LYMPHOMAS

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspectives Roundtable event, Loretta J. Nastoupil, MD, discussed the case of a 74-year-old patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

The FDA granted approval to the antineoplastic tyrosine kinase inhibitor, crizotinib, as treatment of pediatric patients 1 year of age and older and young adults with ALK alteration-positive relapsed or refractory systemic anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

The investigational selective JAK1 inhibitor, DZD4205, led to anti-tumor activity when given as treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma , according to results from the phase 1/2 JACKPOT8 clinical trial.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event, Haifaa Abdulhaq, MD, director, Hematology, and associate clinical professor of Medicine at UCSF Fresno discussed the case of a 63-year-old patient with lymphoma with concurrent MYC and BCL2 rearrangements.

David J. Andorsky, MD, discusses the findings from a subgroup analysis of patients with relapsed/refractory indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma over the age of 70 in the phase 3b MAGNIFY clinical trial.

Tycel J. Phillips, MD, discusses the current treatment options for patients with marginal zone lymphoma.

The FDA granted approval to rituximab-arrx, a biosimilar to rituximab as treatment of adult patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, and microscopic polyangiitis.

Jia Ruan, MD, PhD, discusses the results of the multicenter phase 2 trial of oral azacitidine plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone as initial treatment in patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma.

A phase 1 trial showed early signals of tolerability and efficacy in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma with TRPH-222 across dose levels.

In older patients with comorbid classical Hodgkin lymphoma who are deemed unfit for combination chemotherapy, treatment with the antibody dug conjugate brentuximab vedotin appeared tolerable and achieved high response rates that were durable in some patients, according to results from the phase 2 SGN35-015 study.

Patients with relapsed or refractory non-Hodgkin lymphomas treated with glofitamab in the phase 1 NP30179 study, had a significant rate of complete responses.

The combination of brentuximab vedotin and nivolumab demonstrated activity in patients with previously untreated Hodgkin lymphoma who had comorbidities in a phase 2 clinical trial, despite the trial not meeting its prespecified criteria for activity.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Nirav N. Shah, MD, discussed the findings from the phase 1 study of a CAR T-cell therapy dual targeting CD19 and CD20 as treatment of patients with B-cell lymphomas.

Promising antitumor activity, as well as an acceptable safety profile, continues to be demonstrated with odronextamab, a novel CD20xCD3 bispecific antibody, as treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Treatment with IGM-2323, a bispecific IgM antibody, resulted in tumor shrinkage in 9 of 14 patients with CD20-positive relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a phase 1 study.

In patients with relapsed or refractory lymphoma, treatment with the investigational CD47-blocker TTI-622 appeared well tolerated and demonstrated preliminary activity, according to results from a phase 1a clinical trial presented in a poster during the 2020 American Society of Hematology Virtual Annual Meeting.

Treatment with axicabtagene ciloleucel resulted in high rates of durable responses in patients with indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Placebo following a fixed-treatment duration of ibrutinib combined with venetoclax achieved similar 1-year disease-free survival results compared with patients who remained on ibrutinib following confirmed undetectable minimal residual disease in patients with previously untreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma.

Patients with refractory large B-cell lymphoma experienced long-term disease control with rapid responses and robust CAR T-cell expansion with the CAR T-cell therapy axicabtagene ciloleucel.

In a phase 1 study of patients with relapsed/refractory angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma and peripheral T-cell lymphoma, the anti-inducible T-cell co-stimulator monoclonal antibody MEDI-570 demonstrated activity, durable responses, safety, and tolerability.

The incorporation of genomics into the classification and treatment decision-making process for lymphomas is possible; however, many obstacles have prevented the incorporation of sequencing into standard practice, according to Sandeep Dave, MD.

The FDA will not complete its review of the Biologics License Application for lisocabtagene maraleucel for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma after 2 prior lines of therapy by the Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date of November 16, 2020.

A general framework can be utilized to guide treatment decision in patients with follicular lymphoma, according to John P. Leonard, MD. During a presentation for the 38th Annual Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium, Leonard also explained that bulk of disease, comorbidities, and toxicity, among others are all factors that impact treatment decisions.

Andre Goy, MD, MS, discusses the benefits of working with a pathologist to develop a better understanding of molecular oncology and optimal treatment decisions for patients with lymphomas.