Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Narendranath Epperla, MBBS, MS, hematologist, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses the FDA approval of frontline obinutuzumab (Gazyva) for the treatment of patients with follicular lymphoma.

The FDA has approved obinutuzumab (Gazyva) in combination with chemotherapy, followed by obinutuzumab alone, for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced follicular lymphoma.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended approval of brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) in adults with CD30-positive cutaneous T-cell lymphoma after at least 1 prior systemic therapy.

Paul A. Hamlin, MD, chief of the Medical Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses a phase II study investigating cerdulatinib in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has received a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) for 2 forms of advanced lymphoma.

According to phase III results from the FOLL05 trial, the combination of rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone produced survival results comparable with standard-of-care regimens in patients with advanced symptomatic follicular lymphoma.

Patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma are more likely to have superior overall survival if they have previously demonstrated event-free survival at 24 months.

Novartis has filed a supplemental biologics license application with the FDA to expand the indication for tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah) to include adults with relapsed/refractory DLBCL who are ineligible for ASCT.

Tazemetostat, a small molecule that targets epigenetic activity of the EZH2 gene, is being investigated as a treatment option for patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma or follicular lymphoma.

Treatment with prolonged native E. coli asparaginase therapy for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or non-Hodgkin lymphoma not only failed to improve survival versus the standard regimen, but also resulted in an increase in infections and allergy.

Reem Karmali, MD, discusses ongoing key trials of CAR T-cell therapy, the chronic safety concerns with the treatment, and what combinations have the most potential.

Reem Karmali, MD, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, discusses the future of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

The FDA has approved the CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy axicabtagene ciloleucel as a treatment for adults with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Reem Karmali, MD, assistant professor of medicine (hematology and oncology), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, discusses the FDA approval of axicabtagene ciloleucel (KTE-C19; axi-cel) for the treatment of patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Narendranath Epperla, MD, discusses the evolving treatment landscape for patients with follicular lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma.

Treatment with copanlisib led to a median progression-free survival of 11.2 months and objective response rate of 59.2% in patients with relapsed/refractory indolent lymphoma.