November 2nd 2024
David Sallman, MD, discussed the challenges and new studies of high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome therapies.
Pemmaraju Discusses Data, Approvals, and Challenges for Hematologic Malignancies
March 2nd 2023During a live Twitter Spaces event hosted by Targeted Oncology, Naveen Pemmaraju, MD, explained key abstracts from ASH 2022 and how these data have influenced recent approvals in the hematology field.
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Biology Informs Treatment Options for Steroid-Refractory Chronic GVHD
February 22nd 2023During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Noah M. Merin, MD, PhD, discussed biologic phases of chronic graft-vs-host disease and which therapies are available for patients who do not respond to steroids.
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Acceptable Safety Seen With Orca-Q in the Haplo SCT Setting for High-risk Hematologic Malignancies
February 17th 2023At 1 year, the GVHD-and–relapse-free survival achieved with Orca-Q was 75%, which was noted to compare favorably with prior data reported in context of myeloablative conditioning , haploidentical stem cell transplant, and posttransplant cyclophosphamide.
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Cytopenias Did Not Affect Ruxolitinib Efficacy in REACH2 Post Hoc Analysis
February 17th 2023Ruxolitinib elicited higher responses at day 28 compared with best available therapy in most cytopenia-based subgroups and had durable responses at day 56, according to a post hoc analysis of the REACH2 trial.
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Ruxolitinib for GVHD in Patients < 2 Years Old Shows Variable Pharmacokinetics
February 17th 2023According to findings presented at the 2023 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings, experts did not identify clear correlation between the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of ruxolitinib in patients with graft-vs-host-disease.
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Early Trial of Orca-T Produces 100% OS Rate in Hematologic Malignancies and 7/8 Mismatched Donors
February 17th 2023In 8 patients with various hematologic malignancies who received an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant with 7/8 non-permissive HLA mismatched donors, Orca-T led to a 100% survival rate.
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Early Treatment With Ruxolitinib Induces High Response Rates in SR-aGVHD
February 17th 2023The phase 3 REACH2 trial showed that early treatment with ruxolitinib 10 mg led to higher response rates vs that seen with the best available therapy in patients with grade II-IV steroid-refractory acute graft-vs-host disease.
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Real-World Data Shows Survival Improvement for aGVHD After Ruxolitinib Introduction
February 17th 2023Looking at a retrospective analysis of data from a single-center, the use of ruxolitinib decreased non-relapse mortality and improved overall survival for patients with steroid-refractory acute graft-vs-host-disease.
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