Hematologic Oncology

Myeloablative transplantation with a total body irradiation regimen followed by a graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis regimen led to a low occurrence of GVHD in adult and pediatric patients with hematologic malignancies.

Topical ruxolitinib has shown improved reduction of body surface area of cutaneous chronic graft-vs-host disease vs standard moisturizer vehicle cream, according to interim study results from a poster presented at the 2022 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings.

The CAR T-cell therapies axicabtagene ciloleucel, tisagenlecleucel, and lisocabtagene maraleucel evoked responses without increased risk of cytokine release syndrome or immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome in patients with primary or secondary central nervous system large B-cell lymphoma.

Axicabtagene ciloleucel continued to elicit high response rates and durable activity in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma and marginal zone lymphoma, according to updated findings from the phase 2 ZUMA-5 trial.

Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, discusses the efficacy of MB-106, a CD20-targeted CAR T-cell therapy in relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Closing out his summation of ruxolitinib in chronic GVHD, Yi-Bin Chen, MD, considers how real-world use compares with the REACH3 trial results.

Comprehensive insight on the design and results of REACH3, which analyzed ruxolitinib as second-line therapy for chronic graft-vs-host disease.

In a 16 to 0 vote, with 1 abstention, the FDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted in support of basing future approvals for PI3K inhibitors on randomized data instead of single-arm clinical trials.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to the CAR T-cell therapy ADI-001 for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The pending biologics license application and supplemental new drug application seeking the approval of the combination of ublituximab and umbralisib in adult patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma has been voluntarily withdrawn by TG Therapeutics, Inc.

Elias J. Jabbour, MD, and Matthew S. Davids, MD, MMSc, review data on asciminib and ponatinib in the post–second generation TKI setting for chronic myeloid leukemia that were presented at the 2021 ASH Meeting and Exposition.

Dan Pollyea, MD, MS, discusses the current role of maintenance therapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia who are unfit for intensive chemotherapy.

Hetty Carraway, MD, discusses important considerations for the future of acute myeloid leukemia regarding mutations and next-generation sequencing.

Gustavo Rivero, MD, discusses evolving therapies for patients with acute myeloid leukemia with monocytic differentiation.

The FDA has placed a partial clinical hold on the open-label, dose-escalating phase 1/2 TakeAim Lymphoma study investigating the safety and efficacy of emavusertib in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell malignancies.

Resistance to CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy was associated with molecular characteristics identified in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Zanubrutinib demonstrated superiority over ibrutinib in terms of overall response rate per independent review committee assessment in adult patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

The innate cell engager AMF13 combined with preactivated and expanded natural killer (NK) cells induced “very encouraging activity” in patients with heavily pretreated lymphoma.

Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCPC, breaks down the mechanism of action and FDA approval of ibrutinib, a BTK inhibitor, in chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Expert perspectives on optimal treatment strategies for patients who develop steroid-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Ann S. LaCasce, MD, MMSc, discusses updates in lymphoma, myelofibrosis, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

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

Lori A. Leslie, MD, discusses the FDA approval of axicabtagene ciloleucel for second-line relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

The FDA has approved axicabtagene ciloleucel for the treatment of adult patients with large B-cell lymphoma that is refractory to first-line chemoimmunotherapy or relapses within 12 months of first-line chemoimmunotherapy.

Yi-Bin Chen, MD outlines the definition of steroid-refractory vs steroid-dependent graft-vs-host disease.