Lymphoma

Based on results of a phase 1/2 trial of single-agent mosunetuzumab in B-cell malignancies, the agent was granted priority review by the FDA for the treatment of relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Catherine S. Diefenbach, MD, spoke about the approval of lisocabtagene maraleucel for patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma who do not have chemotherapy-sensitive disease.

In the phase 2 Alliance A059102 trial, patients with treatment-naïve CD30-negative peripheral T-cell lymphoma will be treated with duvelisib and azacitidine plus CHOP/CHOEP chemotherapy.

Catherine S. Diefenbach, MD, spoke about the approval of lisocabtagene maraleucel for the treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma following 1 prior therapy.

Punctual and kinetic minimal residual disease analysis could be a robust predictor of mantle cell lymphoma’s natural history and could represent an adaptable model for continuous patient risk assessment.

Based on results from the phase 3 TRANSFORM trial, the FDA has approved lisocabtagene maraleucel for the second-line treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

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The 3-year follow-up update from the phase 2 ZUMA-2 trial showed continued responses for patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma treated with brexucabtagene autoleucel.

This review article written by Meghana Kesireddy, MBBS and Matthew A. Lunning, MD, reviews management and treatment of relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

An expansion cohort from the phase 2 EPCORE NHL-1 trial demonstrated strong efficacy of epcoritamab in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Based on results from the phase 1/2 GO29781 trial, the European Commission has approved mosunetuzumab for adult patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Treatment with zanubrutinib and obinutuzumab improved outcomes in patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma vs obinutuzumab monotherapy.

Subgroup analysis of the RE-MIND trial support use of tafasitamab plus lenalidomide to treat high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The phase 2 PILOT study showed encouraging overall response rates with lisacabtagene maraleucel in the second-line or beyond setting among patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma who did not receive hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Epcoritamab plus rituximab and lenalidomide yielded a 100% response rate in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma.

High response rates were noted in a phase 1/2 trial of the bispecific antibody epcoritamab to treat first-line, high-risk diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Phase 2 data indicate promising responses are possible with fixed-duration glofitamab in patients with heavily pretreated, highly refractory large B-cell lymphoma.

Prior findings showing the benefit of brentuximab vedotin plus chemotherapy vs chemotherapy alone for the treatment of patients with previously untreated stage III/IV classical Hodgkin lymphoma was supported by 6-year updated overall survival data.

Results of the GEMSTONE-201 study demonstrate complete responses were achieved in roughly one-third of patients with relapsed or refractory extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma who were treated with sugemalimab.

The combination of ibrutinib plus the chemotherapy bendamustine and rituximab immunotherapy elicited the highest PFS rate ever reported for this patient population, according to an expert.

Results from the phase 2 ELARA trial supported an accelerated approval from the FDA for tisagenlecleucel for patients with relapsed/refractory follicular lymphoma.

Treatment with brexucabtagene autoleucel appears to be a cost-effective treatment for patients with relapsed/refractory mantle cell lymphoma following treatment with a Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

Sunita D. Nasta, MD, gives her perspective on emerging treatments for peripheral T-cell lymphomas.

This review article written by Robert Stuver, MD, et al, reviews current and available treatments for peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

Patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma who experienced grade 3 or higher immune effector cell–associated neurotoxicity syndrome who were treated with early intrathecal therapy experienced improved survival.