Deepu Madduri, MD, on the Design of the Phase 1b/2 CARTITUDE-1 Trial
January 12th 2021The goal of the CARTITUDE-1 study was to evaluate the use of ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel; JNJ-68284528) chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.
Lisa La on the Design of a Study Evaluating Diabetes in Patients with Multiple Myeloma
December 23rd 2020The director of clinical research in the Center for Cancer Care at White Plains Hospital explained the design of the study which evaluated diabetic versus nondiabetic patients enrolled in the CONNECT Multiple Myeloma Registry.
Hematologic Cancers Bear Increased Risk for Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes
December 8th 2020Patients with hematologic malignancies were found to be at increased risk for significant morbidity and mortality from COVID-19, and the risk of death appeared to be greatest in those who were older, had more severe infection, a poorer prognosis, or who decided to forego intensive treatment.
MEDI-570 Evokes Durable Reponses in Patients with R/R T-Cell Lymphomas
December 8th 2020A phase 1 trial found that MEDI-570 demonstrated clinical activity with durable responses, as well as acceptable safety and tolerability in patients with relapsed or refractory angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and peripheral T-cell lymphoma.