ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition

Ziftomenib monotherapy had a manageable toxicity profile and provided pronounced antileukemic activity when given at a 600-mg dose in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Tycel Phillips, MD, MPH, discusses the investigation of glofitamab monotherapy in relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, discusses the examination of zanubrutinib in patients with B-cell malignancies who were intolerant to acalabrutinib.

The non-covalent BTK inhibitor pirtobrutinib showed high levels of response in heavily pretreated patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia, regardless of prior treatment with a covalent BTK inhibitor.

The GPRC5D- and CD3-directed bispecific antibody forimtamig led to high response rates in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma regardless of subcutaneous or intravenous administration, according to updated findings from a phase 1 dose-escalation study.

The combination of rituximab and lenalidomide maintained improved progression-free survival compared with rituximab alone in patients with relapsed/refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to 5-year findings from the phase 3 AUGMENT trial.

Administration of teclistamab in combination with daratumumab and lenalidomide demonstrated promising overall response rates and tolerability in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who had prior lenalidomide exposure, according to initial data from the phase 1b MajesTEC-2 trial.

Treatment with the CD3/BCMA bispecific antibody elranatamab elicited an objective response rate by blinded independent central review of 61.0% in patients with penta- or triple-class refractory multiple myeloma who had not received a prior BCMA-targeted therapy.

Sequential administration of lintuzumab-Ac225 after salvage chemotherapy proved to be safe and feasible, and to result in high response and minimal residual disease negativity rates in high-risk patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Olverembatinib was found to uphold clinical benefit and continued to have an acceptable safety profile in patients with BCR-ABL1 T315I-mutant chronic myeloid leukemia -chronic phase or -acute phase that is resistant to TKIs.

Watchful waiting followed by sequential conditioning prior to allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation provided similar overall survival and leukemia-free survival to that achieved with intensive remission induction chemotherapy comprised of high-dose cytarabine and mitoxantrone followed by allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation in patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Glofitamab administered as a fixed 12-cycle regimen 7 days after obinutuzumab pretreatment elicited high, early, and durable responses in patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma who had undergone prior BTK inhibitor therapy.

S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD, previews his top 5 abstracts in multiple myeloma ahead of the 2022 ASH Annual Meeting.

Tarek H. Mouhieddine, discusses a study that evaluated outcomes in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma who progressed on bispecific antibodies.

The investigational bispecific antibody APVO436 demonstrated tolerability with encouraging anti-neoplastic efficacy in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome, according to updated findings from an ongoing phase 1 trial.

Elevated amphiregulin was associated with increased mortality risk in acute graft–versus-host-disease, according to a sample of 2 prospective clinical trials showed.

The addition of daratumumab to lenalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone continued to elicit improved outcomes vs RVd alone in patients with newly diagnosed, transplant-eligible multiple myeloma, according to findings from the extended 2-year follow-up analysis of the phase 2 GRIFFIN trial.

Treatment with the CD123- and CD3-engaging bispecific antibody APVO436 caused cytokine release syndrome in approximately 1 of 5 patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome but was generally well managed with steroids.

Patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma experienced better quality of life when they received second-line treatment with lisocabtagene maraleucel vs standard of care.

A single infusion of ciltacabtagene autoleucel produced an overall response rate of 95% in patients with multiple myeloma who had received a median of 2 prior lines of treatment and who were refractory to lenalidomide.

The utilization of oral azacitidine as maintenance treatment in patients with acute myeloid leukemia in first remission following intensive chemotherapy continued to showcase a survival benefit over placebo.

Data from a longer follow-up analysis of the phase 1/2 CARTITUDE-1 trial demonstrated that all evaluated subgroups of patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma maintained durable responses with ciltacabtagene autoleucel.

John M. Burke, MD, discusses findings from the phase 3 POLARIX trial in patients with newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Thomas G. Martin, MD, discusses the 2-year follow-up data of the phase 1/2 CARTITUDE-1 study in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, that were presented during the 2021 ASH Annual Meeting & Exposition.

Cycle 1 double step-up dosing with cevostamab demonstrated encouraging activity with effective cytokine release syndrome mitigation in patients with heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, supporting further development of the dual-targeted bispecific antibody.

Acalabrutinib demonstrated a lower incidence of cardiovascular-related toxicities and a lower overall toxicity burden compared with ibrutinib in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Acalabrutinib demonstrated an advantage in quality-adjusted survival compared with other treatments for relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Magrolimab plus combinations of various antileukemia therapies are being investigated for their efficacy in first-line, relapsed/refractory, or maintenance treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.