Leukemia

The venetoclax regimen improved CR/CRi rates for patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.

For patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and mantle cell leukemia, lymphodepletion then brexu-cel show positive efficacy and safety outcomes.

Acalabrutinib-based treatment also improves overall survival vs standard chemoimmunotherapy in the phase 3 AMPLIFY trial.

Data from the phase 3 ASC4FIRST trial support asciminib as a standard of care in newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase.

Patients aged 60 to 69 years old had comparable efficacy when treated with brexu-cel for relapsed/refractory B-cell ALL.

Olverembatinib appears effective in patients with CP-CML without T315I mutations following prior first-line tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy.

Addressing socioeconomic barriers may help ensure that all patients with AML can benefit from potentially curative therapies.

Responses with epcoritamab were comparable across the expansion and optimization cohorts in the EPCORE CLL-1 trial.

Bulkiness of disease did not appear to impact PFS outcomes with ibrutinib plus venetoclax in the phase 2 CAPTIVATE study.

Findings from the SAVE study showed that an all-oral revumenib-based combination may improve responses in patients with acute myeloid leukemia with certain genetic alterations.

For patients with relapsed or refractory KMT2Ar acute leukemia, revumenib showed promising outcomes of overall response rate and duration of response.

Blinatumomab plus chemotherapy may represent a new treatment standard for most patients with standard-risk B-ALL, says Rachel E. Rau, MD.

Bicistronic CD19/CD22 CAR T-cell therapy had improved safety, durability, and high remission rates in pediatric patients with R/R B-ALL.

The updated labeling also includes new information on the recommended dosage of fludarabine phosphate when given with cyclophosphamide and rituximab.

The FDA has approved revumenib (Revuforj) for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory acute leukemia with a KMT2A translocation in adult and pediatric patients 1 year and older.

Developers are expected to file a supplemental NDA for revumenib in NPM1-mutated AML in the first half of 2025.

Patients with Philadelphia chromosome–positive CML in chronic phase will no longer be required to fast before taking nilotinib tablets.

Nicole Lamanna, MD, discusses addressing a clinically unmet need among patients with CLL who have relapsed on multiple prior lines of therapy.

Results from the FELIX trial support the approval of obecabtagene autoleucel in B-cell ALL.

Consolidative hematopoietic cell transplantation also confers improved progression-free survival among those with relapsed/refractory B-ALL.

Investigators will present topline data from the phase 2/3 study of uproleselan/chemotherapy at a future medical meeting.

Data from the ASC4FIRST trial support the accelerated approval of asciminib in this CML population.

The expanded approval of methotrexate may offer a convenient alternative to pediatric patients who have difficulty swallowing pills.

In a multicenter study, researchers have a phase 1, open-label study of CB-012, a next-generation CRISPR-edited allogeneic anti-CLL-1 CAR-T cell therapy, aimed at treating adults with relapsed/refractory AML.

A SEER-Medicare database analysis of patients with AML illustrates a trade-off between survival outcomes and time spent in hospitals.

Genomic subtype was associated with relapse, occurring in nearly 50% of PAX5-altered pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia cases.

The panel concludes its discussion with insights on challenges and unmet needs in the CML treatment landscape, highlighting ways to better support patients and caregivers.

Earlier use of liso-cel may improve responses in patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Experts on chronic myeloid leukemia delve into the important role of informed shared decision-making in the optimal treatment of patients with CML.

Jorge E. Cortes, MD, details clinical scenarios that indicate a need to switch therapies for patients with chronic myeloid leukemia.