European Hematology Association Congress

The triplet regimen of elotuzumab plus pomalidomide and dexamethasone led to a 46% reduction in the risk of death compared with pomalidomide/dexamethasone alone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, according to updated findings of the phase II ELOQUENT-3 trial.

Simon Rule, MD, PhD, Plymouth University Medical School, discusses results of the phase III MabCute study evaluating subcutaneous rituximab as maintenance after standard subcutaneous rituximab induction and maintenance in patients who have relapsed or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Ajai Chari, MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses INSIGHT MM (NCT02761187), the largest global, prospective, non-interventional, observational study on multiple myeloma to date.

At a median follow-up of 14.1 months, the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy tisagenlecleucel achieved an objective response rate of 52% in adult patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

David Sallman, MD, assistant member, Moffitt Cancer Center, discusses the combination of APR-246 and azacitidine as a treatment for patients with TP53-mutant myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia.

Anthony R. Mato, MD, hematologic oncologist, director, CLL Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the safety and efficacy of umbralisib in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The addition of elotuzumab to pomalidomide and dexamethasone cut the risk of disease progression or death by 46% compared with pomalidomide and dexamethasone alone for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

The combination of duvelisib and fludarabine-cyclophosphamide-rituximab demonstrated efficacy as a frontline treatment for younger patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Quizartinib reduced the risk of death by 24% compared with salvage chemotherapy in patients with FLT3-ITD–positive relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia after first-line treatment with or without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

A CAR T-cell therapy specific for CD22 was safe and provided high response rates for pediatric patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who had failed chemotherapy and/or a CD19-targeted CAR T-cell treatment.

Jorge E. Cortes, MD, professor and deputy chair, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses the results of quizartinib in patients with relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Matthew Davids, MD, MMSc, associate director, Center for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses duvelisib plus fludarabine-cyclophosphamide-rituximab (FCR) as a frontline therapy for the treatment of younger patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

A compound CLL1/CD33-targeted CAR T-cell therapy showed a complete remission with minimal residual disease (MRD) negativity in a single-patient case study from an ongoing phase I study for relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia.

Ramon Garcia-Sanz, MD, PhD, clinician, department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, discusses the results of brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) plus ESHAP followed by autologous stem cell transplant in patients with relapsed/refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.

Susan E. Prockop, MD, pediatric oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses tabelecleucel in patients with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated post-transplant lymphomas.

PET can be safely used to guide treatment in patients with untreated advanced-stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma after 2 cycles of upfront de-escalated BEACOPP.

The combination of obinutuzumab and chlorambucil reduced the risk of death by 24% versus rituximab plus chlorambucil in treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia with comorbidities.

Paul A. Hamlin, MD, chief of the Medical Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses results of cerdulatinib in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), follicular lymphoma and T-cell lymphoma.

Christian Winther Eskelund, MD, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, discusses TP53-mutated mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).

The first known trial of combined ublituximab (TG-1101), ibrutinib (Imbruvica), and umbralisib (TGR-1202) showed that the combination was well tolerated and had activity across heavily pretreated patients with high-risk B-cell malignancies.

Combination ibrutinib (Imbruvica) and venetoclax (Venclexta) set the bar high and aims to achieve eradication of minimal residual disease within a year of treatment in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The combination of obinutuzumab and CC-122 was well tolerated and demonstrated promising response rates and durable remissions in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, and marginal zone lymphoma.

Matthew J. Matasar, MD, discusses the potential of polatuzumab vedotin in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma or diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Farhad Ravandi-Kashani, MD, professor, Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses vadastuximab talirine plus hypomethylating agents in acute myeloid leukemia.

Eric Smith, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses CD19 (19-28Z) CAR T-cell therapy in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

CTL019, an investigational chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, demonstrated high response rates and a manageable safety profile in pediatric and young adult patients with relapsed and/or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Eunice Wang, MD, chief, Leukemia Service, professor of Oncology, Departments of Medicine and Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, discusses FLT3 mutations in acute myeloid leukemia.

Miguel-Angel Perales, MD, deputy chief, Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Service, director, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Fellowship Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the remaining questions with CAR T-cell therapy in hematologic malignancies.