European Hematology Association Congress

Hematologic oncology experts outline the top data and themes to emerge from the 2026 EHA Congress

A retrospective analysis of 3234 patients with CLL/SLL showed that over half of those 75 to 79 years of age went on to receive second-line therapy.

A matching-adjusted indirect comparison showed favorable survival outcomes with zanubrutinib vs ibrutinib in treatment-naive chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Talha Munir, MBChB, PhD, discusses the implications of an MAIC comparing zanubrutinib and ibrutinib in treatment-naive CLL.

LB2501, an off-the-shelf in vivo dual-target CAR T-cell therapy, produced a 100% ORR at dose level 2 across DLBCL, MCL, and follicular lymphoma.

Zanubrutinib yielded sustained progression-free survival and a tolerable safety profile in older patients with CLL/SLL treated in the SEQUOIA trial.

Treatment with subcutaneous blinatumomab generated high CR rates across 2 dosing regimens in pretreated, relapsed/refractory, Ph-positive B-ALL.

Tuspetinib/venetoclax/azacitidine produced high CR and MRD-negativity rates across molecular subgroups of older or unfit patients newly diagnosed AML.

The first-in-class BTK degrader tacabrutideg produced an ORR of 94.1% at the recommended phase 2 dose in relapsed/refractory CLL/SLL.

Peter Voorhees, MD, discusses efficacy data for talquetamab plus daratumumab with or without pomalidomide from MonumenTAL-3.

Stephan Stilgenbauer, MD, discusses safety considerations for BGB-16673 and where its development is headed in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Ziftomenib plus 7+3 yielded high CR and MRD-negativity rates with manageable safety in newly diagnosed NPM1/KMT2A-mutated AML.

Fixed-duration pirtobrutinib plus venetoclax and rituximab reduced the risk of progression or death by 45% in previously treated CLL.

Obe-cel delivered durable remissions in relapsed/refractory B-ALL, with the best efficacy and safety seen in patients with low disease burden.

Phase 1 data showed that INCA033989 produced rapid and durable responses as monotherapy and in a combination regimen in CALR-mutated myelofibrosis.

The type II JAK2 inhibitor AJ1-11095 produced SVRs, deep symptom responses, and mutation VAF reductions in type I JAK inhibitor–exposed myelofibrosis.

Epcoritamab improved PFS and produced durable complete responses vs chemoimmunotherapy in relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

RevCAR T did not cause GVHD or ICANS and achieved complete remission in patients with CD123-positive relapsed/refractory AML.

Talquetamab plus daratumumab, with or without pomalidomide, significantly improved PFS and deepened responses in relapsed/refractory myeloma.

Luspatercept produced clinically meaningful improvements in RBC transfusion independence in myelofibrosis-associated anemia.

A phase 2 study of dose-adjusted EPOCH plus tafasitamab with or without rituximab met its primary end point of MRD negativity after the first cycle.

Fixed-duration venetoclax/obinutuzumab more than doubled median PFS vs chlorambucil/obinutuzumab in previously untreated CLL.

Branko Cuglievan, MD, discusses data for revumenib in the pediatric R/R KMT2AR-acute leukemias subgroup from AUGMENT-101.

Jennifer Marvin-Peek, MD, discusses data for azacitidine, venetoclax, and ivosidenib, in IDH1-mutated acute myeloid leukemia and their significance.

In the MAXILUS primary analysis, luspatercept initiated at 1.75 mg/kg yielded high RBC transfusion independence rates in lower-risk MDS.

Revumenib yielded responses across subgroups with relapsed/refractory, NPM1-mutated AML and co-mutations, as well as in KMT2A-rearranged acute leukemia.

Partial response to bridging therapy before cilta-cel was associated with improved PFS and OS outcomes in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

EPCORE FL-1 showed that epcoritamab/lenalidomide/rituximab yielded superior efficacy vs lenalidomide/rituximab across follicular lymphoma populations.