Hematologic Oncology

The FDA has lifted a partial clinical hold on the phase 1/2 TakeAim Leukemia trial evaluating emavusertib monotherapy and in combination with azacitidine and venetoclax in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

Administration of glofitamab after pretreatment with obinutuzumab provided encouraging antitumor activity with high and durable complete response rates and a manageable safety profile in heavily pretreated patients with Richter syndrome.

Expert oncologists discuss unmet needs and share final thoughts on the future of treatment of patients with lower-risk MDS.

Ralph Boccia, MD, FACP, highlights emerging therapies and the importance of next-generation sequencing for patients with MDS.

Treatment with the irreversible BTK inhibitor abivertinib led to responses and disease control in patients with relapsed/refractory marginal zone lymphoma.

The FDA has approved a new drug application for 200-mg/mL vials of cyclophosphamide injection for use in combination therapy in the treatment of patients with various types of cancers, including malignant lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and various types of leukemia.

The panel shares at what point they decide to start treatment for patients with lower-risk MDS and symptomatic anemia.

A brief review of data behind lisocabtagene maraleucel and its role as CAR T-cell therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Shared insight on the role of CAR T-cell therapy in relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, with a focus on axicabtagene ciloleucel.

Yazan Madanat, MD, details the available options for first-line treatment of patients with lower-risk MDS and symptomatic anemia.

After reviewing the first patient scenario of myelofibrosis, experts from the John Theurer Cancer Center reflect on best practices in diagnosing and risk stratifying patients.

Dr Short discusses data in acute lymphoblastic leukemia that were presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting and EHA Congress.

Although the highly potent, selective, allosteric, oral, small molecule BRG1/BRM inhibitor FHD-286 elicited signs of clinical activity and safety as monotherapy in patients with metastatic uveal melanoma in the dose-escalation portion of a phase 1 trial, further development in this indication will not be pursued.

Expert oncologists discuss management strategies for patients with lower-risk MDS considering upcoming treatment options.

Jason R. Westin, MD, MS, FACP, reviews the background and study design of ZUMA-23, the first Phase III, randomized controlled study to evaluate CAR T-cell therapy as a first-line regimen in patients with high-risk LBCL.

Oncologists review study design and discuss key safety and efficacy data of the COMMANDS trial investigating luspatercept in frontline setting in patients with lower-risk MDS.

Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, discusses a first-in-human phase 1/2 study of CBX-12 in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors.

Paolo Ghia, MD, PhD, reviews data from the ELEVATE-RR trial investigating acalabrutinib versus ibrutinib for the treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (R/R CLL).

The FDA has granted an orphan drug designation to the novel, highly potent, and selective MDM2 degrader KT-253 for the treatment of patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy has proven to be an effective adoptive cellular therapy against relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma.

Epcoritamab elicited a confirmed overall response rate of 82% by independent review committee assessment in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma who received 2 or more prior systemic treatments, which exceeded the prespecified threshold for efficacy in the phase 1/2 EPCORE NHL-1 trial.

Ryan Jacobs, MD, expands on the initial efficacy and safety data seen with TNB-486, the need for more data on treatment-related CRS to improve toxicity management, and next steps planned for the investigation of this and other bispecific antibodies in relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Fixed-duration treatment with single-agent mosunetuzumab resulted in a high complete response rate by end of treatment in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma, according to updated data from the phase 2 GO29781 trial.

Harry Gill, MD, FRCP, FRCPath, discusses updated efficacy data and analysis of genomic characteristics for ropeginterferon alfa-2B in primary myelofibrosis.