health has accepted for review a biologics license application seeking the approval of tafasitamab plus lenalidomide in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

First-line treatment with pivekimab sunirine generated responses with favorable tolerability in patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm, according to data from the phase 2 CADENZA trial.

Selina M. Luger, MD, FRCPC, Gail J. Roboz, MD, and Wendy Stock, MD, discuss how being female affected their careers and share the scientific achievements they most want to be remembered for in the leukemia field.

The FDA has granted permission for enrollment to resume in the monotherapy phase 1a portion of the phase 1/2 TakeAim Leukemia trial evaluating emavusertib in relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes.

Rami Komrokji, MD, expands on the disease factors and treatment options for lower-risk and higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes, and highlights other key updates in chronic lymphocytic leukemia, mantle cell lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, and myelofibrosis.

Daiichi Sankyo submitted a supplemental new drug application to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare for the use of quizartinib in patients with newly diagnosed, FLT3-ITD–positive acute myeloid leukemia.

The combination of plinabulin and pegfilgrastim was well tolerated patients with multiple myeloma who have undergone autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and who have received a high dose of melphalan.

The European Commission has approved asciminib for the treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome–positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase who received prior treatment with at least 2 TKIs

Sharing closing thoughts on acute and chronic GVHD management, expert panelists first consider the value of multidisciplinary care.

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel elicited high rates of minimal residual disease negativity in patients with heavily pretreated multiple myeloma who received prior treatment with a BCMA-targeted therapy.

The addition of daratumumab to lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (RVd) induction and consolidation treatment and lenalidomide maintenance therapy (D-RVd/D-R) resulted in high minimal residual disease rates and prolonged progression-free survival in patients with transplant-eligible, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Promising safety and efficacy results were observed with the novel bispecific antibody ABBV-383 in patients with heavily pretreated relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Agents with novel mechanisms, including bispecific antibodies, immunomodulatory drugs, and antibody-drug conjugates, are displaying promising results in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

Extended treatment with carfilzomib plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone after autologous stem cell transplant improved progression-free survival over standard lenalidomide maintenance in patients with multiple myeloma.

The triplet regimen of lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone plus autologous stem cell transplantation and lenalidomide maintenance therapy significantly improved progression-free survival compared with RVd alone in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, with notable benefit observed in those with high-risk cytogenetics.

The FDA has approved pemigatinib (Pemazyre) for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory myeloid/lymphoid neoplasms and FGFR1 rearrangement.

Patients with multiple myeloma can mitigate the common oral and dermatologic toxicities associated with talquetamab with early intervention tactics.

Before closing out their discussion on novel treatment approaches in ITP, experts review data behind FcR-, BTK-, and CD38-targeted therapies.

Panelists review data behind sutimlimab, a complement inhibitor being investigated in the setting of immune thrombocytopenia.

Jeff P. Sharman, MD, discusses the meaning of the long-term follow-up data from ELEVATE-TN, the efficacy of acalabrutinib regimens in patients with treatment-naïve chronic lymphocytic leukemia with deletion 17p or TP53 mutations, and factors to consider when adding obinutuzumab to acalabrutinib.

The FDA has approved ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for pediatric patients aged 1 year or older with chronic graft versus host disease following failure of 1 or more lines of systemic therapy.

The European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization to teclistamab for use as a single agent in adult patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least 3 prior therapies, including an immunomodulatory drug, a proteasome inhibitor, and an anti-CD38 antibody.

Liquid biopsy using targeted next-generation sequencing for early diagnosis and monitoring of patients with myeloid neoplasms is effective and detects chromosomal structural abnormalities.

Luspatercept, a first-in-class erythroidmaturation agent, induced high clinical activity in patients with transfusion-dependent, lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes and ring sideroblasts who were relapsed/refractory to erythropoietin, according to findings from the phase 2 PACE-MDS study.