Hematologic Oncology

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Results of a post hoc analysis found spleen and symptom response rates to be comparable with ESAs or danazol in combination with ruxolitinib for patients with myelofibrosis who have anemia.

Data from APPULSE-PNH may support oral iptacopan as a potentially practice-changing option in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

Treatment with cyclosporin/cyclophosphamide following allogeneic stem cell transplant had improved efficacy vs cyclosporin/methotrexate in patients with high-risk hematologic cancers.

Zanubrutinib tablets were found to have the same efficacy and safety as capsules based on 2 single-dose, open-label randomized phase 1 studies.

Researchers demonstrated that haplo-HSCT, combined with post-transplant cyclophosphamide, is a feasible and effective treatment for hematologic malignancies even in resource-limited settings.

Researchers conducted a prospective, multicenter phase II clinical trial demonstrating that prolonged administration of ruxolitinib after allogeneic HCT is associated with notably low rates of cGVHD.

Phase 3 VERIFY study findings showed rusfertide maintained a manageable safety profile consistent with previous studies.

Findings support the established safety profile of lisocabtagene maraleucel across hematologic oncology indications.

The phase 3 GIV-IN PV trial is evaluating the efficacy and safety of givinostat vs hydroxyurea in patients with polycythemia vera.

Based on FDA feedback, the developers plan to discontinue the phase 3 EQUATOR study, which evaluated itolizumab in acute graft-versus-host disease.

Researchers conducted a comprehensive review on how intrinsic T cell characteristics influence CAR-T cell therapy outcomes in hematological malignancies.

An objective assessment tool like the ICE Score may standardize grading of neurotoxicity associated with newer bispecific antibodies in hematologic cancer.

The combination regimen was well tolerated in JAK inhibitor-naïve myelofibrosis, with instances of thrombocytopenia managed with dose modifications.

Overall survival outcomes were enhanced with Orca-T vs allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with hematologic malignancies.

Lenalidomide capsules and dasatinib tablets have received FDA approval through an abbreviated new drug application for various hematologic malignancies.

Overall, BMT CTN 0702 showed no improvement in outcomes with added post-ASCT consolidation as compared to standard lenalidomide maintenance.

Prophylactic defibrotide conferred more ICU admissions and higher mortality among high-risk pediatric patients who underwent prior HSCT.

The analysis saw minimal evidence of increased relapse among patients with hematologic cancers and minimal residual disease vs those without.

Clonal hematopoiesis may be associated with the early development of toxic events in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Researchers from Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital and Sapienza University in Rome, Italy examined the recovery and function of MAIT cells in pediatric and young adult patients following allo-HSCT.

Treosulfan plus fludarabine is now approved by the FDA as an injection for allo-HSCT conditioning for patients with AML or MDS.

The developers expect the product to be available for order in the United States in early February 2025.

Efficacy findings reveal that the phase 3 ARES study evaluating MaaT013 met its primary end point of gastrointestinal overall response rate.

A Satellite Sessions event that took place at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and discussed treatments surrounding LCL and CLL.

The "New Developments in CAR T Treatments" webinar series brought together leading experts in the field of cancer immunotherapy to discuss the latest advancements and ongoing research in CAR T and natural killer cell therapies.

Hemolytic anemias are a collection of rare but severe diseases including paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome.

Results from a phase 1a trial showed that NX-5948 yielded an overall response rate of 77.8% in later lines of treatment for patients with WM.

Results from the phase 3 AVA-PED-301 trial support the FDA decision for avatrombopag in pediatric thrombocytopenia.

More than 80% of the SENTRY trial population had alleviation of their myelofibrosis-associated symptoms following treatment with selinexor/ruxolitinib.