May 3rd 2024
Findings from a real-world study identified that venetoclax was a safe treatment option and did not lead to higher rates of death for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Community Practice Connections™: Real-World Applications of Novel Therapies Across TNBC and Addressing Disparities in Care
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6th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium: An Illustrated Tumor Board
October 18-19, 2024
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Advances in TNBC: Communicating with Your Patients About Clinical Trial Awareness and Treatment Concerns to Improve Clinical Outcomes
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Community Practice Connections™: 5th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium – An Illustrated Tumor Board
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CVS Cuts Out In-House Dispensaries of Cancer Drugs
October 20th 2016A move by CVS Health to place in-house physician dispensaries out-of-network for purposes of Medicare Part D drug payment would force hundreds of thousands of cancer patients across the country to find alternate sources for their oral oncolytic drugs, the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) argued in a new white paper.
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Expert on Role for Ibrutinib, Chemo, and Novel Combos in First-Line CLL
October 14th 2016Steve Coutre, MD, discusses how he determines which CLL treatment option is best for which patient, the advantage of treating patients with ibrutinib over chemoimmunotherapy, and new oral agents currently being investigated in the space.
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New Agents Being Investigated to Treat CLL
September 29th 2016Focusing primarily on the therapeutic categories of PI3K and BTK inhibitors, O’Brien, associate director for clinical science at the Chao Comprehensive Cancer Center, acknowledged efforts to build on existing success but said the hoped-for progress and advances await definitive data.
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Venetoclax/Rituximab Combo Led to Mostly Objective Responses in CLL
September 13th 2016Results from the phase Ib M13-365 study showed combining the BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax (Venclexta) with the anti-CD20 agent rituximab (Rituxan) led to objective responses in 86% of patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
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Ofatumumab Combination Approved by FDA for Relapsed CLL
August 31st 2016The FDA has approved ofatumumab (Arzerra) in combination with fludarabine and cyclophosphamide as a treatment for patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). The approval was based on an improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) in the phase III COMPLEMENT-2 study.
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Patients with Chronic Phase CML Can Safely Conclude TKI Treatment
July 22nd 2016Patients with chronic phase chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can safely conclude treatment of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) following a maintained deep molecular remission, according to findings from the large EURO-SKI trial presented at the 2016 European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress.
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Final Results for Phase III Trial of CPX-351 Reveal Reduced Mortality Risk in AML
July 22nd 2016Final data from a phase III trial of CPX-351 (Vyxeos) in older patients with high-risk, secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML) revealed that CPX-351 reduced the mortality risk by 31% compared with cytarabine and daunorubicin (7+3), according to findings presented at the 2016 ASCO Annual Meeting.
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CAR Therapy Yields High Complete Response Rates in Adults with B-cell ALL in Phase I Trial
June 9th 2016Infusion with 19-28z chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified T-cells led to complete response (CR) rates of 77% to 90% and minimal residual disease (MRD)-CR rates of 68% to 70% in adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL).
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Ibrutinib Patient Selection, Setting Considerations in CLL
June 4th 2016Despite the RESONATE-2 trial having demonstrated the efficacy of ibrutinib (Imbruvica) in treatment-naive elderly patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), Jennifer Brown, MD, explains that oncologists should carefully select patients to receive the drug depending on their age, comorbidities, and risk.
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Extended RESONATE Data Illuminates Ibrutinib's Benefits in High-Risk CLL
May 16th 2016Extended follow-up data continue to demonstrate the efficacy and tolerability of ibrutinib in previously treated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, including those with high-risk gene mutations and prognostic features.
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FDA Updates Ibrutinib CLL/SLL Label
May 10th 2016The FDA has updated the label for ibrutinib to include new overall survival data, an indication for the BTK inhibitor in combination with bendamustine/rituximab, and a new indication for patients with small lymphocytic lymphoma with a 17p deletion.
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Blinatumomab Granted Priority Review for Pediatric ALL
May 5th 2016The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application that would extend the indication for blinatumomab to include the treatment of pediatric and adolescent patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Novel BTK, PI3K Inhibitors on Horizon for Relapsed CLL
April 30th 2016With nearly a dozen new PI3K and BTK inhibitors currently in development for patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia it is challenging to know which therapies are truly "next-generation" agents and which are "me too" products.
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