Videos

4 experts are featured in this series.

Panelists discuss how the CEPHEUS trial demonstrates the comparative efficacy and safety of subcutaneous daratumumab combined with VRd vs VRd alone in patients with transplant-ineligible or transplant-deferred newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, highlighting key outcomes and clinical implications.

Thomas W. LeBlanc, MD, MA, discusses how existing challenges in treatment choices for low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS) include limited access to newer therapies, patient-specific factors, and treatment sequencing complexities, and explores strategies to address these barriers, such as improving health care access, optimizing patient selection, and enhancing treatment guidelines.

Panelists discuss treatment options for patients ineligible for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in the second-line setting, focusing on the selection of new proteasome inhibitors and/or immune-mediated immunomodulatory drugs vs recycling combination regimens, and reviewing recent data from the APOLLO and IKEMA trials that support the use of combination therapies in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma.

Panelists discuss the correlation between early and late toxicities observed in clinical practice for patients receiving chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy in early relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and their perceptions of the latest International Myeloma Working Group Consensus Guidelines on response assessment and management of CAR T–related adverse events.

Evan Y. Yu, MD, discusses how community oncologists can critically weigh the evidence from studies on androgen deprivation therapy plus androgen receptor pathway inhibitors regimens by considering factors such as efficacy, safety, patient comorbidities, and treatment preferences, and how the collective trial results guide individualized treatment decision-making to optimize outcomes for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

James J. Harding, MD, compares the responses observed with nivolumab plus ipilimumab (NIVO + IPI) therapy in the CheckMate 9DW trial to other first-line (1L) immunotherapy (IO) regimens for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (uHCC), including the HIMALAYA 5-year update (STRIDE) and the IMbrave150 trial (atezolizumab [ATEZO] + bevacizumab [BEV]), highlighting differences in efficacy and treatment outcomes.

Evan Y. Yu, MD, discusses how safety data for first-line androgen deprivation therapy plus androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (ARPI) regimens such as darolutamide, abiraterone, enzalutamide, and apalutamide reveal clinically relevant distinctions in their safety profiles, including the most common and challenging toxicities, incidence of grade 3 or higher adverse events, treatment discontinuations, and potential drug-drug interactions. He highlights key factors that influence treatment choice and disease management in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

Panelists discuss key learnings from recent studies on lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (LR-MDS) treatment, identify remaining knowledge gaps, and offer final takeaways, including their thoughts on the role of luspatercept in the evolving LR-MDS treatment landscape, clinical pearls for community oncologists, and major unanswered questions that could improve outcomes for LR-MDS and anemia management in the future.

Panelists discuss second-line (2L) treatment strategies for lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (LR-MDS), focusing on how to choose a 2L treatment for patients refractory to first-line options, and provide an overview of recent updates from the IMerge trial (Santini et al, EHA 2024; Zeidan et al, JCO 2024), while considering the role of imetelstat in treatment sequencing according to NCCN Guidelines MDS-5.

Thomas W. LeBlanc, MD, MA, discusses how erythroid maturation agents (EMAs), such as luspatercept, are increasingly important in the anemia management landscape for low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS), with a focus on achieving hemoglobin levels ≥ 10, as highlighted by Santini et al in their ASH 2024 abstract, demonstrating the clinical significance of this target for improving patient outcomes.

Aimee Merino, MD, discusses how the latest efficacy outcomes from the CARTITUDE-4 trial, evaluating ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel) in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, have influenced her approach to patient selection and referral for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in early relapse cases.

Aimee Merino, MD, discusses how the referral process for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy in early relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma involves assessing eligibility, identifying potential roadblocks, and determining which patients may not be suitable for referral based on clinical factors and treatment goals.