Hematologic Oncology

An expert’s perspective on assessing response to therapy in follicular lymphoma and the parameters used to identify high-risk disease.

Expert hematologist-oncologist Lori Leslie, MD, provides insight to the incidence and prognosis of follicular lymphoma, highlighting a patient case of refractory disease.

The oral PI3Kδ inhibitor zandelisib produced an overall response rate in Japanese patients with relapsed/refractory indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma without small lymphocytic lymphoma, lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma, and Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

The FDA has approved a supplemental biologics license application to add a Monday/Wednesday/Friday intramuscular dosing schedule for asparaginase erwinia chrysanthemi (recombinant)-rywn (Rylaze).

Ponatinib plus reduced-intensity chemotherapy produced a higher rate of minimal residual disease–negative complete remission compared with imatinib in patients with newly diagnosed Philadelphia chromosome–positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Novel agents such as momelotinib and pacritinib are expanding the myelofibrosis treatment landscape, and additional research will further define the options available for patients with this disease, as well as those with other leukemias and lymphomas.

Alexander E. Perl, MD, MS, associate professor, medicine, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, discusses why genetic testing is important for determining targeted therapies for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

In this inaugural episode, Dr Lunning details important findings to come out of the Pan Pacific Lymphoma Conference, including results evaluating prophylactic medications in the management of patients with hematologic malignancies receiving cellular therapy or autologous stem cell transplant.

The FDA has approved brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) in combination with doxorubicin, vincristine, etoposide, prednisone, and cyclophosphamide in pediatric patients aged 2 years and older with previously untreated, high-risk classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

New treatments are emerging for patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in addition to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, which has moved up into the second line.

Clinicians treating patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukemia now have multiple options at their disposal, including tyrosine kinase inhibitors, blinatumomab, and multiagent chemotherapy-based regimens, with more options aiming to enter the treatment paradigm.

The increasing integration of CAR T-cell therapies into the treatment paradigm for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma addresses several unmet needs and improves outcomes for this historically limited patient population.

Drs Sauter and Hill discuss the use of CAR T-cell therapy in patients with lymphomas, the potential for allogeneic CAR T cells, and ways to expand access and address financial toxicity.

Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD, MS, discussed the changes to the classifications of MDS, the evolution of targeted therapies for patients with acute myeloid leukemia, and approaches for patients with bone marrow failure syndromes.

The first patient in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia cohort has been dosed in the phase 1 COVALENT-101 trial, which is evaluating the first-in-class covalent menin inhibitor BMF-219.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to MT-101 for use as a potential therapeutic option in patients with relapsed or refractory, CD5-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Reduced-intensity conditioning treatment plus Iomab-B prior to bone marrow transplant led to a durable and statistically significant 6-month complete remission rate vs conventional care in older patients with active, relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE; Eunice Wang, MD; and Jessica Altman, MD, discuss the scientific achievements they have witnessed in the field of leukemia and their hopes for the future of treating this disease.

Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE; Eunice Wang, MD; and Jessica Altman, MD, discuss how they turned career obstacles into opportunities and what they have learned from being women in the leukemia field.

Ciltacabtagene autoleucel produced early, deep, and durable responses in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma treated at 8 sites in China.

Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE; Eunice Wang, MD; and Jessica Altman, MD, discuss the importance of strong mentorship relationships and the unique growth opportunities they found at different points of their careers.

Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE; Eunice Wang, MD; and Jessica Altman, MD, discuss the toughest challenges they faced in the leukemia field at the start of their fellowships and careers.

The FDA has accepted and granted priority review to the new drug application for quizartinib in combination with standard cytarabine and anthracycline induction and standard cytarabine consolidation chemotherapy, and as continuation monotherapy following consolidation, for the treatment of newly diagnosed adult patients with FLT3-ITD–positive acute myeloid leukemia.

Pei-Ling Chen, MD, PhD, gives her perspective on results from the phase 3 FLASH trial investigating synthetic hypericin in CTCL.

Pei-Ling Chen, MD, PhD, discusses genomic findings that may explain poorer outcomes for Black patients with CTCL.