Top 7 Highlights From the 2014 ASH Meeting

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This slide show features some of the top highlights on immunotherapies and other new agents in leukemia and lymphoma from the 2014 ASH Meeting.

References:

1. Moskowitz CH et al. The Aethera Trial: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of Brentuximab Vedotin in the Treatment of Patients at Risk of Progression Following Autologous Stem Cell Transplant for Hodgkin Lymphoma. 2014 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Abstract 673.

2. Stewart AK et al. Carfilzomib, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone vs Lenalidomide and Dexamethasone in Patients (Pts) with Relapsed Multiple Myeloma: Interim Results from ASPIRE, a Randomized, Open-Label, Multicenter Phase 3 Study. 2014 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Abstract 79.

3. Armand P et al. Nivolumab in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma - Preliminary Safety, Efficacy and Biomarker Results of a Phase I Study. 2014 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Abstract 289.

4. Moskowitz CH et al. PD-1 Blockade with the Monoclonal Antibody Pembrolizumab (MK-3475) in Patients with Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma after Brentuximab Vedotin Failure: Preliminary Results from a Phase 1b Study (KEYNOTE-013). 2014 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Abstract 290.

5. Stein EM et al. AG-221, an Oral, Selective, First-in-Class, Potent Inhibitor of the IDH2 Mutant Metabolic Enzyme, Induces Durable Remissions in a Phase I Study in Patients with IDH2 Mutation Positive Advanced Hematologic Malignancies ). 2014 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Abstract 115.

6. Ravandi F et al. Improved Survival in Patients with First Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Treated with Vosaroxin Plus Cytarabine Versus Placebo Plus Cytarabine: Results of a Phase 3 Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Multinational Study (VALOR). 2014 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Abstract LBA-6.

7. Goekbuget N et al. BLAST: A Confirmatory, Single-Arm, Phase 2 Study of Blinatumomab, a Bispecific T-Cell Engager (BiTE®) Antibody Construct, in Patients with Minimal Residual Disease B-Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). 2014 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting. Abstract 379.

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