HEMATOLOGY

An expert on myelofibrosis discusses how to determine whether a patient is experiencing ruxolitinib failure or disease progression and provides insights on when to intervene or change therapy.

Stephen T. Oh, MD, PhD, presents the case of a 63-year-old man previously diagnosed and treated with primary myelofibrosis.

Guenther Koehne, MD, PhD, highlights the importance of and the key takeaways from the Fifth Annual Miami Cancer Institute Global Summit on Immunotherapies for Hematologic Malignancies.

During a Targeted Oncology™ Case-Based Roundtable™ event, Curtis Lachowiez, MD, discussed targeted therapy for blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm and its role in patients who could receive allogeneic stem cell transplant.

The frontline standard-of-care regimen for patients with higher-risk MDS and some with lower-risk MDS remain hypomethylating agents, such as azacitidine, decitabine, and decitabine/cedazuridine.

In closing the discussion, Dr Mascarenhas shares clinical pearls for community oncologists treating patients with myelofibrosis.

John Mascarenhas, MD, looks to the future of myelofibrosis treatment, noting present challenges and treatment strategies in development that may address those unmet needs.

Focusing on the safety profiles of JAK2 inhibitors, a myelofibrosis specialist discusses the adverse events encountered with pacritinib, ruxolitinib, and momelotinib.

John Mascarenhas, MD, reviews JAK2 inhibitor options for patients with myelofibrosis, including pacritinib, ruxolitinib, and momelotinib.

An expert on myelofibrosis discusses clinical studies investigating pacritinib, including data from the latest survival analysis of the PERSIST-2 clinical trial.

A hematologist-oncologist gives an overview of the treatment of myelofibrosis by defining the disease and highlighting biological pathways, therapeutic options, and factors that drive treatment selection.

John O. Mascarenhas, MD, presents the case of a 62-year-old man with myelofibrosis and provides clinical insights on treatment decisions.

Musa Yilmaz, MD, discusses the most recent update of the phase 1/2 study of quizartinib, venetoclax, and decitabine in FLT3-internal tandem duplication mutated acute myeloid leukemia and the background behind this research.

Stephanie Lee, MD, discusses a study investigating belumosudil for chronic graft-vs-host disease.

Following changes to the manufacturing process, the phase 1 study of NX-2127 in B-cell malignancies has been cleared to continue by the FDA.

Jeremy Ramdial, MD, discussed a phase 1/2 study investigating the GemCloBu conditioning regimen for stem cell transplants in aggressive lymphomas.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Claire Saxton, MBA, and Ashley Moncrief, discussed the importance of education efforts focused on ensuring that patients with MDS understand their diagnosis and options so that they can make informed decisions about their care.

Ropeginterferon alfa is now a recommended first-line treatment for patients with polycythemia vera, according to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s updated guidelines.

In the second article of a 2-part series, Lori Muffly, MD, MS, leads a discussion on how treatment considerations change when a patient has severe graft-vs-host disease or if the involvement is in the lung and where ruxolitinib fits into treatment.

Promising survival data for Orca-T was also matched in a population of patients with hematologic malignancies aged 55 years and older.

The combination of belumosudil plus ruxolitinib demonstrated response and tolerability in patients with steroid-refractory or steroid-dependent chronic graft-vs-host disease.

Findings from an analysis of the REACH2 study, presented at the 2024 Transplantation & Cellular Therapy Meetings, showed that concomitant treatment with azoles does not impact the safety and efficacy of ruxolitinib for patients with acute graft-vs-host-disease.

A retrospective study of insurance claims showed patients received ruxolitinib mainly in the second or third line for chronic graft-vs-host disease, with dose adjustment used and no difference shown in time to discontinuation between adult and pediatric patients.

Ruxolitinib cream resulted in positive safety and efficacy findings among a small cohort of patients with cutaneous graft-vs-host disease vs placebo.

An orphan drug designation has been granted by the FDA for IO-202 as a treatment option for patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.