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The addition of the individualized neoantigen specific immunotherapy RO7198457 to atezolizumab induced neoantigen-specific T-cell responses, and was found to be well tolerated in patients with advanced solid malignancies.

Findings from an observational study of more than 10,000 women with ovarian cancer showed that lipophilic statins were associated with a 43% overall reduction in epithelial ovarian cancer mortality, with declines seen across subtypes.

The triplet therapy of isatuximab-irfc, carfilzomib, and dexamethasone showed a statistically significant improvement in PFS versus carfilzomib and dexamethasone alone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Results from a survey of patients in the United Kingdom showed patients with sickle cell disease diagnosed with COVID-19 and who had mild symptoms were more likely to die or require mechanical ventilation than those with more severe symptoms of COVID-19.

Endotheliopathy represents a marker of progression to critical illness in patients with COVID-19 infection and soluble thrombomodulin segregates with mortality.

More patients with low-risk polycythemia vera treated with ropeginterferon alfa-2b were able to maintain hematocrit levels at or below 45% compared with those who received monthly phlebotomy alone.

Meletios A. Dimopoulos, MD, discusses safety results from the randomized phase 3 ASPEN trial of zanubrutinib (Brukinsa) in patients with Waldenström macroglobulinemia.

Chetasi Talati, MD, discusses the ongoing safety analysis of venetoclax (Venclexta)-based combinations in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

The combination of eprenetapopt and azacitidine led to high objective response rates and complete response rates in patients with TP53-mutated myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia.

Data from the BELIEVE trial showed that luspatercept-aamt, a first-in-class erythroid maturation agent designed to regulate late-stage red blood cell maturation, reduced the need for red blood cell transfusions across every subgroup of patients with beta-thalassemia.

Interim results from a phase 1 trial show CC-93269 has activity in highly refractory, heavily pretreated patients with multiple myeloma, with an acceptable safety profile.

Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, discusses the response rates of a phase 2 study with APR-246 and azacitidine in TP53-mutated myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia.

Courtney DiNardo, MD, MSCE, discusses the results of the phase 3 VIALE-A trial in acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Subcutaneous daratumumab may be a promising treatment for newly diagnosed patients with light chain amyloidosis who are in urgent need of new treatment options.

The combination of venetoclax (Venclexta) and azacitidine led to a 34% reduction in the risk of death versus azacitidine alone in treatment-naïve patients with acute myeloid leukemia who are ineligible for intensive therapy.

Treatment with narsoplimab (OMS721) led to complete responses, improved laboratory markers, and encouraging 100-day survival rates in patients diagnosed with hematopoietic stem cell transplant-thrombotic microangiopathy.

Treatment with the CAR T-cell product lisocabtagene maraleucel led to high response rates, with durable complete responses, in transplant-ineligible patients with relapsed/refractory aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma who had poor prognostic features.

Parameswaran Hari, MD, MRCP, discusses the role of minimal residual disease in multiple myeloma.

Luciano J. Costa, MD, PhD, discusses the safety results of CC-93269 in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Higher levels of the serum biomarkers ST2 and REG3α were associated with increased incidence of graft-vs-host disease and increased risk for transplant-related mortality in patients who have undergone haploidentical stem-cell transplantation with post-transplant cyclophosphamide.

The novel C3 inhibitor pegcetacoplan led to a significant improvement in hemoglobin level and other clinical outcomes at week 16 versus the current standard of care, eculizumab in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

Ruxolitinib (Jakafi) induced a strong, durable response across several subgroups of patients with steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease.

The triplet regimen of ibrutinib, venetoclax, and obinutuzumab demonstrated encouraging response rates with an acceptable safety profile in treatment-naïve patients with high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Imetelstat demonstrated meaningful and durable transfusion independence in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome that are non-del(5q), dependent on red blood cell transfusion, and are relapsed/refractory to treatment with erythropoiesis-stimulating agents.

Radiation therapy can be omitted in patients with newly diagnosed early-stage unfavorable Hodgkin lymphoma without sacrificing efficacy.

Saad Usmani, MD, discusses research with teclistamab (JNJ-64007957) in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program.

The highly selective second-generation TKI alectinib demonstrated a clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival compared with crizotinib in patients with ALK-positive non–small cell lung cancer.

The oral, highly selective MET inhibitor tepotinib demonstrated durable clinical activity in patients with locally advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer who harbor a MET exon 14 skipping mutation identified through liquid or tissue biopsy.

The use of cabazitaxel over abiraterone acetate or enzalutamide may continue as a standard of care in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who were previously treated with docetaxel and either of those 2 androgen receptor-targeted agents.

The combination of cabozantinib and atezolizumab showed clinically meaningful activity in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.