HEMATOLOGY

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, MHS, reviews recent luspatercept and imetelstat data from the COMMANDS and IMerge clinical trials in lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

Bexmarilimab shows encouraging results when combined with standard of care treatments for patients with acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Justin Taylor, MD, discussed early research on NX-2127, a BTK degrader being evaluated for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

C. Ola Landgren, MD, PhD, discussed the ASCENT trial and his predictions for future developments in the myeloma space.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Naveen Pemmaraju, MD, explained the research he and others conducted leading to the development of tagraxofusp-erzs to treat patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.

Amer Zeidan, MBBS, discusses the rationale of studying imetelstat in the phase 3 IMerge trial in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

Closing the program on chronic graft versus host disease, the panelists share what they are most looking forward to in the space.

Evolving research has now shown that immunotherapies can be combined with one another and used to specifically target the cancer cells.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Amer Zeidan, MBBS, discussed the IMerge study and next steps for imetelstat for patients with lower-risk MDS.

In the third article of this series, Eytan M. Stein, MD, discusses the treatment landscape for patients with lower-risk MDS and reviews follow-up data from the IMerge clinical trial.

Uwe Platzbecker, MD, discussed findings from recent phase 3 trials and their clinical implications for daily care in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic neoplasms.

An analysis examined survival outcomes in several subgroups of patients with hematologic cancers compared with the overall population.

Results from the COMMANDS trial led the FDA to approve luspatercept for the treatment of anemia without prior erythropoiesis-stimulating agent use in adult patients with very low- to intermediate-risk MDS who may require regular red blood cell transfusions.

The field of mastocytosis is witnessing a paradigm shift with precision medicine in the form of mutant KIT inhibitors.

Learning more about monocytic resistance to venetoclax is a new direction toward improving outcomes for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Chronic GVHD specialists share commentary on long-term effects of graft versus host disease and therapies for the condition.

The panel debates the various treatment options and comments on when they prefer each one.

Eytan M. Stein, MD, reviews recent follow-up data from the IMerge trial investigating imetelstat in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome.

Oncology Brothers Rohit Gosain, MD, and Rahul Gosain, MD, share key takeaways from their program with Jonathan Friedberg, MD, MMSc, on practice-changing data from the POLARIX and SWOG S1826 clinical trials.

Switching their focus to the SWOG S1826 clinical trial in Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Rohit Gosain, MD, Rahul Gosain, MD, and Jonathan Friedberg, MD, MMSc, consider the role of frontline R-AVD versus BV-AVD.

Following their discussion on the phase 3 POLARIX trial in DLBCL, Jonathan Friedberg, MD, MMSc, and the Oncology Brothers consider how frontline polatuzumab vedotin will be used in the real-world setting.

Oncology Brothers Rohit Gosain, MD, and Rahul Gosain, MD, are joined by expert Jonathan Friedberg, MD, MMSc, to review data with frontline polatuzumab vedotin in DLBCL from the phase 3 POLARIX trial.

In separate live virtual events, Pashna N. Munshi, MD; Navneet Majhail, MD, MS; and participants at the respective discussions considered treatment options for a patient with chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) after multiple previous treatment attempts.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Jonathan Abbas, MD, discussed with other oncologists concerning the practical considerations for outpatient use of tagraxofusp-erzs for patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.

The clinical trial of a novel agent, axatilimab, is reviewed and analyzed.