Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

ADI-001, a first-in-class, allogeneic gamma delta1 CAR T-cell therapy, elicited responses and demonstrated a favorable safety profile in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Advances in the development of bispecific antibodies have demonstrated response rates close to or surpassing those of other agents in development, offering investigators an avenue to pursue phase 3 studies such as EPCORE DLBCL-1 to challenge standard of care with the CD3 × CD20 agent, epcoritamab in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Akash Mukherjee, MD, discusses the importance of understanding disease biology when attempting to individualize treatment approaches in mantle cell lymphoma.

The combination of maveropepimut-S, pembrolizumab, and intermittent low-dose cyclophosphamide elicited responses in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to preliminary findings from the phase 2b VITALIZE trial.

A discussion on which patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma are good candidates for CAR T-cell therapy.

Dr Marc S Hoffman reviews the currently available treatment options for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Yuliya Linhares, MD, discusses the trial design, methodology, and key efficacy and safety results from the phase 2 OUTREACH trial (NCT03744676) evaluating lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel; Breyanzi) in relapsed/refractory large B-Cell lymphoma (LBCL).

Ariel Perez Perez, MD, discusses key results and clinical implications from a retrospective study of polatuzumab-vedotin plus rituximab with or without bendamustine in relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphomas.

The selective small molecule MDM2 inhibitor milademetan administered at an intermittent dosing schedule was tolerable and showed early efficacy in patients with advanced cancers, according to findings from a phase 1 study.

Marc S. Hoffman, MD, explains how to select the appropriate CAR T-cell therapy for each patient, and the barriers patients with R/R LBCL face in receiving CAR T-cell therapy, despite its high efficacy rate.

Experts discuss data on a novel form of CAR T-cell therapy, rapcabtagene autoleucel, for the second-line treatment of R/R LBCL with a faster manufacturing process.

An economic analysis showed that neither polatuzumab vedotin-piiq added to standard of care chemotherapy nor CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy is likely to be the most cost-effective for patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Loretta J. Nastoupil, MD, reviews data from the ZUMA-7 trial investigating the use of axicabtagene ciloleucel as a second-line therapy for large b-cell lymphoma.

The combination of magrolimab, rituximab, gemcitabine, and oxaliplatin produced deep, durable responses in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Drs Loretta J. Nastoupil and Marc S Hoffman explain the available treatment options for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and what to consider when selecting a therapy in the second-line setting.

Marc S. Hoffman, MD, provides an overview of recent updates in the treatment of relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Craig Sauter, MD, discusses the rationale for investigating maintenance pembrolizumab following autologous stem cell transplant in patients with T-cell NHL and explained some of the potential challenges of investigating this regimen in a larger prospective trial in this patient population.

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has approved zanubrutinib in Great Britain for both the treatment of adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and the treatment of adult patients with marginal zone lymphoma who have received at least one prior anti-CD20–based therapy.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel continued to elicit improved progression-free survival and overall response rates in patients with relapsed/refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Patients with B-cell malignancies who were intolerant to acalabrutinib experienced a longer treatment duration when subsequently receiving zanubrutinib.

The European Commission has issued an orphan drug designation to duvelisib for the treatment of adult patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to LP-284, a novel small-molecule, next-generation acylfulvene, for the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma

Craig Sauter, MD, discusses important considerations regarding the use of pembrolizumab after autologous stem cell transplant in T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Max S. Topp, MD, highlights the rationale for studying bispecific antibodies in newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, how the safety profile of glofitamab plus R-CHOP contributes to its potential for outpatient administration, and where future directions with this research may lead.

The past decade has been a time of great progress in the research of Waldenström macroglobulinemia and the care of patients with the rare form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Driven by his twin passions for music and science, Louis M. Staudt, MD, PhD, has made a career out of reading between the notes.

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has approved axicabtagene ciloleucel for the initial treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma, including diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, transformed follicular lymphoma, and high-grade B-cell lymphoma.

The FDA has approved mosunetuzumab-axgb (Lunsumio) for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma after 2 or more lines of systemic therapy.

The regimen of lenalidomide in combination with rituximab with bendamustine are effective therapies for relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma, with high rates of overall and complete metabolic response by PET, according to data from the randomized phase 2 HOVON110/Rebel trial.

Glofitamab, an investigational CD20xCD3 T-cell engaging bispecific antibody, demonstrated promising results in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who received at least 2 prior lines of therapy.