Lymphoma

The study established 4 cycles of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone (R-CHOP) alone as the new standard approach for the majority of patients with limited-stage diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

This phase 1 study found that vorinostat (Zolinza) in combination with either sirolimus (Rapamune) or everolimus (Afinitor) demonstrated clinical efficacy in patients with relapsed and/or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma and warrants further investigation.

The FDA approved an expanded label for pembrolizumab (Keytruda) as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

The study is evaluating copanlisib (Aliqopa) in combination with rituximab (Rituxan) in patients with indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma who have relapsed after 1 or more prior lines of rituximab-containing therapy.

Researchers identified molecular and cellular characteristics of anti-CD19 CAR T-cell infusion products associated with how patients with large B-cell lymphoma respond to treatment and experience adverse events.

Results from the phase 1/2 ALEXANDER study found the investigational CAR T-cell product AUTO3 in combination with pembrolizumab to have a tolerable safety profile and elicit durable complete responses in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The submission is based on results from the phase 2 LOTIS 2 clinical trial, which is evaluating the efficacy and safety of loncastuximab tesirine in patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL following at least 2 lines of prior systemic therapy.

The supplemental new drug application seeks approval for crizotinib (Xalkori) to treat pediatric patients with relapsed or refractory systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma that is ALK positive.

The updated guidelines now include tafasitamab-cxix in combination with lenalidomide with a category 2A designation as an option for the treatment of previously-treated adult patients with relapsed or refractory DLBCL not otherwise specified.

The FDA recently announced updates to the adverse event-related data pertaining to breast implant illness and breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

Nirav Niranjan Shah, MD, discussed the analysis of autologous transplantation use in patients with relapsed, chemosensitive DLBCL and how it may become a comparator for other clinical trials.

Novartis announced that the study met its primary end point of complete response rate in patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma.

The FDA has approved tafasitamab-cxix in combination with lenalidomide for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Interim results from the study suggested that axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) demonstrated significant and durable clinical benefit in patients with relapsed or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The agent is now the first and only approved CAR T-cell therapy to treat adult patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

Researchers were able to establish possible mechanisms that may contribute to racial differences in incidence, patterns of presentation, and survival in patients with DLBCL with African ancestry.

Nirav Niranjan Shah, MD, discussed the use of autologous transplantation in patients with relapsed, chemosensitive DLBCL after the introduction of CAR T-cells.

The expert in hematology discussed what patients should know about the study, which evaluated the use of axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) in patients with relapsed or refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The expert in hematology highlighted the toxicities reported in this trial and explained the differences observed between the 2 drugs studied.

Researchers found that dense allele-specific DNA methylation (ASM) mapping in normal samples plus cancer samples reveals possible candidate regulatory sequence polymorphisms (rSNPS) that are difficult to find by other approaches.

The FDA accepted and granted priority review to a supplemental biologics license application for pembrolizumab as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

The FDA lifted the partial clinical hold on the on the pivotal phase 2 trial of camidanlumab tesirine (Cami) – designed to evaluate the antibody drug conjugate in patients with relapsed or refractory Hodgkin lymphoma.

Nirav Niranjan Shah, MD, discussed the study of patients with relapsed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma achieving only a PET/CT positive partial remission and what it means for this patient population.

Results from the phase 2 ZUMA-5 study indicated that axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel) may be a promising approach for treating this patient population.

The expert in hematology discussed the next steps for the trial and what the goals are for the use of pembrolizumab in this patient population moving forward.