HEMATOLOGY

The rationale for treating steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease with ruxolitinib, a JAK inhibitor, and recommendations for monitoring and managing treatment-related adverse events.

Dr Michael Bishop, of the David and Etta Jonas Center for Cellular Therapy, University of Chicago, describes the rationale for the design of the phase 3 REACH2 trial in steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease and provides perspective on important takeaways from data presented.

Considerations for assessing response to steroid therapy as initial therapy for acute graft-versus-host disease and factors that impact next-line therapy, when necessary.

Michael Bishop, MD, shares recommendations that can help hematologists/oncologists appropriately identify patients with steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease and describes how his treatment approaches differ based on grade.

Criteria used by hematologists/oncologists to diagnose acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and common therapies used for GVHD prevention in patients who receive hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Michael Bishop, MD, discusses his concerns for a 53-year-old man diagnosed with acute graft-versus-host disease later deemed as steroid refractory, based on the typical prognosis for patients in similar scenarios.

Recommendations for using ruxolitinib to treat a 53-year-old patient with acute graft-versus-host disease whose disease progresses following previous treatment with steroid therapy.

In the United States, 1 in 3 patients with cancer and cancer survivors are unlikely to get or are unsure about getting a vaccine for COVID-19, according to a survey from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Patients with relapsed or refractory high-risk chronic lymphocytic leukemia achieved a statistically higher rate of overall response when the glycoengineered, type I anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody ublituximab was added to the Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib, according to results from the phase 3 GENUINE study.

The FDA has issued a complete response letter to PharmaEssentia Corporation for the company’s biologics license application for ropeginterferon alfa-2b-njft as a potential treatment for patients with polycythemia vera.

During a virtual Targeted Oncology Case-Based Rountable, Thomas G. Martin, MD, discussed triplet and quadruplet combination therapies available for the treatment of multiple myeloma

The FDA has extended the review period for the New Drug Application for belumosudil, which is being considered as a potential treatment option for patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Yi-Bin Chen, MD, comments on the need for improvements in patient assessment tools, measurements of response, and therapeutic agents for the management of acute GvHD in the future.

Yi-Bin Chen, MD, considers potential treatment options for steroid-refractory aGvHD and examines the results of the phase 3 REACH2 study of ruxolitinib.

Yi-Bin Chen, MD, discusses diagnostic criteria and measurements of response as they relate to the case of a 50-year-old woman with steroid-refractory acute GvHD.

Yi-Bin Chen, MD, defines acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) as a complication of allogeneic transplant, discusses the clinical risk factors, and reviews prophylactic treatment options.

Yi-Bin Chen, MD, gives insight into the current accuracy of predictive prognostics and the potential use of biomarkers to risk stratify patients with acute GvHD in the future.

Yi-Bin Chen, MD, provides an overview of the case of a 50-year-old woman with steroid-refractory acute GvHD, including initial presentation, clinical work-up, and treatment.

Yi-Bin Chen, MD, reviews the case of a 50-year-old woman with steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease (aGvHD) following allogeneic transplant and provides a discussion on treatment considerations for patients with aGvHD.

During a virtual Targeted Oncology Case-Based Roundtable, Ajai Chari, MD. a professor of Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, NY, discussed the case of a 72-year-old patient with multiple myeloma.

The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to axicabtagene ciloleucel for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma who have received 2 or more prior lines of systemic therapy.

Blinatumomab consolidation demonstrated significantly prolonged event-free survival in pediatric patients with high-risk first-relapse B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia when compared with chemotherapy before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

During a Targeted Oncology Case-Based Peer Perspectives event, Peter Hillmen, MBChB, PhD, discussed the case of 61-year-old patient with diffuse infiltration by chronic leukocytic leukemia.

The FDA has accepted a supplemental New Drug Application for ruxolitinib and granted it Priority Review as a potential treatment option for adult and pediatric patients 12 years and older with steroid-refractory chronic graft-versus-host disease.

Omidubicel was faster than standard myeloablative umbilical cord blood transplantation and correlated with promising clinical benefit, according to phase 3 data.