LYMPHOMAS

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) showed high response rates to therapy with ibrutinib.

Julian Adams, PhD, President, Research and Development, Infinity Pharmaceuticals, describes a phase I trial of IPI-145, a potent inhibitor of PI3KEδ and PI3K-γ.

Lenalidomide has been approved to treat patients with mantle cell lymphoma who have relapsed or whose disease has progressed after two prior therapies including at least one prior treatment with bortezomib.

A phase III study of inotuzumab ozogamicin for patients with relapsed or refractory CD22+ aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma who are not candidates for high-dose chemotherapy was halted after a scheduled interim analysis.

Bruce D. Cheson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Head of Hematology, Director of Hematology Research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, describes the mechanism of action of antibody drug conjugates and their use.

Expanding the use of brentuximab vedotin to treat patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma and sALCL in earlier settings than currently indicated has resulted in high response rates in phase I studies.

Andrew D. Zelenetz, MD, PhD, Vice Chair, Medical Informatics, Department of Medicine; Chief, Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses CD30 as a target in lymphoma.

Michelle A. Fanale, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, discusses brentuximab vedotin in CD30-positive lymphomas.