LEUKEMIAS

Olverembatinib is efficacious and well tolerated in tyrosine kinase inhibitor-resistant CML-CP and CML-AP patients with a BCR-ABL1 T315I mutation.

Based on phase 1 data of the AUGMENT-101 trial, the FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to SNDX-5613 for patients with relapsed or refractory KMT2A rearranged acute leukemia.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals announced that the phase 3 PhALLCON trial of ponatinib for Philadelphia-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia succeeded in improving the rate of minimal residual disease–negative complete remission.

Fadi Haddad, MD, discusses the key points from the presentation he gave during the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society of Hematologic Oncology.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Mark R. Litzow, MD, discussed managing patients with different subtypes of ALL and the session he was a part of during the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2022 Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies.

The FDA has approved a new dosing schedule of Rylaze for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoblastic lymphoma.

Mark R. Litzow, MD, discusses the talk he gave on initial treatment options for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2022 Annual Congress: Hematologic Malignancies.

Closing out their discussion, Drs Hetty Carraway and Eytan M. Stein highlight an ongoing clinical trial investigating a triplet therapy for AML.

Dr Stein explains clinical trial data on the use of magrolimab plus azacitidine for patients with TP53-mutated AML.

Nitin Jain, MD, discusses clinical trials investigating allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia and other hematologic malignancies.

Updated data from the phase 1/2 AUGMENT trial led to a 30% complete remission rate and an overall response rate of 53% with SNDX-5613 when used in patients with relapsed/refractory acute leukemias.

Dr Carraway highlights some of the most urgent unmet needs for patients with higher-risk MDS.

Eytan M. Stein, MD, discusses how to treat patients with MDS who have IDH or TP53 mutations, and whether there is a role for targeted therapy in this patient population.

The CAR T-cell therapy tisagenlecleucel showed promising anti-tumor activity in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Dr Hetty Carraway muses on whether magrolimab plus azacitadine will be used as a standard treatment for higher-risk MDS in the future.

Drs Stein and Carraway explain the rationale for a magrolimab and azacitidine combination treatment for patients with higher-risk MDS with supporting data from 2 clinical trials.

Key opinion leaders describe the role of hypomethylating agents in treating higher-risk MDS and the treatment options after HMA failure.

Hetty Carraway, MD, illustrates the role of allogenic stem cell transplant in MDS and the criteria used to determine a patient’s eligibility.

Eytan M. Stein, MD, outlines the biggest factors to consider when choosing a treatment for higher-risk MDS, including the differences in quality-of-life for patients.

Dr Hetty Carraway reviews the available treatment options for patients with higher-risk MDS, and the biggest challenges of treatment.

Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, discusses some of the treatment options available for patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

At the 2022 NCCN: Hematologic Malignancies Conference, a panel discussion gave an overview of current treatment trends for acute myeloid leukemia, as well as supportive care measures to utilize during therapy.

Bijal Shah, MD, MS, discusses the unmet medical needs in the T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia space and what future research aims to examine.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Kjeld Schmiegelow, MD provided a deep dive into his SOHO 2022 presentation as well as the other acute lymphoblastic leukemia discussions presented during the session.

Following positive data examining ABC008 for inclusion body myositis, a phase 1/2 trial has begun evaluating the agent in patients with T-cell large granular lymphocytic leukemia.