Hematologic Oncology

Key opinion leaders review the evolution of Ph+ ALL treatment, from Hyper-CVAD to novel TKIs, blinatumomab, and deintensification, improving remission rates and survival.

Leading experts Bijal Shah, MD, MS, and Hagop Kantarjian, MD, discuss diagnostic challenges, evolving treatments, and prognosis in Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL).

Closing out their discussion on myelofibrosis management, experts from the John Theurer Cancer Center consider novel therapies under investigation and the future treatment paradigm.

Uwe Platzbecker, MD, discusses the significance of the FDA approval of luspatercept for patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome with anemia.

The FDA has approved luspatercept-aamt (Reblozyl) for the treatment of anemia without prior erythropoiesis stimulating agent (ESA) use in adult patients with very low– to intermediate-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who may require regular red blood cell (RBC) transfusions.

Prioty Islam, MD, MSc, discusses the exploration of novel roles for BTK inhibitors in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Rami Komrokji, MD, discusses an international dataset analysis of the 2 current classification systems for patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, as well as the next steps being taken to develop a more harmonized classification system.

Signs and symptoms of chronic GVHD are explained through the lens of the clinical scenario.

The panel highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary approach and best practices in education for patients with GVHD.

Sovleplenib provided a statistically significant and clinically meaningful increase in durable response rate over placebo in adult patients with primary immune thrombocytopenia in China.

Elias Jabbour, MD, outlines additional findings from PhALLCON and their clinical implications for patients with Philadelphia chromosome-positive ALL

An independent data monitoring committee has recommended that the phase 3 REGAL trial evaluating galinpepimut-S in patients with acute myeloid leukemia should continue without modifications.

Panelists consider the patient and disease factors that might indicate use of a specific JAK inhibitor when managing patients with myelofibrosis.

Broader perspectives on the optimal selection and sequencing of systemic therapy in patients diagnosed with myelofibrosis.

Dr Sekeres discusses the FDA approval of quizartinib plus chemotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed, FLT3-ITD–positive AML, key efficacy and safety data from the QuANTUM-First trial, and how this quizartinib regimen addresses an unmet need for older patients in this population.

The FDA has placed another partial clinical hold on the enrollment of new patients in United States clinical trials evaluating the potential first-in-class investigational anti-CD47 immunotherapy magrolimab for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.

Drs Gootpu and Inyang explain use of corticosteroids as frontline treatment for acute GHVD.

Dr Gooptu shares guidance on the assessment and grading of acute GVHD.

TNB-486 demonstrated sustained antitumor activity in all but 1 patient with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma, regardless of CD20 status, as well as number and type of prior therapy.

Individualized myelofibrosis treatment begins with correctly identifying a patient’s disease subtype and considering their symptoms, from which accurate decisions regarding the use of JAK inhibitors vs radiation vs hypomethylating agents can lead to spleen and symptom burden reductions.

Prioty Islam, MD, MSc, discusses how the FDA approval of the noncovalent BTK inhibitor pirtobrutinib has transformed the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma, and where this agent fits in to the current treatment armamentarium.

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma is a rare and very aggressive T-cell neoplasm with an extremely poor prognosis. It is also the only human cancer caused by a retrovirus—human T-cell leukemia virus.

Zanubrutinib demonstrated long-term efficacy with superior tolerability compared with ibrutinib for the treatment of patients with symptomatic Waldenström macroglobulinemia regardless of CXCR4 or MYD88 mutational status.

The addition of quizartinib to standard induction and consolidation chemotherapy with idarubicin plus cytarabine followed by maintenance therapy led to an improvement in event-free survival compared with placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with FLT3-ITD wild-type acute myeloid leukemia.

Jennifer Effie Amengual, MD, discusses unmet needs in FL that SYMPHONY-1 aims to address; the potential benefits of tazemetostat plus lenalidomide and rituximab in patients who are refractory to rituximab or who relapse within 24 months of their initial therapy; and where this regimen may fit into the relapsed/refractory FL treatment paradigm alongside investigative CAR T-cell therapies.