HEMATOLOGY

The FDA has granted a breakthrough therapy designation to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) as a treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL).

The FDA has granted nivolumab (Opdivo) a priority review for use in previously treated patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), giving the drug the potential to become the first PD-1 inhibitor approved for a hematologic malignancy.

Jeffrey Jones, MD, discusses treatment options for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who progress on, or become intolerant of, idelalisib or ibrutinib during their treatment.

The FDA approved the BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax (Venclexta) for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have a 17p deletion (del[17p]), following at least 1 prior therapy.

Multiple targeted therapies have shown promising signs of efficacy for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), including the FLT3 inhibitor midostaurin and novel IDH inhibitors, with the ongoing potential for combination strategies in the future, according to Eytan M. Stein, MD.

Eytan Stein, MD, discusses targeting multiple mutations in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

John Leonard, MD, discusses the number of options doctors have to choose from when treating follicular lymphomas.

The studies examined ruxolitinib compared to placebo in the United States (COMFORT-I) and best available therapy in Europe (COMFORT-II) for patients with myelofibrosis.

Eytan Stein, MD, discusses the benefits of being able to identify drivers in acute myeloid leukemia and having drugs coming into the clinics to target those biological mutations.

Expanding on the efficacy shown in numerous single-group studies, a phase II study published in The Lancet Oncology showed lenalidomide significantly increased progression free survivalin patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma.

Frontline treatment with CPX-351 (Vyxeos) significantly boosted overall survival (OS) for older patients with high-risk, secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

Six ongoing clinical trials investigating several idelalisib (Zydelig) combinations have been halted due to reports of increased adverse events such as death for patients with hematologic malignancies, according to an alert issued by the FDA.

The FDA has recieved a supplemental new drug application for a combination of ofatumumab (Arzerra), fludarabine, and cyclophosphamide, for patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Ibrutinib (Imbruvica) has been approved by the FDA as a frontline treatment for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), based on data from the phase III RESONATE-2 trial.

The FDA has received a supplemental biologics license application to expand the approval of blinatumomab to include pediatric and adolescent patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

Obinutuzumab (Gazyva) plus bendamustine, followed by obinutuzumab alone has been approved by the FDA as a treatment of patients with follicular lymphoma who were not responsive to a rituximab regimen, or who relapsed after rituximab-based therapy.

In this article, Shipra Gandhi, MD, Pallawi Torka, MD, and Francisco J. Hernandez Ilizaliturri, MD summarize the current clinical development of these novel agents in lymphoid malignancies.

Blinatumomab (Blincyto), an anti-CD19 agent, had a 69% response rate in patients with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL), according to updated data from a phase I, open-label, multicenter study.

The FDA has handed down a breakthrough therapy designation for midostaurin (PKC412) as a potential treatment for adults with newly diagnosed FLT3-mutated acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

The FDA has announced a full clinical hold for trials exploring pacritinib following reports of patient deaths. These deaths stemmed from intracranial hemorrhage, cardiac failure, and cardiac arrest in the phase III PERSIST-2 trial.

Single-dose fosaprepitant dimeglumine (Emend for injection) in combination with antiemetic agents has been approved by the FDA for the preventing

Peter Martin, MD, discusses the evolving paradigm of treatment for mantle cell lymphoma. Martin says the evolution of the paradigm currently includes Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor, phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitor, immunomodulatory treatments, and immunotherapies.

The FDA has granted breakthrough therapy designation to Venetoclax combined with hypomethylating agents in patients with treatment-naive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who are not eligible for standard high-dose induction treatment, according to AbbVie, which is codeveloping the BCL-2 inhibitor with Genentech.

Diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is pivoted around cytogenetic analysis of patient bone marrow or peripheral blood cultures. The World Health Organization classification of tumors of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues is based on cytogenetic features along with other clinical, morphological, and immunophenotypic characteristics.

Anthony Mato, MD, MSCE, director of the CLL Program, University of Pennsylvania, discusses the difference between intolerance and resistance when giving patients with chronic lymphotic leukemia ibrutinib.

Carfilzomib (Kyprolis) has been approved by the FDA in combination with either dexamethasone or lenalidomide plus dexamethasone for patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma following prior treatment with 1 to 3 lines of therapy. The approval is based on findings from the phase III ENDEAVOR trial.

​John McCarty, MD, medical director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Virginia Commonwealth University Health, discusses advice physicians can give to patients with lymphoma seeking stem cell mobilization.

The FDA has designated the BCL-2 inhibitor venetoclax as a breakthrough therapy for use in combination with rituximab (Rituxan) to treat patients with relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

Ofatumumab (Arzerra) has received FDA approved for the extended treatment of patients with recurrent or progressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Patients eligible to receive the treatment must show complete or partial response following at least two lines of therapy.

A new retrospective study claimed a rarity of cytogenetic and molecular monitoring exists among patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) treated in a community setting; however, one researcher is challenging that claim.