Leukemia

A phase 2 study found that acalabrutinib monotherapy followed by treatment with venetoclax and obinutuzumab in the frontline setting was highly active and tolerable for patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia despite not meeting the primary end point.

The FDA granted accelerated approval to asciminib for the treatment of patients with Philadelphia chromosome–positive chronic myeloid leukemia for 2 indications.

ASTCT recently published an article in their journal Nucleus detailing CAR T therapy in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

In a debate, experts discuss the importance of IGHV and TP53 mutational status in predicting response to novel therapies in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Ibrutinib for treating patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia increased the risk of atrial fibrillation, bleeding, and heart failure in results of a cohort study.

Patients with chemotherapy-refractory, high-risk acute myeloid leukemia achieved promising benefit from treatment with ficlatuzumab and cytarabine.

Adding venetoclax to cladribine, high-dose cytarabine, and idarubicin appears to yield high rates of minimal residual disease negativity and promising survival in patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

The FDA has approved the use of CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy brexucabtagene autoleucel for adult patients with relapsed/refractory precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

A recently published article on CAR T cells in patients with acute myeloid leukemia is featured by CancerNetwork's Strategic Alliance Partner ASTCT.

As more novel therapeutic targets are discovered in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the more possibilities are presented in terms of treatment with targeted agents, small molecules, and cellular therapies.

Patients with previously treated chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma appeared to benefit from treatment with pirtobrutinib.

The latest episode of the ASTCT Talks episode features John DiPersio, MD, PhD, on emerging therapies in the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.

Strong response rates were observed with pirtobrutinib across dose levels to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and small lymphocytic lymphoma ion a phase 1/2 study.

The introduction of targeted therapies and immunotherapeutics may work to improve survival for patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Clinical decision-making based on minimal residual disease may be associated with improved therapy satisfaction and optimized post-remission treatment for patients with intermediate-risk acute myeloid leukemia.

A recent study provides evidence showing that focal 22q11.22 deletions may be correlated with poor outcomes in patients with pediatric B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with alterations in IKZF1.

After implementing disparity and demographic reporting in acute leukemia clinical trials, investigators did not report an increase in diverse trial participants.

Pediatric patients with low-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia may be able to omit treatment with vincristine and dexamethasone pulse therapy after the first year of treatment.

The risk of infection during induction chemotherapy decreased among patients with acute myeloid leukemia treated with romyelocel-L.

Compared with anti-thymocyte globulin, post-transplant cyclophosphamide appears to more successfully prevent graft-versus-host disease in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, resulting in a lower incidence of relapse and improved survival.

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma were pretreated with ibrutinib saw a reduction in obinutuzumab-induced infusion-related reactions as well as cytokines and chemokines.

A systemic review and network meta-analysis investigated 3 trials and determined that acalabrutinib/obinutuzumab up front prolongs progression-free survival for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia vs other regimens.

A study published in Lancet Oncology indicated that children with low-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia may be able to safely omit pulse therapy after 1-year of treatment.

Pediatric and adolescent patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia experienced similar outcomes when treated with either calaspargase pegol or pegaspargase.

Combination ivosidenib/azacitidine has yielded notable improvements in survival over ivosidenib alone in IDH1-positive treatment-naïve acute myeloid leukemia.