HEMATOLOGY

Insights into treatment goals and review of the current treatment landscape for lower-risk MDS.

Following their review of updates from clinical trials presented at ASH 2023, the Oncology Brothers provide their key takeaways on recent data in myelofibrosis and acute myeloid leukemia.

Medical oncologists discuss the results from the SAVE and AUGMENT-101 clinical trials investigating revumenib in patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Uma Borate, MBBS, and the Oncology Brothers provide insights gleaned from the MANIFEST-2 study, a phase 3, randomized, double-blind study on pelabresib plus ruxolitinib for JAK inhibitor treatment–naïve patients with myelofibrosis.

Following ASH 2023, Uma Borate, MBBS, joins the Oncology Brothers, Rahul Gosain, MD, and Rohit Gosain, MD, to discuss results from the TRANSFORM-1 trial investigating navitoclax plus ruxolitinib in patients with untreated myelofibrosis.

Dr Shadman provides an overview of zanubrutinib efficacy and safety data for relapsed/refractory CLL from the Phase 2 ALPINE trial.

An overview of highlights from ASH 2023 on integrating BTK inhibitors into frontline CLL therapy.

Dr Mazyar Shadman reviews emerging targeted therapies shaping the treatment landscape and optimal sequencing in CLL.

Expert perspectives on 2 abstracts presented at ASH 2023 looking at durable continuous transfusion independence and efficacy across different risk subgroups in the IMerge phase 3 trial in MDS.

Gary J. Schiller, MD, a hematologist/oncologist, discusses the current treatment landscape for patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS].

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Lee Greenberger, PhD, discussed some of the latest, interesting research that caught his attention in 2023 and what community oncologists should know about the space as we move into 2024.

Clinicians discuss the importance of early detection in patients with MDS as well as providing insights into some of the unmet needs in MDS, such as a better understanding of the role of molecular alterations and its specific impact in MDS.

Hana Safah, MD explains how the risk stratification for MDS has evolved over time and provides an in-depth of the current risk stratification tools, IPSS, IPSS-R and IPSS-M.

Drs Safah and Koprivnikar review updates made to the WHO and ICC guidelines when classifying MDS as well as discussing the impact of molecular alterations when treating MDS.

Iopofosine I-131 showed impressive results in a study for patients with advanced Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, achieving a major response rate of 61%.

New treatments, including luspatercept-aamt, have been added to the treatment algorithm of patients with low-risk myelodysplastic syndrome in 2020.

Yazan Madanat, MD, comments on the updates that were recently presented at ASH 2023 for the management of lower-risk MDS and discusses the impact of emerging therapies.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Daniel Wolff, MD, discussed findings from the phase 2 AGAVE-201 trial evaluating axatilimab as a potential treatment option for patients with chronic graft-vs-host disease.

Dipti Patel-Donnelly, MD, discusses the gaps between academic centers and community oncology regarding treatments for hematologic malignancies.

Mazyar Shadman, MD, MPH, explains the current standard-of-care treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and details the factors he considers when choosing an appropriate therapy.

Experts review best practices for identifying and diagnosing patients with lower-risk MDS.

John M. Burke, MD, discusses the 2 phase 3 trials presented at the 2023 ASH Annual Meeting that have potential to be practice changing for patients with multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The novel BTK degrader BGB-16673 was well tolerated; produced meaningful and rapid clinical responses; and demonstrated on-target effects in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell malignancies.

The high-precision cellular product Orca-Q demonstrated early signals of clinical activity as well as an acceptable safety profile for patients undergoing haploidentical stem cell transplantation without posttransplant cyclophosphamide.

Results from an ongoing phase 2 study show the viability for the use of zanubrutinib after patients with previously treated B-cell malignancies are deemed intolerant to the next-generation Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor acalabrutinib.